We Are Losing the Global War on Terror
by Roger W. Gardner
What is the Global War on Terror?
The Global War on Terror. Why does the very name we have chosen for this monumental global conflict contain the seeds of our coming failure? The answer is simple. The name itself is prima facie evidence of our inability, or our adamant refusal, to face the hard truth about the real nature of this war. It is yet another example of our willful ignorance and our moral cowardice. Who are we fighting? Who are our enemies? Are we fighting some mysterious group of anonymous terrorists? Who has declared war against us, against the entire Judeo/Christian West? And finally, if we are afraid to even mention the name of our sworn enemy, how on earth can we ever expect to win this bloody war?
The unnamed enemy is Islam. Not some small fanatical group of Islamists, not some zealous band of religious extremists, but just plain, old-fashioned Islam. Islam has unequivocally declared war on the infidels. And we have unequivocally decided to deny the existence of this declaration. By conveniently defining this to be some amorphous “War on Terror”, we have deluded ourselves into thinking that it is something altogether different, something far less dangerous and pervasive than it really is. We have denied the existence of the monster who threatens us, and therefore we firmly believe that the monster ceases to exist.
Am I the first to remark on this cowardly game of semantics? Of course not. But despite all these prescient admonitions and warnings, has anything actually changed? Have we become more, or less, willing to honestly confront our enemies? To honestly name the name, Islam, bloody Islam?
On the contrary. As time has passed we have become ever more entrenched in our shameful state of denial. From the President on down we have steadfastly refused to name our adversaries for fear of upsetting them. Consequently, our adversaries grow stronger every day and they mock our weakness and our indecision. Now, ironically, for fear of making waves, we are facing a catastrophic Islamic tsunami.
Where is the War on Terror?
Where is the center of this so-called War on Terror? Iraq? Afghanistan? The entire Middle East? A legitimate case can be made that the center of the War on Terror today is in Gaza. Hamas, the semi-hidden face of Islam, is the personification of the real enemy. The rockets that fall daily on Sderot are the chosen weapons of this war. And how have we in the West chosen to support this War on Terror? We have shamefully blamed the victims. We have publicly admonished the Israelis for fighting this proxy War on Terror for us. We have condemned their efforts in the sanctimonious halls of the EU and the UN. We have passed innumerable resolutions naming the Israelis themselves as the real threat to peace. Yes, if ever there was a perfect paradigm for this War on Terror it must be in Gaza. And we have abandoned our only true ally in this entire blood-soaked region and taken the side of the enemy.
Do we really hate the Jews that much? Is the world’s eternal historical antisemitism so pervasive, so potent, that we would rather see Hamas and Hezbollah win? Do we secretly desire to see Israel “wiped off the map”? Do we hate the Jews so much that we would prefer to see Ahmadinejad actually get the bomb? Is our Western Civilization really that crazy? Is there some other logical explanation for our pathetic behavior?
The center of the War on Terror
Islam is the unnamed enemy we have refused to engage. Instead, we seek conciliation and accommodation. We offer compromise and denial. Anything to avoid confrontation. We will go to any lengths to avoid naming Islam as the enemy. This, then, is the true center of our War on Terror. Right here, in the heart and soul of our inglorious Western World. This is our Ground Zero. This is where the great battle has already been fought and lost. Here, in our prestigious halls of government and our great courts of justice, here in our liberal ivy-league universities and our self-congratulatory myopic media. Here, in our recent inexplicable election, an election wherein 49% of the electorate poled firmly believed that our most threatening problem was the economy (stupid), and an incredible 9% believed that it might actually be the threat of terrorism.
The question is no longer whether or not we have the will to prosecute this War on Terror, this War against Islam; we have already proven to our undying shame that we do not have the necessary will. Our only major concern now in this War on Terror has been how to get our troops back home. Exhibiting an adolescent impatience, we don’t want to hear about the cost of our withdrawal. We don’t want to hear about the consequences of our cowardice. We don’t want to hear what the enemy thinks about all this. We just want them home.
