Thursday, 16 September 2004
Winning the War on Terror
Last Saturday September 11th, I was working out in the morning while watching Fox News. They were showing the the ceremonies remembering the thousands who were slaughtered on the attacks on the twin towers two years ago. The overwhelming sadness of the event brought tears to my eyes as I watched those who lost family members grieve. The more I thought about the tragedy, my moroseness shifted from sorrow to anger. Anger at the Muslim fascists who dared to murder our people. It reaffirmed my belief that we must win this war on terror.
But how can we win this war? How do we stamp out fascists whose only desireis to violently impose there will upon the rest of the Arab world?
After 9/11, Bush invaded Afghanistan to eliminate the main training groundsfor these terrorist organizations. This immediately put the terrorists intoa defensive position that set back there organizational capabilities tremendously. They were quickly flushed out and many were destroyed or captured. Those captured have provided us with a fresh wave of intelligence to help us inour battles.
The next step in the war was the invasion of Iraq. Many Americans today questionthis move. I don't claim to know the actual reasons the president decidedto invade Iraq, but to me it appears the decision was indeed the correctchoice.
Why?
- We have begun to see the real motives of the terrorists. They are nolonger attacking Americans. They are attacking there fellow Iraqi citizens.This shows, for those who care to see, that the terrorists are not fighting for Arab freedom, but for dictatorial control of the Arab people. These terroristshave shown their true colors of Muslim fascism.
- The media keeps saying that city's like Falluja are "havens" for theterrorists and terrorists are flocking to them. This is good news. What themedia calls a "haven", I call a prison. These terrorists are hold up inthese cities with no where to go, and more importantly they can't killAmericans on US Soil in those dark holes.
- Given some help and time, democracy will take hold. We already see it inAfghanistan were 90+ percent of the people are registered to vote in thecoming elections. The naysayers who say it can't happen need only look backto the end of World War II. Both Japan and Germany were recovering fromcontrol from dictators. Both took time to embrace capitalistic democracywhich lead to the stabilization of each countries which today are now leading economic countries.
It is stupid to think that Arab's do not want democracy. The Arab peopleare like anyone else. They yearn for freedom and a chance to betterthemselves and the world around them. We must capitalize on the goodnessof the human spirit and encourage its growth. If we do, the terrorists willhave no place to go and the youth they successfully indoctrinate will nolonger heed there call. They will turn away from the darkness of hatred toface the shining opportunities liberty provides to chase their dreams.
