We are at war whether we like it or not. You can voice trite platitudes about Islam being the religion of peace, but there remains a significant Islamist movement that belies that statement that will strike anyone, anywhere, anyplace, at any time to further their agenda. They don't limit their attacks to the West, just days before the Paris massacre they killed 43 people outside a Shia mosque in Beirut prompting Hezbollah to claim:
Despite what some of our liberal followers may claim no one is advocating war with Islam. We are not so naive to think that every Muslim is an enemy but we do recognize our inability to tell the good from the bad. If Opus Dei suicide bombers were massacring people in Italian markets and gunning down worshipers in Protestant churches my response would be the same; they must be destroyed root and branch.
In World War II there were plenty of good and peaceful Germans caught up in the Nazi atrocities of the age who had no choice other than death if they refused to support the state or join the Wehrmacht. The people in areas controlled by ISIS are in the same position, we could not limit our response then, we cannot limit our response now. One cannot sit on the sidelines of this war between civilization and absolute barbarity.
We cannot cede territory to ISIS and what they do control must be destroyed without regard to collateral damage. Any town, village, or hut flying the ISIS flag is a legitimate military target.
President Obama claims that 99.9% of Muslims don't support fundamentalist radicalism, but it doesn't matter. If the number of radicals is .1 or 1 or 10, or even 50, whatever the remainder they cannot sit on the sidelines and claim it is not their problem. We all have a problem with radical Islam, we are all targets or will be, we must all fight our common enemy.
It's not just Je Suis Charlie anymore or even
Je Suis Une Cible
Nous sommes tous des cibles
"They targeted civilians, worshipers, unarmed people, women and elderly, they only targeted innocent people...[it was a] satanic, terrorist attack."ISIS responded with:
"Let the Shiite apostates know that we will not rest until we take revenge in the name of the prophet." "After the apostates gathered in the area, one of the knights of martyrdom detonated his explosive belt in the midst of them."No one is safe, Muslim or not.
Despite what some of our liberal followers may claim no one is advocating war with Islam. We are not so naive to think that every Muslim is an enemy but we do recognize our inability to tell the good from the bad. If Opus Dei suicide bombers were massacring people in Italian markets and gunning down worshipers in Protestant churches my response would be the same; they must be destroyed root and branch.
In World War II there were plenty of good and peaceful Germans caught up in the Nazi atrocities of the age who had no choice other than death if they refused to support the state or join the Wehrmacht. The people in areas controlled by ISIS are in the same position, we could not limit our response then, we cannot limit our response now. One cannot sit on the sidelines of this war between civilization and absolute barbarity.
We cannot cede territory to ISIS and what they do control must be destroyed without regard to collateral damage. Any town, village, or hut flying the ISIS flag is a legitimate military target.
President Obama claims that 99.9% of Muslims don't support fundamentalist radicalism, but it doesn't matter. If the number of radicals is .1 or 1 or 10, or even 50, whatever the remainder they cannot sit on the sidelines and claim it is not their problem. We all have a problem with radical Islam, we are all targets or will be, we must all fight our common enemy.
It's not just Je Suis Charlie anymore or even
Je Suis Une Cible
Nous sommes tous des cibles
We are all targets
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