The root cause of terrorism: Joseph Farah reveals simple reason jihadis continue their attacks

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 1/20/07 | Joseph Farah

[JohnHuang2]

It's becoming popular to talk about "the root causes of terrorism."

Lately, we've heard:

• The root cause of terrorism is foreign domination and control of Muslim resources.

• The root cause of terrorism is the hatred of the Western way of life.

• The root cause of terrorism is alienation.

• The root cause of terrorism is poverty and illiteracy.

• The root cause of terrorism is the moral decadence of the West.

• The root cause of terrorism is the West's support for Israel.

Do you know what I think is the root cause of terrorism?

It works.

By that I mean those using terrorism in the world today do it because it achieves their objectives.

Simple. And I think beyond dispute.

No place does it work more effectively than in Israel – once seen as a bulwark against Islamist terrorism. If you want a case study in the enabling of terrorism, the encouraging of terrorism, the feeding and cultivation of terrorism, look no further than the Jewish state.

Let's look at the cost of unrelenting terrorism in the Jewish state over the last six years since Ariel Sharon was elected as a hard-line prime minister to put an end to attacks but who betrayed his constituency:

• 56 percent of Israelis support negotiating even with Hamas, a terrorist organization sworn to the Jewish state's destruction;

• 75 percent of Israelis believe their country is struggling for its very survival;

• The more Israel has acceded to the demands of terrorists, the more terrorism has increased;

• The more Israel has unilaterally retreated from lands won in hard-fought combat, the more emboldened its attackers have become;

• The more accommodating Israel is with the terrorists, the higher become the demands on the Jewish state by international busybodies who blame their own problems with terrorists on Israel.

It's a vicious cycle. But it is a cycle benefiting the terrorists – demonstrating its effectiveness as a tactic.

What do the terrorists want besides killing and terrifying people?

Ultimately, it is very simple. They want the entire world subjugated to Islamic rule and law.

There are only two ways to stop the terrorism:

• Surrender and live under the domination of Islam.

• Soundly defeat the Islamic jihad.

You can't talk to it. You can't buy it off. You can't understand it. You can't win it over with compassion. You can't reason with it. You can't negotiate with it. You can't bargain with it. You can't appease it away. You can't wish it away.

In fact, this is an enemy that cannot be seduced by expressions of "tolerance" and gestures of goodwill. It is actually repulsed by such moves – seeing them as weakness to be exploited further and signs that their strategy is winning the day.

Need I remind you this is a conflict with some history.

It didn't begin Sept. 11, 2001, or even with the first World Trade Center bombing or the Iranian revolution of 1979.

This is a war President Jefferson fought.

This is a war that led to Christopher Columbus' voyage west and, ultimately, the discovery of America.

This is a war that nearly led to the conquest of Europe before that.

And it may well lead to the conquest of Europe in the 21st century.

As I have said before, it would not be inaccurate to say this conflict has defined world history for the last 1,300 years.

In the 20th century, we witnessed the high cost of appeasement. We saw it with Nazi Germany. We saw it with the Soviet Union. We saw it with Communist China. And, lately, we see it in the Middle East and in the war with jihadism.

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[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Sounds a lot like dealing with Democrats.

[onyx]

Save.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Ditto

[Mr J]

Ironic that the very Jews whom the Muslims despise are their best friends in America -- the intellectuals who created the moral and cultural framework in which organizations like the ACLU thrive.

[Cindy]

OPINION: Yep.

[dmw]

"I worry that this may be want it comes to..."

Should say, I worry that this may be WHAT it comes to...

[oldenuff2no]

Islam causes destruction via terrorism because it can. They will continue to do so as long as they believe they can get away with it.
History has taught us several times that the only way to live in peace with the muslim world is to beat them into submission. That's what the crusades were all about.
We need to fire up our factories on go fast and see how many bombs we can make and deliver over and on islamic targets. I don't care how many we have to kill we need to keep killing them until they stop their crap.
The only thing the islamic world respects is superior force and the willingness to use it.

[dmw]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, too many people don't see it that way--and that's what worries me.

[Blackirish]

I see it similar but differently. I think Islam and some of us grossly underestamate the ferocity of the West. Yes ...we are very comfortable now....but if the Islamists start making us truly uncomfortable as in take out some cities....those nuklear submarines in our arsenal are not just there for decoration. Islam will be broken just like Japan. Also I'm not even giving up on Europe. I imagine there are plans already in place to start mass deportations of Muslims out of Europe. This thing has been going on since 600 BC before Jesus or mohammed......givin the historical ferocity of the West...they underestimate us at your their own peril.

[Blackirish]

This article may interest you.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/on_going_roman.html

[Bernard Marx]

PC, hate crimes, and all that other touchy-feely crap came into being during the Klintoon daze.

All that stuff dates back at least to the Johnson administration. It's all cultural Marxism. It just came out of the closet thanks to the Clintons.

[DonnerT]

Tag line with us on God's side and Him on our side.

[dmw]

Great article Blackirish, you should consider posting it on another thread. Thanks for giving me the link.

The last paragraph in the article said,

"But the critics should be wary of screaming too loud, of conspiring too well, of undermining us too thoroughly. Because if they succeed, if they do get what they insist they want, then the result may well be something they never conceived, and it will be their desolation, and our peace."

The critics, in our case, is the MSM, liberal politicians, liberal judges, Hollywood activists, ACLU and like minded organizations, etc. These are our greatest enemies, in my opinion, even more so than the Islamic terrorists. How can we effectively conquer our enemies when the enemy is "us"?

[supremedoctrine]

Your 2nd paragraph sounds exactly like me, but I like to use the more historical/biblical sounding word "carnage"/
And I think it will come to that, down the road somewhere.
It is very hard to foresee exactly what chain of events will lead to it, but I don't expect it will be any dramatic act of terrorism on our own soil, as with 9-11.
It will be the ongoing global Jihad that the Jihadists count on being able to wear down the will of the West. Someday we will say "enough" and have to bomb numerous targets: Iran, the UAE, and yes, Saudi Arabia. The reason it won't happen here is that the good cop/bad cop setup is well-established here, through propagandists like CAIR, and their relentless political posturing. A serious attack on our soil, like, say the equivalent of the London tube bombings, would result in half the mosques here burnt down, and would completely undo ALL the "work" the practical "political" wing of Islam has carefully put in place.