Are they winning?

 

 

"Living in fear is no way to live your life. Bullies, terrorists, cold blooded murderers, need to be taken care of, and quickly..."

If we accept the definition of "terrorism" as the ability to inflict terror in someone or a group of people, the Jihadists might just be winning. It is rare to turn on the news, read the paper, or browse the internet without seeing brazen acts or threats against us being made by these people. And all I have been hearing all week long is the heightened alert status we are in for our Fourth of July celebrations.

Because of the Islamic terrorists, we have to now be frisked before getting on an airplane. Our e-mail is read and stored by the NSA. Warrantless wire taps have become common. Some of our basic freedoms we have either willingly been given up or they have just been taken away. And when will it end? How will it end? Will it ever end?

First off, as we all know by now, these people are ruthless. They are soulless. They kill with abandon and many times in the most gruesome fashion. Just this past week it was reported that ISIL has started to decapitate women. Today in the newspaper we found out Boko Haram went into a mosque in Northern Africa where people were praying. They gunned down a hundred or so. They must not have been the right kind of Muslims for Boko Haram.

People are living in terror all over the globe. And it is mostly due to Islamic terrorists. Terror, brought on by terrorists. The other day I tried to imagine just in dollars alone what these people have cost our country since 9/11. The number must be in the trillions. And our efforts to put an end to this worldwide terror has been tepid at best.

What I would like to see from the civilized world is very simple. Declare war on terrorism. Not just saying the words - really and truly declare war. Inform the terrorists they are all dead men walking. They welcome death anyway. We will just help them along. Whether we use drones, fighter jets, special forces, the CIA, or infantry troops, we will exterminate this terror by exterminating the terrorists. Or, we can continue to do little or nothing and wait until the cancer becomes invasive throughout our country. When we not only lose American lives, but we will also lose what is left of our freedoms.

I am sick of it, sick of it, sick of it. I am sick or terror alerts. I am sick of reading about or seeing unspeakable carnage on the media. I am sick of innocent people begging for, crying out for help, and then receive nothing but brutal death from the terrorists. And I am sick of being a bystander.

So on this Fourth of July, have a great time with the family. Enjoy the fireworks as we celebrate our independence. As we cook our steaks, have a beer, or sit by the lake, carnage will continue overseas. And if we are not careful, or are just unlucky, carnage will find us here also.

It is time to do something. It is time to act. It is time to end this.