Nearly 3000 people killed during the terrorist attacks of 9/11. 1850 Troops killed in Iraq. Scores more killed in Afghanistan, and in other terrorist attacks over the last decade. The Killers involved in all the attacks have a common thread. They are all Islamic Militants who want to see death come to Americans and to our way of life. Their battle lines are clearly drawn for the entire world to see. They are at war against freedom, and all those that support it. They would gladly kill each and every American if given the opportunity. They are fully engaged in a holy war against the infidel; and the infidel is you, me, our mothers and fathers, children and grandchildren, and everyone we know and love. They savagely murder Americans and video tape it for all the world to see. They took to the streets and rejoiced around the world after 9/11. After Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans killing perhaps thousands, they again expressed their joy. They spread their ideology of hate, oppression, and brutality around the Globe. Using their twisted version of religion as a justification for their acts they continue to increase their numbers. It is Us against Them they say, fight for us and you will be greatly rewarded by God. They fight with a fanaticism and dedication that is unprecedented in modern war. While thus far in comparison to the great wars of the 20th century the deaths and destruction caused by this conflict have been relatively light, it has the potential to dwarf them all. Destructive capabilities and wide spread proliferation of WMDs, as well as the enemy’s unquestioned desire to use them, have made this the highest stakes battle in the history of our great country. A single successful attack by these barbarians could kill 100s of thousands of Americans, destroy entire cities, and severely impact our economy. While no doubt some progress has been made over the last four years in preventing such an attack, one of the greatest inhibitors in our ability to fight terrorism has remained unchanged: Political Correctness.
Almost immediately after 9/11 the debate over security vs. personal freedom began. The issue of racial profiling shifted from being almost exclusively associated with black Americans to include Arabs. Civil liberty activists began proclaiming the depravity of using profiling against Arab Americans. While as a rule Racial Profiling is unfair and should not be allowed as a standard law enforcement technique, I would argue that at some point it becomes not just an acceptable method, but a method that would be absurd to not utilize. Everyone who has seen the pictures of the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks or any of the many other Islamic terrorist we have seen on television over the last years has to recognize the fact that the all look very similar. At our airports and other high-risk locations we need to recognize that an Arab man with an Islamic name is more likely to be a terror threat then any other demographic. This is common sense, not racism. The issue of racism continues to plague our country. In this instance not because there is racism but because as a country we are terrified of being labeled as racist. So afraid are we of being given this label, and so ready are some to place it, that it has become almost too high a liability to take even random security measures against an Arab for fear that it might be construed as a racist act. Instead of paying closer attention to people from the region of the world infested with anti-Americanism we instead pay less attention to them.
The right to free speech is another issue that has been twisted by civil rights watchdogs to work to the advantage of the enemy. Islamic anti-Americans freely spread their poisonous beliefs through university lecture halls around the country. The scope of their propaganda goes far beyond decrying our government or the war on terror. Radicals in the US teach openly teach jihad and Islamism using our first amendment as carte blanche. We allow these people to build support for their cause and spread their hatred, doing nothing for fear of violating their rights. They engineer the demise of our nation, and we stand by and do nothing. Anyone who preaches jihad in our country needs to be arrested, and at the very least, deported.
The final issue I will address (although I could go on for much longer) is the unfair pressure on our military to fight a politically correct war. Our media has at best placed a handicap on our troops, and at worst been nothing less then a deadly enemy. The media has gleefully brought forth and focused excessively on the dastardly deeds of our troops at Abu Grhaib, Guantanamo Bay, and the battle of Fallujah. There has been constant focus on civilian casualties, the level of force used by coalition soldiers, and the moral clarity of our mission. This is a war against an enemy who beheads their prisoners, bombs innocent civilians, and aspires to destroy our country. That our own media focuses most intently on Iraqi prisoners being humiliated, (not beheaded, but humiliated) “Koran abuse,” and whether a young marine during a tough, gritty battle was justified in killing a wounded enemy combatant is disgraceful. These reports portray our country and our military as morally bankrupt and despicable. This not only has a negative effect at home but also fills our enemy with hope and resolve. We cannot win this fight if our country and the world doubts the integrity and virtue of our mission. Our media had been instrumental in aiding the enemy to recruit and prevail. While it could be argued that the media is simply reporting the facts, the intense over reporting is completely unjustifiable and irresponsible. If any guard in any prison in America had “abused” prisoner’s bibles, there wouldn’t have been a single blip on the media radar.
The war on terror is no gentleman’s war. The jihadists are waging a no holds barred fight to the death. They obey no rules and will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. America will not win unless we get serious about combating this threat. Can you imagine if during WWII we had allowed the Nazis to enter our country and preach the virtue of their vision? What if the reports Americans saw in newsreels was almost entirely about the immoral behavior of our troops, and justifying the enemy’s cause? Wake up America, the enemy has brought the war to our doorstep and it will not be over until there is a victor and a vanquished. It’s time to take the gloves off and get serious.
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