Posted on 06/08/2024 7:05:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Sadly what happened in the 1930s and 1940s will now come back to haunt them as people dredge up the past. But remember, in the past the nazis and moslems got along well.
It is different today.
“Terror” is an abstraction, and as such, “declaring war” on it is meaningless.
Our war(s) against our enemies have failed, consistently, in large part because of this abstraction.
“Enemy soldier” and “acts of war” have concrete meanings with a long historical record (millenia) that clarify what is to be done and how to do it.
“Terrorist” and “terrorism” lack this clarity, and therefore responses to them lack purpose and lack focus.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, for example, is still alive consuming 3 hots and a cot in Gitmo. The six confused German enemy soldiers who landed at Amagansett in 1942 were electrocuted in the Washington City jail six weeks after they showed up.
And please let’s not get wound up in technicalities. I know the Germans were out of uniform and didn’t qualify for POW status.
The overarching issue is:
“Enemy soldier” = Kill
“Terrorist” - Better call Saul.
From a culture where gays are murdered, pre-pubescent girls are married off, women are stoned to death for adultery, and Christian’s are killed for ‘insulting’ a book, or just for not converting their faith, ....it was difficult to see how there’d be problems importing these folks. I mean, who’d have guessed????
lol.
What a novel idea! Why didn't other nations think of this?
/s
[Sadly what happened in the 1930s and 1940s will now come back to haunt them as people dredge up the past. But remember, in the past the nazis and moslems got along well.
It is different today.]
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.