Our Norwegian Lutheran Terror Problem

 

 

"Don't let this innocent looking child deceive you. She might be evil and is carrying an incendiary device!"

Okay. I got you. This article has nothing what so ever to do with Norwegian Lutherans. I only called it such out of respect for our Administration. Seems that they are hell bent on ensuring we know that religious zealots come from all over and from every possible religion. In fact if I hear one more time, "Don't forget what McVeigh and Nichols did in Oklahoma! And remember Ruby Ridge while you are at it!" - I am going to puke.

Is it just me, or does it seem that every terror suspect we catch either here or overseas is either Muslim, has a Muslim name, or both? And yet, this compelling evidence is not enough for our President call them out by name. In fact for reasons which escape me, many will not call them out. I would have hoped the Muslim community, most of which are peaceful, would condemn these zealots in the loudest possible way. But they have not.

This past week, we found out the three girls from the UK made it into Syria to join ISIL. They are barely teenagers, and have no idea of the horrors which await them. All three were Muslim. In this country, we had three young Muslim men from the New York City area try to conduct a home grown Jihad in America. Thanks to good sleuthing by our FBI, they were caught. Five young people from Canada also made it over to Turkey to slip across the Syrian border to join ISIL. Again, all Muslim.

It is time for some truth talk, some straight talk. This is not a Catholic problem, not a Methodist problem, not Buddhist, not Hindu, not Jewish, not Norwegian Lutheran. This is a problem within the Muslim faith. Skillfully using social media, young people worldwide are being lured into this trap called the last Caliphate. They want to fight, die and be martyred in this final battle on Earth.

Contrary to what our State Department is telling us, young people who are flocking to join ISIL are not poor and jobless. Many come from middle to upper income homes. Some are in college. Some have graduated from college. They are being lured into this trap for reasons most of us do not understand. And it seems to be growing. In many European counties as well as our own. And yet John Kerry had the cajones to address Congress yesterday and say, "2014 was the safest year the world has had from terrorism in the past century." I think Mr. Kerry might have slipped off his wave board and hit his head the last time he was at Martha's Vineyard.

In the lead up to World War II, the world was full of deniers. After just going through the horrors of World War I, many hoped the Nazi danger would just go away. But it did not, and the war was almost lost to the Axis Powers. Today, we have a similar situation. Our President keeps referring to the "two unnecessary wars in the last Administration", and he is NOT going to get us into another one. Well Mr. President, war is here. And it is on our doorstep.

I will close by saying this. Until we have a Norwegian Lutheran terror problem, I am not going to be concerned with them. I am concerned about young men and woman who are being taken off life's journey and turned into blood thirsty killers. I am concerned that ISIL has made no secret on what their plans are. I am concerned that our country continues to "lead with its chin" rather than with its strength in confronting this emerging threat. Bottom line - I am very, very concerned for our future.