I cannot remember one single incident in which an international terror attack was prefaced with a cry of, “Hail Mary, full of grace…”
“Who is like you, oh Lord….” has not been uttered by even one suicide bomber just before they flipped their fatal switch.
No airline hijacker has screamed, “Om Mani Padme Hum”, “Hare Krishna”, or even a simple “Aum.”
And in spite of the often discriminatory tone towards Christianity in this country, I know of no crowds of fanatics who have danced in the streets around a burning effigy, shouting “Jesus loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life”.
The simple fact is this. Virtually all international terror is done in the name of Islam. Note I did not say Islam is a religion of terror. I said terror is done in the name of Islam. Anyone wishing to step forward with a plausible denial of this simple fact please feel free to do so.
So here is the problem in America today. The current occupant of the White House is an Islamic apologist and his administration reflects his attitude.
In his first year in office, President Obama has gone out of his way to reach out to Islamic regimes, some of which can best be described as avowed enemies, either of us or our allies, while at the same time he tours the world, apologizing for the United States. Obama has tried to play down the importance of remembering 9/11 by transforming it into a “day of service”. He has established the chilling precedent of bestowing constitutional rights on terrorists captured on the battlefield and intentionally avoided condemnation of terror admittedly and openly done in the name of Islam.
Why does Obama do this? I don’t know. Is it something left over from his childhood experiences? Perhaps. Is it because he continues to believe his own press about being “the Chosen One” – that somehow the strength of his charisma can overcome the hatred and death wish our sworn enemies have for us? Maybe. But at the end of the day the reasons don’t really matter. What does matter is that I believe our country is less safe now because of this administration.
This latest airline incident is truly frightening in what it reveals: Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, is a man on the terror watch list, whose own father, a highly placed Nigerian Diplomat, reported him as a terrorist. He boarded a plane with no passport, no luggage, and a one-way ticket paid in cash. This man almost succeeded in detonating a bomb on the plane as it approached Detroit’s Metro Airport. And the response of our Homeland Security Secretary? “Once the incident occurred, the system worked,” This may go down as one of the most asinine public statements ever made. But it is frighteningly a reflection of this administration’s impotent position on terror, er, I mean “man-caused disaster.”
God help us. Because I am starting to believe we are going to experience another disaster like 9/11 and if I am alive afterward I fully expect to hear this president urge us not to “rush to judgment,” when, in fact that is exactly what we should do. Homeland Security should immediately begin to profile passengers according to threat level, starting with young Islamic men. If I was a peaceful Muslim male between the age of 18 and 30, and I was given extra scrutiny at an airport I think I would certainly understand. Wouldn’t you? But instead we ramp up our security for everyone in the name of political correctness and to placate. We don’t need to pat down wheelchair-bound octogenarians and mothers with a stroller carrying twins. We don’t need to force everyone to sit in their seats for the last hour of a flight, with nothing in their hands. We need to look for those who are most likely to commit these acts and like it or not they are within a pretty narrowly-defined group. We need to stop fearing what someone might say. And we need to stop pretending the regimes that spawn and sponsor these monsters will ever become our friends.
