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Subject:
War is Peace
wjhii
7/10/2005 4:54:29 PM
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War is Peace
By
William John Hagan
(Houston Home Journal, Perry, GA) New York, Washington, London and Madrid have all become victims of terrorism as a direct result of state sponsored terrorism. Prior to September 11th, 2001, several Islamic nations virtually declared war on the Western Alliance of the United States, Britain, and Israel by funding Al-Qaeda.
Starting in 1988, Iran funded Ayman al Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's number two in command. Iraq was also a direct and indirect supporter of Al-Qaeda. Prior to, during and after my career in Yugoslavia during the Croatian-Serbian War, I kept a close eye on the Abu Nidal Terrorist Organization and Al-Qaeda?s activities in the Balkan Region. In the past, Abu Nidal was sponsored by Syria, Libya, and Iraq. In 2002, Saddam Hussein had Abu Nidal killed because he refused to train Al-Qaeda terrorists thus demonstrating a direct link between Hussein and Bin Laden. Furthermore according to Iraqi intelligence officers' meet with Bin Laden in the Sudan prior to the 9/11 attacks. Afghanistan gave Al-Qaeda a home after it was expelled from the Sudan and allowed it to profit from the nation?s lucrative drug trade. On a final note, there is evidence that Syria is directly funding the insurgency in Iraq. In reality, funding for al Qaeda does not come from the personal assets of Bin Laden but from terrorist nations and various Islamic ?foundations? or ?charities?.
The evidence demonstrates a clear connection between Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and Al-Qaeda. All four of these nations bear a collective responsibility for the terrorist acts of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. Why, then, has the so-called ?War on Terror? failed to include the remaining Islamic Terrorist States of Iran and Syria?
The United States? invasion of Afghanistan was a fait de complet after the attack on 9/11. Further, the election of George W. Bush had guaranteed a war with Iraq after Saddam Hussein had tried to kill his father. However, the invasion of these two nations alone can, in no way, be defined as a true War on Terror. Both Iran and Syria have been allowed to continue exporting terrorism and the United States has failed to take action.
If global terrorism is to be destroyed then the nations that fund, support and harbor such terrorists must be brought to their knees. Allowing Iran and Syria to continue to function under their current leadership endangers all of the nations of the true Western Alliance: the United States, Britain and Israel. The time has come for the Alliance to adopt a World War, instead of a ?police action?, mentality in the fight against nations who are determined to destroy us. Instead, we seem more concerned with rebuilding Iraq; while, we are still at war with them. Such a diversion of military assets is not only foolish but will make it difficult to win the war against terror on any front. A conqueror should never rebuild an enemy state before they have won the war.
For the world to ever be liberated from Islamic terrorism then the nations of Iraq, Syria, and Iran all must be conquered, completely, and only then rebuilt into Western style democracies. The current goal of Islamic fundamentalists is to destroy our way of life. Therefore, as a means of pure survival and national security we are left with no other choice but to destroy them first. The time for false compassion is over. Radical Islam is an enemy that declared war on us and we now must destroy them by all means at the West?s disposal.
Letters to the editor can be e-mailed to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com
William John Hagan is a freelance writer who lives in Haynesville, GA. He can be e-mailed at William_Hagan@excite.com or visited on the web at link
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