American Terrorism

Doug Cooke

 

 

 

Is the war in Iraq part of the global war on terrorism? According to John Kerry it is.  However, in his mind, the American soldiers are the terrorists, a view similar to that he held in the Vietnam era.

 

JOHN KERRY* (Nov.2005): I don't agree with that. But I think what we need to do is recognize what we all agree on, which is, you've got to begin to set benchmarks for accomplishment; you've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis, and there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the -- of -- of -- of -- historical customs, religious customs, whether you like it or not. Iraqis should be doing that.

 

JOHN KERRY* (Apr.1971): They told the stories of times that they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in the fashion reminiscent of Jen-giss [sic] Khan, not isolated incidents, but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with a full awareness of officers at all leveled of command.

 

If Americans are terrorizing kids and children (apparently there is some difference between the two), then they are obviously terrorists. Also according to Kerry, Iraqi’s should be terrorizing their children instead. To Kerry the US military has always been a terrorist organization. But aside from John Kerry’s lunacy, let’s look at the real issue.

 

Just who are the American soldiers fighting in Iraq? The media frequently calls them insurgents, which loosely means rebels. We have seen insurgents throughout history in many wars. Our forefathers, who fought in the Revolutionary War that gave this country its freedom, were classified as insurgents. The Confederacy of the south was collectively called Rebels in the Civil War. Insurgents have been guerillas in Panama, Granada, Bosnia, and other smaller wars and battles.

 

History shows that in these prior wars, none of these insurgents killed their own women and children. None of them blew themselves up hoping to take a group of innocent bystanders with them. None of them were involved in intentional fratricide. None of them were recorded threatening to behead innocent (non-combative) people on television in exchange for a nation withdrawing troops.

 

Historically, insurgents have taken up arms against an invading military force and directed their fire toward that force, in an effort to remove it from their homeland. They have not in the past directed explosives toward anything that would get attention and kill people, regardless of whose side those people are on.  

 

Is this then a new form of insurgency? No. This is terrorism as it always has been. People that detonate themselves, their own country men, women, and children, without regard, are terrorists. They have congregated in Iraq from various local Middle Eastern countries, in order to terrorize Americans and any Iraqis who wish to be part of a new democratic Iraq. Freedom is their enemy.

 

Therefore, the war in Iraq right now, is indeed a war against terror. Our soldiers are not fighting against Saddam’s armies, or local militias, or any other organized force of insurgents. They are fighting against terrorists, plain and simple. Take comfort in the fact that those same terrorists could instead be plotting to hijack US planes or finding their way into America to terrorize us on our own soil.

 

We have not had a terrorist attack in the US since 9/11, and let’s hope it stays that way. By extinguishing many of the terrorists that have congregated in Iraq to defeat freedom, our valiant soldiers have further decreased the probability of an attack in the United States. Keeping the war off of our soil is the main idea.

 

Part of keeping the war out of our States includes closing the borders, and regulating and investigating the influx of aliens and cargo at our nation’s perimeters. There is still much work to do that is not currently being done. You can help by writing your Congressmen and Senators, and expressing your will to regulate border activity.

Here is a good page on which to look up your representatives and their contact info.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

* John Kerry should have been tried for treason during the Vietnam War, and should be tried for treason now.

Doug Cooke is a political analyst and philosopher.

 

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