Is our enemy Terrorism or Islam?

FreeRepublic | September 14, 2001 | Billy_bob_bob

[Billy_bob_bob]

Is our enemy Terrorism or Islam?

By Billy_Bob_Bob.

I have been doing a whole lot of thinking about the sneak terror attack of September 11, 2001. I have been thinking about how the attack was waged, who did the attack, and the horrifying results of the attack.

How we got here no longer matters. The simple fact is that we are at war. The question remains, at war with what or whom? Are we at war with a nation? Are we at war with a band of pirates? Are we at war with an ideology?

I am personally convinced that this is nothing less than a clash of civilizations, civilizations that have been clashing for over a thousand years, and will continue to clash until one prevails over the other. The frightening conclusion that I keep coming back to is that we are at war with nothing less than Islam itself.

If this conclusion is correct, the consequences and ramifications of the approaching conflict will be breathtaking. I very much want to believe that we are not going to war against every Islamic nation on Earth, but I am very afraid that this is exactly what we are about to do.

I realize that every Islamic nation has issued strong denouncements of the terror attack, but I'm seeing nothing more than the flow of crocodile tears from their eyes and lies from their lips. When I see pictures of the spontaneous celebrations that broke out in Egypt, Palestine and who knows where else, I become convinced that all of Islam wants to see our nation in flames.

Considering how many billions of dollars we send to Egypt every year, to see their people dancing in the streets celebrating our suffering convinces me that they are not on our side, that they never have been, and they never will be. It is not much of a leap to suspect that if our so-called "ally" Egypt feels this way, then the other, less "moderate" Islamic nations out there can only harbor even more bitter feelings.

Furthermore, I am convinced that even if we start out carrying out a war against "terrorism", that this campaign will very quickly escalate into a war against Islam. In fact, it is my belief that the more effective our campaign against "terrorism" is, the more rapidly the conflict will escalate into a full-scale war against Islam.

I have found FreeRepublic to be a valuable source of information and intelligent analysis of current events. I would very much like to hear what other people have to say about this. I look forward to all of your inputs. Please try to keep the dialogue as civil as possible, since I know that we are talking about an extremely incendiary subject here. Thank you.

We will never forget or forgive the sneak terror attack of September 11, 2001.

[Billy_bob_bob]

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