Posted on 04/16/2002 11:48:34 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
The Middle East may be ablaze, but some Americans see little relevance in the conflict to their own lives, U.S. national interests or even a connection to our own international war against terror.
Let me tell you why the events unfolding between Israel and Yasser Arafat's army of terrorist gangsters should be watched carefully by every American.
If Israel is backed into a corner – either through an extended guerrilla warfare campaign or through a negotiated "peace" that jeopardizes its national security – it will be a victory for Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Iran and the Islamists who attacked America Sept. 11 and cheered the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Think about it. Though Arafat's forces invented the airline hijacking, never before Sept. 11 had they employed suicide attackers. But they marveled at the effectiveness of al-Qaida's secret human weapons. They adopted the tactic as their own. They also adopted harsh anti-American rhetoric.
In other words, when these people are through with Israel, they will be coming after the U.S. They will use the same tactics. The lesson they will have learned is that, in the long run, terrorism pays.
Israel is just a stopping-off point. It's necessary to chase the Jews out of the Middle East first. Next will be the last vestige of Christians. But the big prize is the Great Satan – the United States of America.
We shouldn't be holding Israel back from this fight. We should be encouraging her to do what is right, to do what is necessary to protect herself, to respond just the way the U.S. responded to its attack.
If Arafat and the other terrorists Israel battles emerge with even a partial victory, they will be coming after us. There will be no end to the bloodshed and violence. A new phase of terrorism will begin. It will be unlike anything we have seen before. It will be relentless. And we will be fighting alone.
The U.S. has just one dependable ally in the Mideast. It is Israel – the strongest military force in the region. If Israel is neutered, if it is cut up and dismembered, if it is forced to fight an endless series of skirmishes for years to come, our one dependable alliance will, in effect, be destroyed.
Remember who is behind these attacks – remember who sponsors them. It is Saudi Arabia – our other supposed ally. Who stands to benefit most in the Mideast if Israel is destroyed or reduced in influence and might? That's right. Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh is already too powerful in American life. The Arab sheikhs are calling too many of the shots as it is. They do not have our best interests at heart. They do not share our values. They do not understand freedom and liberty.
If Israel loses, the Islamic revolution goes worldwide. The target is no longer Jerusalem. It's Washington.
So, whether you are concerned about the rising body count in the Mideast or not, this conflict will come home some day.
Frankly, we can take the handcuffs off Israel today and let them fight, or we can do the fighting ourselves later. It's that simple. This war is not about a little sliver of land on the West Bank of the Jordan River. It's about global power. It's about an expansionist vision that has shaped history for that last 1,200 years. This monster cannot be appeased. It can only be defeated.
That's the pragmatic reason for caring about what's going on in the Middle East today. But there's another more important reason.
While no nation or no individual in this fallen world is without fault, one side in this conflict is right more often than it is wrong, while the other is led by a man who personifies evil.
Israel doesn't need our support in this war. It doesn't need our fighting men. It doesn't require our technology or our financial aid. But Jerusalem does need us to back off and stop pressuring its leadership to "show restraint." Israelis are naturally restrained. They have shown almost superhuman restraint in the face of inhuman provocation.
Now it's time to let Israel respond the same way the U.S. responded to terrorist attacks Sept. 11. It's time to take the handcuffs off Israel. It's time for Washington to mind its own business. It's time for the U.S. to expect no more from a friend and ally than we ourselves could endure.
For 30 years we've tried to just give peace a chance. Now it's time to give a just war a chance.
With thanks to Edmund Burke, the founder of modern conservatism.
Nam Vet
Radical islam is an insane death cult, and "moderate" islam is its trojan horse in the West.
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If Arabs in the United States start to carry out suicide bombings in which many Americans are killed, I believe you will see a roundup of any and all people that look Middle Eastern. Political correctness be damned, charges of racial profiling be damned, charges of violations of civil liberties and constitutional rights be damned. Our government will round up these people so quickly that it will make your head spin. Even Arab-Americans will come under close scrutiny and surveillance. We will not tolerate having American citizens killed in our shopping malls, restaurants, movie theaters, or anywhere else in our towns and cities. I wouldn't even be surprised to see a few nuclear bombs dropped on selected Middle Eastern countries in retaliation. Make the United States angry and there will be hell to pay.
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