Terrorism’s Dirty Little Secret
The View from the Middle
Terrorists around the world have discovered a fundamental truth about
life on this planet. It is easier to
divide, destroy and kill than it is to unite, build and create.
The Twin Towers, for example took about seven years from start of
construction to ribbon cutting to build, but it took only about an hour and a
half to bring them both down. Think of
any controlled implosion of a building that you have seen. The buildings have usually taken years to
build and have required the efforts of thousands of people, but can be taken
down by a few people in a matter of seconds.
If any of you have studied the creation of life, it is amazing to say
the least. It takes nine months for one
man’s sperm and one woman’s egg to create the trillions (yes trillions) of
cells that comprise the human body. Yet,
it takes only a fraction of a second to put a bullet through someone’s head and
end that life. And, if you want to be
more brutal and inhuman, it might take a person a few seconds to chop that head
off.
The United States, The United Kingdom and Germany are unquestioned,
sovereign countries today, but each took hundreds if not thousands of years to
unite the people within their borders. The
citizens of these countries feel a part of their governments because they are
free to participate in its direction through their votes. And, if they don’t like the outcome, they are
free to stay or leave.
Terrorism doesn’t care what the people of any region believe. They force their beliefs on all people
through violence and coercion. There is
only one way to think, their way. And,
if you don’t, you die. That’s not
exactly a pro-choice platform in my book.
ISIS (not ISIL) Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and Hamas are all the same (a
rose by any other name…). They take the
easy way out. They don’t know how to
build or unite so they divide, destroy and subjugate. Look at where they dominate. Want to live in Syria, Iraq or Palestine
right now. Even the official Islamic
states like Iran and Pakistan are hardly vacation spots.
According to the Human Development Index, the real Republics like the
US, Canada, Germany, the UK and Israel all rank in the top twenty places to
live in the world. Iran, on the other
hand, is ranked 75th and Pakistan is rated 146th. Syria, Iraq and Palestine all rank over 100.
The most important thing these Islamic countries offer to people is
Sharia law. This is the system that can
resort to cutting off the hands of people who are caught stealing. Sharia also condones the “honor killing” of a
girl for something as simple as looking at a boy in what her father considers
an inappropriate way. And heaven forbid
if you are a woman or gay. You will
either be a second-class citizen or stoned to death. More bad choices.
Who on earth should tolerate, let alone support these barbarian
murderers? Why isn’t every country on
the planet outraged by ISIS and joining the US alliance against these
savages? Why would we limit what we are
willing to do to destroy these monsters?
Why would we tell our enemies what we WON”T do?
What we need is a real leader who can speak with passion and commitment
to rally our allies to join us in this righteous and absolutely necessary
battle against pure evil. FDR did it to
rally our countrymen against Hitler and the Nazis, and Ronald Reagan did it
when he told Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”.
We don’t need a leader who is “too cool for school”. We don’t need a leader who wants to weaken
his own argument by brining up Ferguson, Missouri and giving that situation
some sort of moral equivalency to the slaughter that ISIS has performed in Iraq
and Syria. We don’t need a President who
will call these goons ISIL.
When the war started, the west named this group ISIS (The Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria), but that wasn’t good enough for these thugs. They wanted to be called ISIL (like we should
care what our enemies want to be called).
Why is that?
It’s because ISIL stands for The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant,
which is a very aspirational title. The
Levant is a term that describes an ancient area that includes modern day Iraq,
Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel.
ISRAEL!! Why would our President
comply with their desire to be labeled with this goal-oriented moniker? I liked it better when George H.W. Bush
mispronounced Saddam Hussein’s name on purpose just to tick him off!
