wake up

Letter to the editor from 9/15

Wake up America. We are at war with an enemy that poses an existential threat to our very existence. Our government does not want to acknowledge this threat, mostly out of misguided political correctness. Never the less we are at war. Our enemy has declared war against us. They explicitly intent to destroy us. It is their stated goal and purpose.

This enemy has infiltrated our government, our schools, and our military. They openly espouse their totalitarian doctrine in the media and in mosques. They make no pretense of their intentions. Yet we refuse to acknowledge or even name them.

But make no mistake about it, the enemy is Islam. Not “radical” Islam. Not “fundamentalist” Islam. But a barbaric, toxic, pathological, totalitarian system masquerading as a religion. This system is diametrically opposed to every value that we in America hold dear.

Islam not only condones but mandates practices that are abhorrent to most Americans. Practices that we condemn as child abuse, slavery, murder and torture. And as is clear from the activities of the so-called Islamic State, they practice what they preach. Their stated intention is to impose this medieval system on the entire world. If anyone doubts this they should read the history of the Muslim conquests of the seventh century, and the history of the Ottoman empire which lasted until the end of WWI. This is what the “Islamic State” intends for the world. The Ottomans did not have modern armies and nuclear weapons.

One often hears that the Constitution guarantees the right of religious freedom. But this is nonsense. We do not allow polygamy, child abuse, infanticide, slavery, human sacrifice or other abhorrent practices in the name of religious freedom. Nor would any civilized person believe that we should.

But Islam not only condones these things, and worse, but mandates them. One has only to read the Koran to learn this.

One also hears that there are millions of “moderate” Muslims who do not condone the actions of the “radicals”. I am sure there were many “moderate” Muslims in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over. Where are they now? Either dead or keeping their mouths shut I would imagine.

One hears it often said that Islam is a religion of peace. It is. If you are a Muslim. For infidels there is only the peace of the grave.

Wake up America.