War on terror from the inside
Understanding the war on terror, as seen through the eyes of an average American, is a task almost as hard as understanding eternity. Although the two, eternity and fundamental Islam are tied together much like conjoined twins, in the eyes of the fundamental Islamic terrorist there can be no separation short of the death of all those who oppose their concept of eternity. Understanding fundamental Islamic terrorism cannot be taught in a classroom, understood by reading the newspaper, watching CNN, or even by debate on the floor of congress.
Fundamentalist terrorists are, by lack of continuity and organization, the most dangerous enemy ever to walk on the world stage. The fact that their only clearly defined objective is the death of any man, woman or child who does not conform to their system of beliefs makes mute any attempt at reason, negotiation, or compromise. Unlike enemies of the past, this enemy does not desire land, gold, money, or any other material thing. They desire power.
The power they desire is not the power to rule or control, the power they seek is the power over life and death and the power to destroy any social organization that creates order in the world. In a word, these terrorists are in a desperate battle to bring about the total collapse of all government world wide, all commercial and social organization, they seek the Apocalypse in the present generation. They want total chaos on earth.
If you go to their land, be it Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar or Iraq and share a meal or drink a cup of coffee with them, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, etc without a television camera and reporter or tape recorder stuck in their face you will hear a much different dialogue. A very chilling dialogue void of any reference of future, laden with hatred, spite, and disdain for any person or nation that is not totally in compliance with their concept of the world.
These terrorists will only stop when there is not enough blood left in one side or the other to sustain the fight. They feel no regret or remorse whatsoever for the blood they shed or even the blood they lose.
Islamic Terrorists need no help recruiting new soldiers. Western nations thru their very behavior do that job for them. Worldwide broadcasts of affluence, decadence, and gross displays of moral decay are only a few of the tools modern societies supply their enemies recruiting effort. Scenes of wealthy tourists flaunting wealth and abundance in places where thousands are literally starving. Vacationing European and American tourists site seeing in foreign lands with no regard for the customs of indigenous people. News broadcasts, aimed at a world of impoverished people, depicting homes with gold plated toilets.
For the moment it is fundamental Islamic terrorists, however the very conditions which bread these terrorists is not likely to end here. The whole world watches now. Technology is taking the same images and attitudes of ignorance,arrogance and conspicuous wealth into every part of the world, and believe it or not, the left wing liberals and progressives are the worst offenders of this insensitive folly. It isn’t likely that fundamental Islam will be the only sect that will turn to violence as a means to their end.
Common sense dictates that not everyone can be wealthy. However, for those with wealth comes power and how that power is used must provide for compassion, morality, and honor, all of which must be exercised with a consistent, just, equal and humble purpose.
This crisis has been decades in the making. The way we Americans behave now and in the future will decide its outcome. Pointing a finger at any individual in or out of government is only an excuse for what generations of Americans and Europeans have created, it is time we learned to “treat others as we want to be treated” or else.
I spent many months in the mid east and I do not justify the actions of our enemy nor do I advocate any sign of weakness toward them,signs of weakness fuels their ambitions. We must win this fight, if we do not we will be handing our enemy one of the largest oil reserves in the world. It does not matter that we would not get that oil.
However, it does matter that we would be putting billions of dollars into the hands of those who will never stop trying to seek our destruction, not to mention a strategic position from which to operate. Fifty years of ignorance drew us into this battle, it will take more than a few years to win it. Our enemy truly believes that the average American does not have the courage or the ability to sacrifice as necessary to win.
We now have an entire government completely lacking the best of American values, Honor, Duty, Loyalty, Morality and determination. Americans must put aside the notion that we are democrats or republicans and realize that for now we must be of one mind, Americans, we must be able to show courage and a since of unity to the world, it is obvious our government does not have this capacity.
For truly we either stand together as never before or we will surely lose together. The people of the United States have made one thing clear in this election, “senators and congress need to forget the interest groups and place their interest in preserving this nation and its Constitution. Not one person in our government amounts to much if they can do nothing in the few days they actually work.
Americans are tired of the showboating and overblown egos in Washington, they are no better than any other American. Do you not realize that there are much more qualified people, not in politics, who could do far better than you. They just simply do not want to go through the humiliation and three ring circus required to get there.
Deflate the false egos and show just a little of the backbone our soldiers have past and present. If you only knew how many great solutions to problems were ignored and great problems went undetected because the wrong people were in office or would not get the credit. It takes a great man to do great things and not worry about who gets credit for it. Evidently we have none of these men on capitol hill.
All we ask is that our representatives put our country and its Constitution first and your, in comparison insignificant ego, last. Please do not tell us that you have, the record is there and it does not lie! You all know what has to be done, if you can’t do it get out! I am absolutely convinced many I know can do better, and yes including myself.
Keep in mind that we have trained and armed a nation, do we walk away and hand that power over to those who would use it to destroy their neighbors and Americans. If anyone thinks the United States and Iran (as it is) can coexist on this earth you are wrong.
The only way that could happen would be if the United States accepted the destruction of Israel and endless attacks on US interests worldwide including on American soil. It now appears we should have gone into Iran instead of Iraq. Nothing will change until we deal effectively with Iran, it is the number one source of problems in the mid east.
God bless America, we will need it. We are first Americans, strong, united and unwilling to accept the agenda of any radicals, fundamentalists or the liberal mice in Washington, or we are nothing!
