America In More Danger From Terrorism Now Than Before 9-11-2001, Because Of Tragic Bush Mistakes.
America is in more danger from terrorism now than Before 9-11-2001, because of tragic Bush mistakes. Mistake number one: trying to eliminate terrorism by killing the terrorists; mistake number two: the idiot war in Iraq.
Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) September 17, 2004 -- America In More Danger From
Terrorism Now Than Before 9-11-2001, Because Of Tragic Bush Mistakes.
"Blinded by ideology, they stumble down the wrong road, headed toward
disaster."
Political Commentary By Rev. Bill McGinnis
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Three years have now gone by since the
September 11th attacks in 2001, and America is in far more danger from terrorism
now than it was then. The number and severity of terrorist attacks worldwide has
increased dramatically, as has the number of active terrorists. Before 9/11,
terrorism was confined to a small number of extremist individuals, loosely
linked by radical Islam and hatred of Israel and its protector, the USA.
Now, many more moderate Muslims have become radicalized, world-wide,
willing to kill innocent civilians in order to achieve their
purposes.
And the major targets have expanded to include civilians in
Russia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Spain, and elsewhere, as well as
Israel and the United States. Who does not remember seeing the murdered Russian
school children on TV? This never happened before. Terrorism is getting worse,
not better!
During these past three years, the infection of terrorism
has spread dangerously because the Bush administration has been treating it with
two kinds of wrong medicine. Just like trying to treat anthrax with a laxative
and a diuretic. Wrong medicines, no good results. Possible fatality, as the
infection continues to spread, improperly treated.
The first wrong
medicine that Bush tried to use was "Trying To Stop Terrorism By Killing The
Terrorists."
The second wrong medicine that Bush tried to use was "The
Needless, Useless, Immoral, Murderous, Illegal, Counter-productive, Idiot
Invasion Of Iraq." Let's look at both of these:
1. Trying To Stop
Terrorism By Killing The Terrorists
Trying to stop terrorism by killing
terrorists only makes things worse, because when you kill one terrorist, you
radicalize all his friends and neighbors and relatives, and you end up creating
several new terrorists for every one you kill. So the more terrorists you kill,
the worse off you are. Better not to kill any of them, but try to think of
something else that might actually work..
Do the math: kill 1, create 5;
kill five, create twenty-five; kill twenty-five, create a hundred twenty-five;
kill a hundred twenty-five, create six hundred twenty-five. See: it doesn't
work! There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. If less than one tenth of one
percent become active terrorists against us, that is a million-person army of
dedicated killers, trying to kill us. Do we really want to have this? No! This
is no good! Killing terrorists is the wrong way to eliminate terrorism, because
it keeps creating more and more of them.
2. The Needless, Useless,
Immoral, Murderous, Illegal, Counter-productive, Idiot Invasion Of Iraq
The idiot war in Iraq has been a total disaster from start to finish (if
there ever is a finish). First, it was based on pure deception, supported by
phony "intelligence" from God-knows-where. There never were any weapons of mass
destruction. There never was any tie between Saddam and anti-American terrorism.
(Yes, Saddam did support local anti-Israel terrorism, but that is certainly no
reason for the USA to start a war with Iraq. Israel hates its neighbors; they
hate Israel in return. It's their feud, not ours. We should never have gotten
dragged into it like we have been.)
There never was any actual threat to
the USA from Saddam. He was completely under control, stifled by the UN
investigators. His earlier Weapons of Mass Destruction had all been destroyed,
and all he had left were dreams and vague plans: no actual WMD. We could have
kept him safely under control forever. But, NO! We had to invade and screw
things up completely, for no good reason. Disaster. And it's not over yet.
Before the invasion and occupation of Iraq, people in the Muslim world
were very suspicious that the USA had bad intentions toward them; but now, they
are absolutely sure. All of their worst fears about the USA have now been proven
to be true, it appears to them! We ARE trying the steal their oil, it appears.
We ARE backing Israel in all things, right or wrong, it appears; We do not care
at all about Muslim civilian deaths, it appears.
"Collateral damage" to
us "is murder of women and children," to them. We ARE trying to impose Secular
Capitalism on them, it appears to them, in clear opposition to their religious
and cultural beliefs. (We call it "Democracy" and "Freedom," but they see it as
putting the Will Of Man over the Laws Of God, and allowing all kinds of sin and
deviant behavior to run rampant.) Naturally, they are rebelling against us. What
else would you expect? And sure, Saddam was a bad guy, and if you opposed him
you were in big trouble. So what? That's life in all dictatorships, including
the many that we have always supported. That's no reason to start a war.
Thus, the idiot war in Iraq has worked against us in every possible way,
making us far less safe than we otherwise would have been.
Bush
supporters will try to say, "See! We are safe now, because there have been no
terrorist attacks in the USA since 9-11. Our policies are working!" This is like
saying that Hurricane Ivan won't hit Mobile, Alabama because none has done so in
many years. But the weather map shows the hurricane heading straight for Mobile.
Not very intelligent, but what should we expect from policy-makers who are
blinded by ideology, and would not recognize the truth if it were standing in
front of them!
True, the USA has not suffered a successful major attack
since 9/11, but this does not mean that we are safer. The terrorists could
strike any time they choose, through any of the numerous loopholes so well
reported in our media. But they have chosen not to attack, perhaps because they
are waiting to produce an effect even greater than the 9/11 attacks, so they do
not appear to be losing strength. What could be more spectacular than the 9/11
attacks? Nuclear! Or massive bio-chemical attack! And I think this is what they
are waiting for. All of our frantic preparations may have had some effect in
preventing small-time casual attacks, but they cannot stop a serious planned
attack, any more than a mere door lock can stop a serious robber who really
wants to get into your house.
So the Bush administration can keep
claiming that we are safer now, under their policies. But this claim is merely
feel-good propaganda, intended to keep the neo-cons in power. It cannot
withstand clear-headed scrutiny. The fact is, Bush policies have failed
completely even to diminish terrorism, much less defeat it. By trying to "stamp
out" terrorism by killing terrorists, Bush and Israel have made things
infinitely worse for us: more dangerous, not safer. And the idiot war in Iraq
has made everything worse for us, by any rational measure. And proof that Bush
has failed may come at any moment, explosively, with one big successful attack
here in the USA.
May God help us all.
Rev. Bill McGinnis,
Director
http://www.LoveAllPeople.org
http://www.EssaysAndCommentaries.com
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