"You see, I want us appalled. I want us angry. I want us outraged. I want us sickened."
This what the terrorists who do these things want as well. They want to make us so angry that we do something equally as viscous and horrifying. They want their fellow Islamists to be as angry at us as we are at them. If they had their way, they would instigate a world war. A holy war where every Muslim would fight to the death against the Infidels.
Is this what we want? I don't know? Perhaps. It certainly would solve things once and for all. It would also likely kill millions of innocent people. It seems to be what Cavuto wants, but I think we need to look at the situation logically and not go into it blinded by emotion and rage.
Bullcrap. We aren't "better" than them. Civilization is a thin veneer. To think we are superior is decadent weakness. If they want to get down in the mud and tussle, then we'd better be better mud-tusslers than they are. And if we're not then we'd better get prepared because we didn't choose this fight, and they're not going to stop attacking just because we don't want to play. The best way to save our soldiers is to let them take and keep the initiative. This damned defensive crap is responsible for at least a third of the casualties, if you ask me.
but I think we need to look at the situation logically and not go into it blinded by emotion and rage. In war, an enemy must be defeated, demoralized, and destroyed...thats how you win. We are not doing that in Iraq. We didn't do that in Vietnam or Korea either. To win the WOT, we must fight to win. War is for men not sissy PC metrosexuals, not appeasers, Oprah and Dr. Phil wannabees. Hopefully someone in this admin will wake up and realize that. Muslims generally think in Old Testament terms..."an eye for an eye". We cannot win this war by fighting "civilized" or "western". We will win only if we kill more of them than they kill us. That's pretty logical. That's all the enemy understands. If we really want to win, things are going to get ugly...real ugly.
Neil Cavuto, and all of the rest of us must start using the word that best describes these terrorists:
BARBARIANS
Everyone must become familiar with this old concept, and realize it is now here and new again.
Barbarians brought down Rome.
Now, barbarians are at our gates.
They have been in existence since the dawn of man.
They now use our technological advances and our moral sensitivities to their own advantage.
This is the reason the Crusades happened.
It is high time Americans and the rest of the world understand this.
Our "thin veneer of civilization" will disappear if these barbarians are allowed to dictate on the world stage. For us to keep that from happening, we must steel ourselves to accept that we must be ready and willing if necessary to do what they did in The Crusades: "Kill them all and let God sort them out" with great apologies to those relatively powerless non-terrorists who live in their midst.
The Geneva Conventions do not apply here, much as any treaty never applies to those who have not signed that treaty or carried out its dictates. We must demand an immediate end to that discussion. We must also learn to accept that we must kill some who may not have been involved in the terrorism to get those who are... in fact, we may have to kill a lot of innocents.
If we lose here, we face a return to a city-state or even lesser civilization.
The Middle Ages, and even the Dark Ages await us if we lose.
If we lose this war, we (including France) lose civilization.
FReegards.
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