Have we truly become a generation of cowards? Do we really fear war more than we fear subjugation? Have the leftists in our midst really won? Have they finally succeeded in producing a generation of self-loathing anti-patriots, America-bashers, who find more in common with our enemies than with their own nation?
Unfortunately, oh, so unfortunately, thus far, all of our actions and inactions, culminating in the moral travesty of our recent elections, seem to say, Yes. – rg
Posted by Roger W. Gardner at 3:08 PM
As always, Roger’s clear insight cuts through the fog of battle and illuminates the target. We are not at war with a religion, we are at war with a war machine disguised as a religion; which uses pseudo religious dogma and ritual to
camouflage its mercenary mission and motivate its troops.
That fatal fact is clear on the face of Surah Al-Anfal & Surah Al-Taubah if you would but read them. It is reinforced in the worst way by Surah Al-Ahzab and As-Saff. It is about war. It is all about war. It is about a war that continues until the last day. Only a Goddamn fool will ignore this unholy statement:
Abu Dawud Book 14, Number 2526
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, “There is no god but Allah” and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist). The tyranny of any tyrant and the justice of any just (ruler) will not invalidate it. One must have faith in Divine decree.
Get a Godblessed clue, for Chrissake:
Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
I heard the Apostle of Allah, (peace_be_upon_him) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.
For the clueless: Jihad is their “original religion”; when they abandon it, they are cursed. Be careful when sitting, you carry your brain in your anal orifice. Yes, those harsh words are directed at G.W. Bush, C. Rice, H.R. Clinton & B.H. Obama. They are also directed at the vast majority of the ecclesiastical leaders in this country and the world, and at the United Nations, European Union and Parliaments wheresoever dispersed over the globe.
Allah issued commands, and those commands, reinforced by Moe’s excellent example, are codified in Islamic law. Its Shari’ah, Stupid! For Chrissake, get a God blessed clue:
O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad
The caliph (o-25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians
O9.9 The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim
That is from Reliance of the Traveller. Enter O9.8 in Scribid’s search engine and read it. Why does the Caliph make war upon Jews, Christians & Zoroastrians? The text is explicit: Al-Taubah 29!
Is genocidal conquest the proper role of a divine Prophet or a Profiteer? Allah commanded, God damniit!!!
9:29. Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
You would see that same text again if you were to read Reliance O9.8 in its entirety. Moe said that he was ordered to fight; why in Hell did he say that?
Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’ And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah.” Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, “O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?” He replied, “Whoever says, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’, faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have.”
For Chrissake, get a God blessed clue! Your life and property are not sacred to Muslims until you become one.
Damn fool! Damn Fool!! Damn Fool!!! You believed Shrub. You believed Barack Obama. You believed John McCain. By your vote you wasted the blood sacrifice of every patriotic American who bled and died on the battlefield so that you could enjoy the blessings of liberty. By your vote you jeapardized the lives & liberties of your descendents. Shame on you!
The Qur’an, Hadith & Shari’ah form a congruent pattern. Why in Hell is that? Why won’t you read them and discover the truth for yourself?
If you want your progeny to live in freedom and prosperity, without suffering war and terrorism, then you will copy this blog post and email it to everyone you know, exhorting them to forward it. You will send an email to your Representative and Senators demanding that Israel be allowed to eradicate Hamas, and that all pressure for a two state solution be abandoned. You will disrespectfully demand that our elected leaders quit lying to us about the enemy and start telling the whole truth. Wake up! Wise up!! Rise up!!!
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January 11, 2009 -
Posted by dajjal |
GWOT, Political Correctness, Politics
I appreciate what you had to say here. Having recently been in Afghanistan myself, I’d like to invite you to my latest blog posting, ‘Is Democracy Enough?’ at http://www.jeanettewindle.blogspot.com/ My own upcoming book, Veiled Freedom, set in Afghanistan and scheduled for release May, 2009, with Tyndale House Publishers, explores just what is the true source of freedom–and its cost. I’d love to hear back from you.
Comment by jeanettewindle | January 12, 2009 |
Thank you for your telling it as it is with extreme clarity. It seems that Roger is not the only one!
Comment by dajjal | January 12, 2009 |