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Politically correct terrorism

America is in danger of losing this war.

But not because of any lack of military might or intelligence capability, nor even because of any unwillingness to sustain grievous human and financial losses.

No, America is in danger of losing this war because of political correctness.

Answer me this: If we can't identify who the enemy is – and, in fact, refuse to do so – haven't we lost already?

The news media, the filter through which Americans receive their information, is reluctant to define the enemy. Indeed, within the last week, it has become politically incorrect to describe the Islamic terrorists who blew up the World Trade Center and Pentagon, murdering thousands of innocent Americans, as "Islamic terrorists."

As the Washington Times reported, "an organization of religion news reporters yesterday suggested that reporters avoid the term 'Islamic terrorist' or similar labels as Muslims and their beliefs receive greater scrutiny. The Religion Newswriters Association said it was 'troubled' by the frequent use of the term in the days after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington." At its annual meeting last week, the group adopted a resolution also rejecting "similar phrases that associate an entire religion with the action of a few."

OK, but at least we can still call them terrorists, right?

Wrong.

Stephen Jukes, Reuters' global head of news, decreed that the giant wire service's 2,500 journalists should not use the T-word unless in a direct quote.

"We all know that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and that Reuters upholds the principle that we do not use the word terrorist," he wrote in an internal memo. "To be frank, it adds little to call the attack on the World Trade Center a terrorist attack."

Attempting to explain his values-neutral approach, Jukes added: "We're trying to treat everyone on a level playing field, however tragic it's been and however awful and cataclysmic for the American people and people around the world."

So former Reagan staffer and columnist Paul Craig Roberts was right when he observed recently that "Americans might be so politically correct and racially sensitive as to be unable to deal with the problem at all."

And yet, as America's experience in Vietnam proved, widespread public support is critical for a successful campaign, especially a long, difficult and costly campaign, as the forthcoming war promises to be. Hard to garner support if the press doesn't tell us who the enemy is.

But the news media don't prosecute the war – the government does. So, how are our leaders doing in defining the enemy?

"Islam is a religion of peace," we are told, and these terrorists – oops, I guess I should say, these folks – are just some bad apples that belong to a widely dispersed "terror network" of a few hundred or even a few thousand members – who have "hijacked" Islam in order to philosophically justify their murderous hatred of the West.

But as Mideast expert Daniel Pipes wrote this week, "The president dismissed al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic extremism.' Hardly. Muslims on the streets of many places – Pakistan and Gaza in particular – are fervently rallying to the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam. Likewise, the president's calling the terrorists 'traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam' implies that other Muslims see them as apostates, which is simply wrong. Al-Qaida enjoys wide popularity – the very best the U.S. government can hope for is a measure of Muslim neutrality and apathy."

Although without question there are millions of peaceful, tolerant and decent Muslims, what we're talking about here is a particular brand of Islam -- a rapidly expanding one at that -- often called "Islamism." Like communism and Nazism, it is a brutal, coercive utopian movement bent on nothing less than total world domination. It's what President Bush described, in his excellent Sept. 20 speech to the nation, as heir "of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century ... they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism." Yes, the president, to his credit, characterized the enemy correctly, albeit briefly and incompletely. But he gave no sense of the size of the enemy.

Take a deep breath. Of the world's approximately 1.2 billion Muslims, an estimated 10 to 15 percent are of the militant "Islamist" strain. Do the math – that's well over 100 million human beings who, to a greater or lesser degree, are caught up with what amounts to the world's most dangerous cult.

Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom at Freedom House, told this writer that right now perhaps eight to 10 governments are "scared of being toppled" if they stand up to the Islamic "jihad" against the West. Citing Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Jordan, Indonesia and other potential "coalition" members, Marshall said such states "are afraid their country could be destabilized if they support the West too much, which shows that opposition to American action is not simply from a few hundred people."

By the way, if you want to truly understand what America is up against, who the enemy really is – in-depth – you should read the upcoming issue of WND's "Whistleblower" magazine. This extra-large issue, titled "JIHAD: The radical Islamic threat to America," will be devoted from cover to cover to a groundbreaking exploration of America's most mysterious, and deadly, enemy.

Now that we've talked a bit about what we're up against, let's think about political correctness, that bizarre self-censorship that currently makes us afraid even to name the enemy, let alone fight it.

Political correctness, at its core, is intimidation. Terrorism, of course, is the ultimate in intimidation.

The militant Islamic movement – as opposed to peaceful Muslims – wants to intimidate the United States, to intimidate us out of the Middle East so it can destroy Israel, take over the so-called "moderate" states, especially Saudi Arabia, ushering in a unified and radicalized Islamic state throughout the Mideast, and control the world's oil. Oil is a powerful weapon.

Then, they can destroy America in their own good time – remember, it is central to their politicized, utopian, religious beliefs that they convert the entire world to Islam – by force, if necessary.

