A Call to Action

By Michael The Libertarian

It's been a pretty rough twenty-four hours for me.

Some people lack either reading skills or reading comprehension skills.

Sure, I can see how my blog post from yesterday might be seen as inflammatory by the “open borders/DAESH is no threat to us” crowd. I get that, but accusing me of calling for the death of all Muslims was not in that piece; ANYWHERE.

What we, as a country (based upon our inaction so far), fail to realize is war has already been declared and the enemy has shown a tenacity that this country hasn't seen since the war in the Pacific ('41 – '45). I remember a story or two from my youth of “guys coming out of caves” and those “guys” didn't realize the war had been over for twenty-five or thirty years.

DAESH is basing their Jihad on a centuries-old set of principles that we (most of us “normal” people) find offensive. We believe they might even be war crimes (or do we turn a blind eye to beheadings and burning people alive, in cages?).

I have also been attacked and accused of wanting to commit those same crimes. I can absolutely see how my post might have said that to some people, but again; that was not my intent.

I compared the tactics we used in WWII to those we have used ever since. We haven't fought a war with the intent of defeating an enemy since WWII. It's been “hold our ground” fighting and “Peace-keeping missions”. I don't believe that's going to work on this enemy? Do any of us believe that would have worked against the Nazis or the Empire of Japan?

No, we have to fight this war to win. We have to indoctrinate our fighting forces with the ideals that make this nation great and show them that the two ideologies are diametrically opposed.

Keep in mind: I wouldn't be saying this if they weren't directly making war with us. At my core, I'm an isolationist (essentially) and “chin music” from a half a globe away means nothing to me, but they are, systematically killing Americans (or visitors on our soil) and that must stop.

I am NOT calling for a genocide. I am begging our leaders and our military to go after this repugnant piece of barely human flotsam with the same zeal and drive with which they come after us. Pretty simple, really.

What people fail to realize is a legitimate declaration of war – as we recognize it today – was issued decades ago and so far, we've been pretending it's no big deal.

Anyone that says DAESH is “no existential threat to us” has not been paying attention or has been purposefully playing fast-and-loose with our safety as a nation.

This isn't my imagination. Read the Qur'an (As I have) and understand that DAESH interprets it, literally and believes theirs is a “Holy” war. They think that their cause is the most just ever (How many times did “Christianity” go to war with just that belief?) and they are fighting in such a way as their motivation seems to be based upon truly held beliefs.

This is not one of those times where we can stick our head in the sand and pretend that this will all go away on it's own. We need to “buckle down” and “man up” and prosecute this war like our lives and our way of life depend upon it, because to my mind, they do!

- Michael