THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume VI, Issue # 199, September 9, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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TERROR WAR: THE PERIL OF IGNORANCE
By Christopher G. Adamo
FULL STORY:
In consideration of Russia’s past efforts to undermine the United States of America in its war on terror, it might seem
reasonable to expect the dark forces of militant Islam to have spared Russia from its list of enemies. But, in retrospect,
such de facto assistance of the Islamist enemies of America was essentially a contributing factor to the horror of the
Breslan school massacre last week.
Despite the disingenuous platitudes of “political correctness” and other efforts at appeasement, offered in vain hope of
portraying the actions of Islamists as anything other than the opening volleys of a religious war, the reality of that war
remains unchanged. And those who contend otherwise imperil not only themselves, but their countrymen as well.
Now Russia knows it is no exception.
Against the horrific backdrop of the 9-11 Islamist attacks upon the U.S.A., relatively little discussion occurred in regards
to the jubilant celebrations occurring among Palestinians on the streets of Gaza. But those celebrations took place
nonetheless. Nor were they isolated or orchestrated events, but, instead, the spontaneous and widespread outpouring
of emotion in response to tremendous death and destruction inflicted by their brethren on the “Great Satan” of
America.
Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, fearing the negative publicity of those incidents, sought to publicly express
“sympathy” towards the Americans. But others were not so able to contain their own conviction that a divine “justice”
had been served against the Americans.
Throughout the Islamic world, reaction to the wanton slaughter of innocent Breslan schoolchildren and their families
varies between mild and insipid expressions of disapproval and thinly veiled suggestions that, like the Americans, the
Russians “had it coming.” Certainly none of the protests have been comparable to the resulting anger and disapproval
that would follow any Middle Eastern airline passenger who complains of being subjected to heightened scrutiny prior
to boarding.
In this country as well, every effort has been made ever since the attacks of September 11, 2001, to ensure that the
terror war is never perceived to be “religious” in nature. President Bush, in between annual celebrations of Ramadan
in the White House, monotonously repeats the mantra of Islam as a “peaceful religion.”
Yet, for all of the efforts by the West to create the impression that Al-Qa'ida and its various affiliates in the worldwide
terror network are isolated and renegade in nature, much of the Islamic world openly criticizes the West, while
expressing sympathy and even concurrence with the Islamist terrorists and their cause.
Certainly Russia, being among the most prominent critics of the United States over its prosecution of the war in Iraq,
might thus be perceived by lurking terror cells as an ally, or at least an unwitting pawn. Yet such assistance to the
terrorist cause did nothing to insulate the Russians from the wrath of militant Islam, inflicton of that wrath on the
Russians being the result of the Chechen situation.
For the Islamists, it was not enough to merely stifle American efforts to unseat a major player among international
terrorist circles. What the Islamists require is total submission to the tenets of their faith. Anything less constitutes
an affront to their doctrine, and thus is regarded as a threat.
France, another pawn of Muslims who hate the West, is finding out for itself just how impossible it is to
accommodate such people. While doing everything possible to undermine American efforts in Iraq, some of France's
own citizens were taken hostage, and threatened with brutal execution, unless French schools change their dress
codes to allow traditional Muslim attire. Thus, a nation’s internal policy is becoming increasingly subject to the
wishes of Islamic militants.
Since 9-11, terror attacks have occurred throughout the world on a horrendous scale. From Indonesia to Spain to
Russia, the entirety of civilization is feeling the gripping shock and horror of sudden mass slaughter, perpetrated on
such a random basis, and in such a variety of manners, that no one, anywhere, can feel secure. Thus the terrorists,
and those cultures from which they are spawned, have declared war on the rest of the world.
In response, the civilized peoples of the world must assess the situation as it really is, and wage war against the
Islamic Jihadists with the understanding that no latitude exists for “peaceful resolution” of the conflict. Perpetrators
of such barbarism must be rooted out and destroyed, along with every entity found to be in support of them.
Anything less will convince the Islamists of the eventuality of their victory, while enabling them to regroup and strike
again at the time and place of their own choosing.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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The Middle East & the Arabs
The Middle East & the Problem of Iraq
The Problem of Rogue States:
Iraq as a Case History
War & Peace in the Real World
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Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.
Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization
Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies
U.S. National Security Strategy
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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