But how can America withstand such intimidation when we have already given in to seemingly far less threatening intimidators in recent times?

We have given in to the militant homosexual movement – not the live-and-let-live homosexual who wants to be left alone to live his or her life – but the radical strain of homosexual activism that wants to force a repugnant agenda down our throats – to teach kindergartners about perverted sex, make AIDS exempt from normal infectious-disease protocols and outlaw traditional Christian teaching on homosexuality as a "hate crime."

The militant women's movement – not your normal women's activists seeking equal pay for equal work, but the extremist wing – intimidated America into allowing women in combat, unlimited abortion-on-demand, no-fault divorce, and driving millions of mothers into the workforce who really would rather have stayed home and raised their children.

The militant civil-rights movement – not Martin Luther King who championed a color-blind society, with which most Americans heartily agree – but the radical, virulent strain, the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world, brought us forced bussing, reverse discrimination, endless hypocrisy and increased, not decreased, racial hatreds.

And Americans have been so intimidated by their own government that, just a few months ago, President George W. Bush had to stump across the nation, begging outrageously overtaxed Americans to accept a tax cut, so fearful and brainwashed are so many of us of losing some perceived government benefit.

If America is to have any chance of prevailing in this war – which is not only a military conflict, but a cultural and spiritual one as well – we in the Free World have to come to grips with Islam. But to do so, we first have to come to grips with ourselves. We must become virtuous. We must become courageous. We must become self-disciplined, mature and uncompromisingly honest. And we must throw political correctness onto "the unmarked grave" of history. If we do, we can address with a clear head and a pure heart the spiritual warfare in which, ready or not, we are now engaged.

For the truth is, there is no clean distinction between "good Islam" on one side and "bad Islam" on the other. There is, rather, a continuum. Take the estimated four to seven million Muslims in the U.S.A. At one end, and clearly this constitutes the majority, you have the peaceful Muslim family living down the street that obeys our laws, pays their taxes and are proud to be Americans. But since Sept. 11, we have learned that, while we were asleep in this country -- with our borders wide open, giving high-technology to our enemies -- an unknown number of terrorists also have set up shop in America, along with their supporters, sympathizers, apologists and funders.

In between these two types of Muslims – the loyal American and the enemy – you have many degrees of dissatisfaction and outright anger at the United States of America, of sympathy for Palestinian suicide bombers, of secret and sometimes open agreement with the Sept. 11 attacks and, in some cases, of actual cooperation with America's enemies. There is a great deal more to this adversary than meets the eye.

America's job is to utterly destroy – that means kill – the terrorist network, root and branch, and likewise to destroy the governments of the terrorists' patron states. If we do this just right, with the right spirit and timing, we may just succeed in shocking those millions of future Osama bin Ladens who today are following the siren song of militant Islam, and forcing them toward the more moderate end of the spectrum.

To accomplish such a Herculean task will take nothing less than God's intervention. And to receive such help from above, we must look to Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

-- (moreinterpretation@ugly.com), October 03, 2001

Answers

Careful, or you'll upset cherri and her clown of liberal assholes here! "We Americans are to blame", say the liberals. "We deserve our *reward*", proclaim the radical left!

With citizens like these, who the fuck needs enemies??

-- Gary (gcphelps@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

Hey, I'm no liberal; I wanna kill up somethin' my damn self.....

Just point me in the right direction...I will fist their carcasses...

-- KoFE (your@town.USSA), October 03, 2001.

Answer me this: If we can't identify who the enemy is – and, in fact, refuse to do so – haven't we lost already?

They indentified the enemy MINUTES after, what is the mystery? How did they do that? They had the guys passport! See it fell out of his back pocket and landed neatly in the street near the WTC. They now also have some really kewl letters one of the PA "alleged hijackers" also left on the plane.

Friends we should thank the dear Lord this vital information survived these horrific crashes. A miracle it is!

You say you ain't buying any of this? Shame, shame that is Politically Unkewl to question your President, shame on you.

-- (goget@clue.net), October 03, 2001.

Man this article is RICH: If America is to have any chance of prevailing in this war – which is not only a military conflict, but a cultural and spiritual one as well – we in the Free World have to come to grips with Islam. But to do so, we first have to come to grips with ourselves. We must become virtuous. We must become courageous. We must become self-disciplined, mature and uncompromisingly honest. And we must throw political correctness onto "the unmarked grave" of history. If we do, we can address with a clear head and a pure heart the spiritual warfare in which, ready or not, we are now engaged.

It IS a Jihad people! An American Jihad we are fighting!

We do not have to come to grips with SHIT. What some towelheads have to come to grips with is a stinger missile up their bungholes is what.

