Posted on 07/23/2005 5:24:23 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
If the problem of Islamic-inspired terrorism wasn't painfully obvious before, the London bombings have driven home the point yet again. In the West our contact with murderous acts of terrorism supposedly in the name of Islam has been relatively limited but dramatic nonetheless.
In all of the furor, the constant stream of reports--from London, Madrid, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq--of dead, injured, kidnapped, terrorized and brutalized populations, it is easy to be overcome by the horror, easy to forget that the fight against Islamo-fascism is a necessary, even mandatory struggle.
As pleasant, as liberating, as it might seem to be able to wash our hands of the entire business, withdraw our troops, retire behind our borders and let the world go its own way, it won't happen.
We cannot do it.
We cannot afford to do it.
The world cannot afford the luxury of ignorance. The war against terrorism is a war to the death. For the self-anointed leadership of Islamo-terrorism, there are no neutrals and that, quite frankly, is the essential reason for our complete opposition and tireless resistance.
Whatever claims may be made by Osama bin Laden or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or their ilk, there is not a single person or idea not encompassed by their very limited and perverted screed who is held harmless or sacred--Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, it matters not--if an individual or a society does not accede to and embrace with fanatic enthusiasm the convoluted and medieval Wahabist interpretation of Islam, he or she is not entitled to life or liberty. It is that simple. And that urgent.
The increased tempo of terrorist operations--heightened as Iraq and Afghanistan draw ever further away from the enervating clutches of the fanatics--is indication of how very desperately the opposition fears democracy and religious freedom and tolerance. The very nature of the targets selected by the terrorists indicate their very real fear that they are losing the war. They have already lost the hearts, minds and sympathies of the vast majority of the civilized world.
But with every new act of terror, al-Zarqawi, bin Laden and their minions demonstrate how truly they have misread human nature. The Spaniards were deterred from their commitment to Iraq by the horrendous bombings in Madrid, but not so the British. Not so the Americans. Not so the Saudis. Not so the Afghanis or the Iraqis--Sunnis or Shiites. If anything, the terrorists' strategy to deliberately target the innocent in an effort to derail the society at large and thus paralyze the war effort, has not only failed--it has backfired.
Americans have taken the war to the very heart of the enemy's territory. The British have shaken their fists defiantly at the murderers among us and determined, with typical British aplomb, to carry on. Even the Spanish, initially deterred by the horrific violence inflicted on their citizens, have become relentless in their pursuit of the predatory murderers who have infiltrated Spanish society.
Do not be misled or cowed by the remarks of Omar Bakri Mohammed, the England-based sheik who blames the West for provoking the attacks. Do not be dispirited by the inflammatory rhetoric of Anjem Choudary, a lawyer and Islamic activist who claims, from the relative safety of his home in England, that there is more horror to come. Do not be dissuaded by the rantings of the father of suicidal hijacker Mohamed Atta, who vows a 50-year war against the West.
All of these people--the bin Ladens, the Attas, the al-Zarqawis--are failed human beings. Their belief system is corrupt, empty and vindictive in the extreme. What they label as Islam is about as far from true Islamic beliefs and practices as snake-handling is from Christianity. They are an anomaly.
As evidenced by the outpouring of outrage, not only in Great Britain and the United States but in Muslim populations throughout the world, the terrorists have done nothing but prove to the world that they are anathema to civil society. If there were ever any doubts before, there are none now. The Islamo-fascists have done their utmost to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that they are at war with the world. No pseudo-religious sect with such extreme and inflexible views should ever be allowed to hold sway over the world at large. The actions of Al Qaeda and its Iraqi, Saudi, Syrian and Jordanian associates are purely destructive--assassination, kidnapping and murder of diplomats, policemen, soldiers, journalists, teachers, statesmen, scholars, Imams. The world that they would impose on us is as dark and repressive as any ever dreamed of by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge or Adolf Hitler's Nazis.
In some ways the Islamo-fascists are their own worst enemies for, just as we are beginning to weary of the grind and drain of war, they commit inhuman outrages such as to ensure that we do not forget what this entire war is about. They remind us that this is a war we cannot afford to lose--none of us.
The crusaders had the will, but we have the way.
Many people, some of them former muslims, believe that Islam is a false religion.
I saw the headline and thought the thread was about democrats.
If the real source of Islam is an epileptic bedouin...maybe.
But if Islam is Satanic...doubtful it can be eliminated without a cosmic battle of the first order.
See tagline.
Yes!
No doubt. Most of the former Muslims I know feel as if they have been cheated in their lives or at least their childhoods because they were being forced to believe such nonsense. We can eradicate this from the world if we choose to.
Cosmic battle...
I do believe that THAT is the ugly truth so many refuse to face, including our President( at least officially). I hope he knows it personally.
If that's what it will come down to, denial will only work for so long.
With 1.1 billion Muslims across the world, they themselves must do something to help cleanse society of this perverted "convoluted and medieval Wahabist interpretation of Islam".
Yes, but to do so, we will have to have
the iron in our spines, to be as ruthless
as our fathers and grandfathers were during
WWII...Bloody Decisions will have to be made..
and to quote the enemy, what they tell their
recruits..That "there is a war coming, and
millions will die..."
I think that is an understatement...i think that
tens if not hundreds of millions will die.
That's not bloodlust...just a cold assessment of the
very real probabilities of the coming "third" world war.
The problem for Christendom (and Seculardumb) has been developing the courage to accept the obvious. The same can be said for many of Islam's adherents. IMHO, "moderate Islam" is comprised of those either in denial of its true historic precepts or those engaged in a covert means of conquest, later to adopt its more unpleasant means when opportunity affords. There is no in-between.
Exactly.
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Thx Keats5...that says it all!
Lock and Load.
When will we recoginize that World War III began with capture of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, and then act accordingly?
Good point, Nick. But say we have our father's and grandfather's and great grandfather's iron in our spine. But up til now, we haven't had to call it to the fore.
Let's rouse ourselves! And call forth the steel spines of our heritage and of our God.
Let's not kill with glee but with sadness. Sadness that we kill because we could not convert them from their hatred...and they would kill us if we did do the same to them first.
We must put them and the world out of the misery caused by Islam...we kill not for pleasure, but for duty.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.