Barriers on the Road to War

Free Republic ^ | 06/17/2002 | IronJack

[IronJack]

Since this is a new model of war, it demands to be fought differently than any war of the past. And if we're to win, we'll likely have to face some ugliness we've never seen. The trick is giving our enemies reason to dread our approach, while preserving the rights we're fighting to protect. It's not a task to be envied.

[KirklandJunction]

"Violent, abrupt, and unapologetic......"

Too bad we didn't just simply keep the cockpit doors closed.

[cardinal4]

The trick is giving our enemies reason to dread our approach, while preserving the rights we're fighting to protect. It's not a task to be envied.

Correct,we need to find a way to instill fear and an understanding that extended families will suffer for acts of terrorism by a family member. Among other objectives for security. Good Post.

[BlueLancer]

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth, shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with "If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you", and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obesience.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea .. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

Kill them all ... nits make lice.
(COL Chivington, Sand Creek)

[IronJack]

Too bad we didn't just simply keep the cockpit doors closed.

I suspect they did. The terrorists likely broke them down.

[IronJack]

If the retribution needs to extend to families, it would be in keeping with the new model of war. However, it brings us to the level of beasts, a position that may not serve us well in the long run.

On the other hand, if Islam cannot co-exist peaceably with the rest of the world, what other choice do we have?

[IronJack]

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment ...

And let the time be known as Dies Irae, the Days of Wrath.

[Joe Brower]

Excellent work, IronJack. Spoken with the eloquence born of passion. Well done.

[secretagent]

To a people to whom no lie is too great, no violence beyond consideration, no treachery impeachable in the pursuit of their amorphous and protean ends, the spoken word is simply a magician’s cloak, a clever device for hiding tactical legerdemain.

Seems to point to unprecedented genocide. Since you can't you trust any Muslim, no matter what they say or do, only extermination of every Muslim remains.

[IronJack]

Thanks, Joe. Passion it is.

[IronJack]

It would certainly not recommend a negotiated settlement, since it's obvious by now that words have no meaning to these animals.

[IronJack]

Bump for a new day.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Good work, Jack. If the populace, especially the America haters, puts this danger in the proper perspective, as you have done, political correctness and moral relativism will be placed on the dung heap of political history. One suspects that the rise of those concepts corresponding to the rise of Islamic militancy may not be accidental. As Communism wanes into nothingness, a proven failed philosophy, other doctrines take their place. At the moment it is Islamic militancy. After we destroy that it will be something else. The battle between good and evil is never ending.

We can muse about the psychology behind the thoughts and actions of the useful idiots, but behind it all is the selfish personal lust for power over all others, a lust felt deeply by a few clever mad men. We should destroy them first and then the fervor of the followers will wither away.

[IronJack]

If the populace, especially the America haters, puts this danger in the proper perspective, as you have done, political correctness and moral relativism will be placed on the dung heap of political history.

Moral relativism is what empowered these butchers to slip into our country and murder us. All cultures are equal, ya know. We don't dare discriminate. Everybody should have the same rights, right?

[Keyes For President]

btt

[dixie sass]

No critque needed. You know my sentiments on this. Well written as usual, IJ.

[Dales]

It seems like we are dealing with a bit more than a handful of malcontents.

Good post.

[Ku Commando]

That all sounds well & good, my friend....and 1 part of me sides with those......

but I must admonish you with humble heart & say "Be careful what you wish for"

[IronJack]

It seems like we are dealing with a bit more than a handful of malcontents

Appearances are deceptive. Extremism accords this fringe more magnitude than it deserves.