I think what I said on 9-14-02 is still quite apt, in the context of the continuing threat from Islamist terrorists, and this thread:
*SNIP*
I know it isn’t PC to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway, because it is the truth—and it is a truth that every American had better understand—the sooner the better: Islam doesn’t mean ‘peace’, as some claim—it means ‘submission’. They have made no secret of the fact that their goal is to enslave the entire world—and that their plan for those who won’t submit to their tyrannical rule is the same fate suffered by nearly 3000 Americans just 368 days ago. In short, Islam is incompatible with our American institutions of government.
No, my friends, they didn’t serve God when they walked up behind the pilots of those planes and slit their throats, starting the process that would lead to even greater horrors—men, women, and children trapped in burning towers—helpless to escape—some being forced to jump to a certain death rather than endure being burned alive.
They didn’t serve God when they cut off Daniel Pearl’s head live on videotape.
They don’t serve God when they walk onto a crowded bus or a busy pizzeria in Tel Aviv and detonate explosives that are full of nails and rat poison—designed to cause as much suffering to their innocent victims as possible. Well—actually they do serve ‘A’ ‘god’—the god of death and destruction—but certainly not the true and living God who said, “Love one another”.
Now, let me contrast their hideous acts to what was demonstrated by Americans on 9-11:
Firemen and policemen going up the stairs when everyone else was going down; office workers who, instead of taking their chance to escape, stayed to try and help others get out of the doomed buildings; the heroic passengers of Flight 93, who, when they learned what had happened to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, immediately knew that the hijackers were in all likelihood taking their aircraft to a similar target, probably the Capitol or the White House.
So, what did they do? Did they do what crews and passengers of hijacked planes have always been advised to do, and what the poor crew and passengers on the other three flights did; stay cool, go along with them, and wait for the cavalry to come charging in to save them? NO, they had the information—the intelligence—they needed to know that the war had changed—the enemy had changed the rules. They also knew that ‘the government’ wasn’t going to help them. They knew there wasn’t a policeman on the corner who was going to come with sirens blaring and strobe lights flashing.
So, they, like other Americans before them, formed a militia on the spot--choosing leaders and instantly deciding on the mission. They knew that if they failed to overpower the terrorists, one of our national landmarks would very likely be destroyed, and thousands of people were probably going to die. So, they looked around for any weapon they could find—and settled for what they had—a serving cart, and dishes of boiling water heated up in the microwave, and their bare hands—they waited for their moment, and then attacked when they heard the now famous words, “Let’s roll!”
You know the rest; they paid for their defiance with their lives; but God only knows how many lives they saved that day in Washington, D.C.
BINGO!