Category: Politics

I Was reading an article about al-Qaeda threats in the wake of bin Ladens demise.

Aside from the usual blah blah blah Jihad blah blah blah Allah blah blah blah blah Allah blah blah Jihad blah …

A couple of things stuck out.

1) “Men and heroes only should be confronted in the battlefields …”

Oh yeah? Hummm let me think about that. Where the World Trade Center once stood I don’t see a battlefield and I didn’t see armed combatants there on that September morning.

2) Their statement complained about our “mistreatment” of bin Ladens body…

Again… Let me think, Oh yeah wasn’t it al-Qaeda operatives that hung dead Americans from overpasses? Decapitated Americans on TV? Left body parts of American soldiers in various places around Baghdad?

3) Their statements congratulates “Islamic Nation on the martyrdom of their devoted son Osama,”

Oh well then, I look forward to them having the opportunity to congratulate the Islamic Nation on MANY more martyrs, I suspect that at least some of those will have their blood spilled on American soil.

They’re not coming to America folks… The jihadists are already HERE.

The media is reporting that al-Qaeda is targeting other cities (Washington, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). This should not be a surprise.

It should be expected now and into the future. Since our government has not specifically targeted and deported non-citizens from hostile Middle Eastern countries living in the US and since our ability to deport non-citizens is constantly thwarted by our fear of appearing to profile, or being racist, we will effectively live with this kind of threat from here on out.

Something to think about the next time terrorists mount an attack within the borders of the United States. Do not delude yourselves, there will be some attack that our law enforcement folks will be unable to stop despite their best efforts.

When it happens, the media will be crying why? They’ll be demanding answers from law enforcement, politicians will begin fact finding missions, spending millions of our tax dollars and running around in tight little circles refusing to accept the common sense answers for fear of being called a bad name.

We as a nation really do need to get our priorities in order.

In writing about bin Ladens death, I realized that part of my rage at al-Qaeda is fueled by people and elements of the media that are all for appeasement.

There is no appeasing jihadis unless you’re willing to convert to Islam, have your wives and daughters cover themselves and submit to a theocracy where brutality is the norm.

If you’re willing to sacrifice everything that we as Americans are then I suppose appeasement is a choice.

For me, for a variety of reasons appeasement is completely off the table. I realized shortly after 9/11 that while I was too old to serve in the military, I still needed to make a decision about where I stood.

Admiral Yamamoto in the early days of World War II counseled against a Japanese invasion of America. He said if Japan tried to invade America there would be “a rifle behind every blade of grass”

Ghost Trees (c) 2010 David Kendal

I believe that we should make sure he was right.

I decided that if it came to a “Fifth Column” in America, or an invasion, or God help us appeasement under the threat of some nuclear or biological threat, that my only choice would be to fight.

I suppose it’s my Northern European roots. Something in me says it’s better to go out with a weapon in my hand and dine in Valhalla than to be led submissively to slaughter like a sheep.

Perhaps in that way, I’m no different from the 15th century beliefs that fundamentalist Islam preaches…

I’m still a barbarian from the North.

WHOOOO HOOOO!

I’ve been told by my more moderate friends and family that I shouldn’t be so dang happy about it. But I’m happy we finally gave him lead poisoning.

The only thing I wish is that we hadn’t buried him at sea. I don’t think he deserved that courtesy.

I’ve wished for years that we would capture him and then whip him naked through the streets of New York and Washington DC. Then have him shot in the shadow of the Washington Monument and his head placed on a pike for the world to see.

Brutality and violence seem to be the only thing al-Qaeda understands. I’m all for giving it to them in abundance.

I’d guess that we have targeted all of the al-Qaeda leaders and subordinates.

I hope that their heads are squarely in the crosshairs of a SEAL, Ranger, or Other Special Operations guys, and that the al-Qaeda body count is about to rise very quickly.

Gothic! Medieval! Brutal! YES! All true and there is a part of me that is a little ashamed of that, but bear with me here.

That desire is born out of pure rage that comes from seeing our soldiers bodies defiled, and seeing videos of these al-Qaeda “Freedom Fighters” decapitating kidnapped terrified civilians.

I’m enraged because despite the fact that we haven’t had much in the way of attacks here in the US since 9/11, our way of life has been irrevocably changed. We are not as free as we were, we have lost some of our rights, traveling by air has become nightmarish, and we now look at everyone with suspicion. In one regard the terrorists succeeded, they made an impression and they took away our innocence.

On Sunday, our military brought justice to one of the people responsible for the changes to my home. I’m good with that and I thank those guys from the bottom of my heart.