7.17.2007
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Total war?
Time and time again we are reminded of the fact that we are not fighting a war. Yes, the president calls it a "global war on terror" -- GWOT, a most unsavory acronym. And, yes, unfortunately, far too many of our best young men have died in the futility that is "nation building" in Iraq.
But are we at war? Have we been since 9/11? I say we haven't been. The most obvious reason we are not at war? We are not serious about identifying the enemy. We dance around the subject, and we either lie about it or are blind to it.
Our president, within mere moments of the heinous 9/11 attack on our soil, an attack motivated and fueled by Islam, tells us that "Islam is a religion of peace." Yes, and I'll be the next Pope.
The other principal reason we aren't really at war? We are not spending nearly enough on defense. On our armed forces. Rather, we spend billions to bring "democracy" to an ungrateful and incompetent collection of sectarian primitives in Iraq.
What should we be doing? For openers, increasing the combat-ready divisions in our Army. Doubling, at the least, our carrier battle groups. Very, very expensive, but the very best tool available for projecting force without having to invade some far-off shitistan of a place.
A little plussing-up of our intel community wouldn't be a bad thing, either. Actually, a lot of plussing-up. What did Bush do? Add another layer of bureaucracy. Yes, that helped, George. Helped the sycophants who strive to become principal deputy assistant directors with a large staff and no real responsibilities.
As far as the home front? Stop letting foreign Muslims enter our country, except with thorough vetting. Deport any and all foreign Muslims who fulminate their usual stew of anti-Semitic, anti-Western, anti-Christian crap in their mosques and Islamic centers. They are the enemy.
As for the home-grown, citizen Muslims? Watch them. Carefully. Shut down their charities that fund terror. Treat them as fifth-column traitors should they spout sedition and support for jihad.
Ugly thoughts? Yes, but necessary. What about their constitutional rights? Firstly, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. In wartime, we must do what we must do to survive. We will not survive the kind of "tolerance" exhibited by the weak-minded spouting of pap like "religion of peace." Secondly, no one, Muslim or otherwise, has the right to espouse violent jihad against Jews and Christians and those with other (than Islam) or no faith at all.
War is hell, and unless and until we recognize that Islam as it is now constituted is the enemy, we might as well fly the white flag of surrender.
But are we at war? Have we been since 9/11? I say we haven't been. The most obvious reason we are not at war? We are not serious about identifying the enemy. We dance around the subject, and we either lie about it or are blind to it.
Our president, within mere moments of the heinous 9/11 attack on our soil, an attack motivated and fueled by Islam, tells us that "Islam is a religion of peace." Yes, and I'll be the next Pope.
The other principal reason we aren't really at war? We are not spending nearly enough on defense. On our armed forces. Rather, we spend billions to bring "democracy" to an ungrateful and incompetent collection of sectarian primitives in Iraq.
What should we be doing? For openers, increasing the combat-ready divisions in our Army. Doubling, at the least, our carrier battle groups. Very, very expensive, but the very best tool available for projecting force without having to invade some far-off shitistan of a place.
A little plussing-up of our intel community wouldn't be a bad thing, either. Actually, a lot of plussing-up. What did Bush do? Add another layer of bureaucracy. Yes, that helped, George. Helped the sycophants who strive to become principal deputy assistant directors with a large staff and no real responsibilities.
As far as the home front? Stop letting foreign Muslims enter our country, except with thorough vetting. Deport any and all foreign Muslims who fulminate their usual stew of anti-Semitic, anti-Western, anti-Christian crap in their mosques and Islamic centers. They are the enemy.
As for the home-grown, citizen Muslims? Watch them. Carefully. Shut down their charities that fund terror. Treat them as fifth-column traitors should they spout sedition and support for jihad.
Ugly thoughts? Yes, but necessary. What about their constitutional rights? Firstly, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. In wartime, we must do what we must do to survive. We will not survive the kind of "tolerance" exhibited by the weak-minded spouting of pap like "religion of peace." Secondly, no one, Muslim or otherwise, has the right to espouse violent jihad against Jews and Christians and those with other (than Islam) or no faith at all.
War is hell, and unless and until we recognize that Islam as it is now constituted is the enemy, we might as well fly the white flag of surrender.
Labels: Islam, war and peace
posted by Jack Rich at 4:23 PM
I was born, grew up, and went to school in the Bronx, New York -- on the wrong side of the
tracks. Got the chance to go to college, so instead of joining the NYPD (the obvious career choice at
that time and place), I became an engineer. Spent
some years designing things that go boom (or things that take things that go boom to their destinations...), principally for our military.
Also took an interesting career turn and for some years was in charge of counter-terrorism for my agency...so I learned something about guns. And when to use them.
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