Defeating Terrorism Overseas and Civilization Jihad at Home

American Thinker ^ | August 19, 2016 | Scott S. Powell

[detective]

With regard to foreign policy and issues of war and peace, it’s important to reflect on history to understand how the fighting of wars has changed and what is at stake today for all Americans. Looking back over the last century, World War I and II, had ideological components and but the main events were full-blown military engagements that entailed massive loss of life, property and the destruction of entire cities. What some have referred to as World War III has had more ideological components, and lesser military conflicts -- at least so far.

It turns out that although conflicts may have been and appear to continue to be smaller and more regional, modern warfare has also evolved into two-front engagements that have elements of total war -- the front line of specific military conflicts, like in Vietnam, and the second front waged by the enemy within our borders for the basic purpose of delegitimizing war efforts and undermining the will to fight. The Vietnam War experience showed that we could win on the battlefield abroad but lose in public opinion at home. The specific lessons of that conflict were twofold: 1) War requires clear objectives and an expedient path to victory because the media and public have no stomach for protracted conflict; and 2) Warfighting strategy requires a domestic component to counter the enemy’s sympathizers, supporters and surrogates, who live within our borders and are likely to engage in active measures and propaganda to turn hearts and minds and delegitimize the U.S. war effort.

[detective]

This is an excellent article.

Americans have a moral duty to protect our way of life.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We cannot begin to defend our way of life until we acknowledge that Islam is a threat.
There is no moderate Islam, there is only Islam.
Islam commands its followers to lie to advance Islam.
Their book tells them they must subjugate, convert or kill the rest of the human race.
Their book tells them there can be no peace until there is only Islam.

Mad Mo made it so.
No man can make it not so.

Islam is the threat.
The “radical” ones are the front line troops, the rest are the support for jihad.

Submit or die.

Or eliminate Islam.

[Sans-Culotte]

He makes the basic point that we have to acknowledge our enemies and attack them full on. I don’t see this ever happening. Too many of the enemy live among us. The Islamists who are carrying out attacks in Europe and London(istan) are citizens of their host counties if not native born. “Leaders” like Omama, Hillary and Merkel are essentially enemy sleeper agents.