This has ZERO to do with Islam, zero. It is about MASS MURDER. It is about going and killing some Homeless Criminals the CIA has been supporting for DECADES. Once this is done, we need to look at the CIA and ask some very hard questions.

We do not negotiate with Mass Murderers, Islamic or otherwise.

-- (goget@clue.net), October 03, 2001.

Re: "Friends we should thank the dear Lord this vital information survived these horrific crashes. A miracle it is!"

Yeah, it's just a big f'in conspiracy, that's what it is, and these actually were'nt even Middle Eastern types at all. They were farmers from Kansas that took over the planes!!!

What dorkin' set of comments from another liberal twitch who wants to have this country sit on it's ass as to not upset anyone. This kind of attitude would have kept us out of WWII.

-- libs are idiots (moreinterpretation@ugly.com), October 03, 2001.

We should have been LIBERATING these cockroaches within HOURS of the Attack. They want to go meet Allah? fine, here ya go asswipe suck on this heatseeker, have a nice trip!

Why is it now THREE FREAKING WEEKS later and this TURD Administration is PANDERING to ARABS? Because THEY are the LIBERALS is why ya freaking dumbfuck, please at least attempt an awakening.

Oh but we have to go slowly. We have to be sure, bout what? bout who? There has been a price on this guys head for years, what is the hold- up? It DOES NOT even matter if HE did it, get it dumbass? The PREZ said we gunna get ALL of them? ALL their networks. Question is, WHEN? When Junior grows some BALLS? when they stop being the Leftwing Liberals they are but claim they are not?????? Is Tony Blair now our President???

You people are PATHETIC. Go take your Liberal BS and stick it.

-- (goget@clue.net), October 03, 2001.

Gary, I don't think the liberals are the ones suggesting that the US did this to themselves. It looks [to ME] like it's the Right Wing Christians:

We just didn't pray enough for bin Laden

More religious stuff on this

Pat Robertson

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 03, 2001.

and another thing Calvin. Please tell me you are not just buying the passport deal, say it ain't so.

That folks who do not even claim responsibility just happen to leave rental cars at airports chock full of kewl "evidence" and "trails back to the nest" for the FBeeEye.

That Islamic Jihaders frequent strip clubs and love the new fruity vodka drinks.

Conspiracy? what would you call it? Ya I know, a Tragic Event.

-- (get help@somplace.willya), October 03, 2001.

Anita,

I thought good ol' Pat and Jerry said it was the homosexuals fault. Religious fundamentism closes many a minds!

But, visit some of the colleges around your town today and listin to what the liberal faculty are saying in their *teach ins*, {I} don't see much difference between the two groups other than the liberals blame America for political reasons and the religious fundies blame the US for moral reasons....

-- Gary (gcphelps@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

''it,s a spiritual war'' yup, and it goes WAYYYYYYY BACK!!!! ALL THE WAY TOO GARDEN OF EDEN!!!

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), October 03, 2001.

Gary: I AM a liberal. Dissenters will always be with us, whether liberals, conservatives, or other. Personally [speaking as a Liberal], I've seen no evidence to indicate that Americans are responsible for this tragedy. Of course, as others have pointed out, I've seen no evidence that bin Laden is responsible for this either. Sloppy CIA/FBI intelligence COULD be responsible, but I don't have conclusive evidence for that either.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 03, 2001.

The song playing in my head right now is the one with "The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind."

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 03, 2001.

"The answer my friends, is blow them away . . . the answer is blow them away"

-- E.H.Porter (just.wondering@about.it), October 03, 2001.

"If America is to have any chance of prevailing in this war – ........... We must become virtuous. We must become courageous. We must become self-disciplined, mature and uncompromisingly honest."

Well folks, if this is true, then were fucked and don't have a chance judging by the antics of the loose collection of luntics (myself included) that post on this board.

-- Jack Booted Thug (governmentconspiracy@NWO.com), October 03, 2001.

"The answer my friends, is blow them away . . . the answer is blow them away"

Heh. Cute one, Porter. Either one is a helluva lot better than the morning I woke up with "London Bridge Is Falling Down" playing in my head. [It's no wonder some people shoot themselves.]

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 03, 2001.

This is BS. We all know who did what. We are waiting for? Monkey man to speak and calm kids? Did you see him today. See how good he was with the children: He should have sent Larua to the school she is a teacher.

Leading? We should have dropped :Lady Logic on them the moment they did this horror. One look at her ass and the whole Taliban would have given up Osama.

It is a (in the words of the Bee Gees)-------TRAGEDY.

-- (Shadow@knows.itall\), October 03, 2001.

Anita

I am so sorry to hear of your condition. I still enjoy your post though and hope that you recover from your bout of liberalism soon!!

-- Gary (gcphelps@yahoo.com), October 04, 2001.

You're talking nonsense, the media keeps refering to Muslim fighters as terrorists and making apologies for US and Israeli atrocities.

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