Notwithstanding the religious nature of the language bin Laden and his ilk use, we must not fight back in the name of Christianity, but in the name of our American principles of natural, God-given rights. Any attack on these rights is evil.
Alan Keyes often says America has a "creed" in a sense, but it, of course, is non-denominational. The creed is outlined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution: that all men are created equal with rights -- and one of these rights is the right to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience. It is our respect for these principles that has made our nation unique and blessed above all other nations.
It may be true that we are fighting for the right of Judeo-Christianity to exist in our country, but we are also fighting for the right of any other religion. Bin Laden's hijacked airplanes did not target Christians and Jews; they killed members of other religious sects, even Muslims. But even if it had been exclusive to Judeo-Christianity, that still would not affect our response. Human beings were evilly murdered on our soil, and we will not allow that.
If we reacted as though this is a war of Jews and Christians against Muslims, we would play right into bin Laden’s hands. The “fatwa” he issued against America tries to pit religion against religion. The purpose, of course, is to get all Muslims around the world rallied to bin Laden’s cause. He’s the one on a crusade, not us. And he would like nothing better than to see Muslims think Judeo-Christianity is a beast that wants to destroy them.
We cannot take the bait.
Now, that statement is totally false. He admits his target is Christians and Jews. He's ramping up the Islam domination jihad that's been going on for 1400 years.
We're STILL the "Good Guys," in this conflict.
As Dr Keyes points out, our "attackers" HAD TO abandon any association with the universally acknowleged "Moral High Ground" (including ANY contact with universally accepted standards of "Human Decency") to "justify"-in their own minds-their utterly barbaric behavior.
Aggressive suicidal attacks on a perceived "enemy" can ONLY be "justified" in the face of imminent annihilation of one's family/homeland/culture!
NO Earthly Civilization/nation has faced such a risk in the last 50+ years!
Our "attackers" are, therefore, Sociopaths/Psychopaths!
They MUST be isolated & stopped! They place ALL of the costly/painful progress our species has made toward survival in terrible jeopardy!
We are in a struggle for the very existence of our species!
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