On the March

Violent, expansionist Wahhab Islam seems to be winning. Do you detect any slowing of the growing Caliphate in Iraq and Syria? Have you heard of the latest Boko Haram triumphs in Borno, Nigeria? Did you witness Hamas fight Israel to a standstill in Gaza? Can you show me where the West and Western allies are winning over the dark forces of Sunni nihilism? I hear rhetoric about the US chasing ISIS to the "gates of hell", but right now, it is ISIS doing all the chasing. The only way the West could lose to primitive, benighted forces is through a lack of will to even survive. This weakness is exactly what America and the West are projecting.

On Our Guard

America and the West need to be ready for attempted terror attacks on or around the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda outrage. No nation can defend against every possible contingency, but our security services must try to out think those who would do us harm. There is no blanket defense, but we must examine the threat matrix and take precautions to protect the most likely targets. Every US and Western embassy, consulate, and diplomatic legation in the Arab world, Africa, and anywhere Muslim insurgencies are prevalent must be vigilant. American schools and US cultural centers, upscale shopping malls that draw Westerners, and those institutions intrinsically linked to America like McDonald's need to up their guard in those same countries. New York City and Washington, D.C. must be on guard as fanatics would love to show we are still vulnerable in places they have already so notoriously attacked. Now that at least eleven commercial jets have disappeared in the chaos of Libya, the world must be extra cautious to prevent another human-guided missile attack as we saw in the original 9/11. Individuals should report suspicious behavior to law enforcement right away because a timely tip might prevent a tragedy. The terrorists need only succeed one time to cause great carnage. We need the skill of our intelligence community and our police forces, but we also need a bit of luck. Let us pray the Divine Hand makes the terrorists the unlucky ones.

Know the Difference

While Islamists destroy, Israel builds. ISIS murders. Calling what ISIS does "executions" is an abuse of language. Lawful governments execute murderers while ISIS murders the innocent. Call the slaughter ISIS is perpetrating what it is: "wanton murder". Our reporters were not "executed" because they were not criminals. They were beheaded, not for any crime, but because they had the misfortune of having US passports when they were captured by a death cult of hate-filled nihilists. The butchered journalists were trying to do a difficult, inherently dangerous job. They were chronicling the suffering of Muslims. While these terrorists focus their energies on destruction, Israel builds homes, researches cures, makes technological advances, makes the desert bloom, reverences and practices tolerance and pluralism, and cherishes innocent life. Hamas is just as contemptuous of life and bloodthirsty as ISIS. They diverted the international aid sent to improve their lives to construct terror tunnels. Israel builds while the forces of Islamist fanaticism do exactly the opposite.

Talked to Death

The end-of-life talks that Obamacare is promoting will inevitably shorten lives. Barack Hussein Obama has demonstrated from his time as an Illinois state senator that he has contempt for the sanctity of human life. Obama was the only member of the Illinois legislature who wanted to deny medical care to babies who had survived attempted abortions. I would hope that doctors would naturally hold human life sacred, but sadly, I know for a fact that not all physicians respect the sanctity of human life. Doctors with this attitude will deliver the end-of-life talks that government is now pushing without concern that they are asking patients to sign their own death warrants. These callous doctors will gladly accept the government checks to discourage their patients from seeking life-sustaining care. I pray that I and those I love are treated by physicians who are dedicated to preserving life.

Lack of Leadership

The ISIS crisis has not arisen because the Islamists are so strong but because the leaders of the West are so weak. Only a lack of will on the part of advanced nations prevents them from eliminating a bunch of thugs with a seventh century mindset. How can nations that have atomic bombs be pushed around by men who have never even seen a flush toilet? How can a country that put a man on the moon be driven back by atavists who have never turned on an electric light? We have Wahhab primitives dominating the most technologically advanced nations that have ever existed. The only reason this absurdity prevails is that the West has elected eunuchs to govern us. Never has the West been led by such a bunch of spineless liars who do not even have the sense to fight to preserve our liberty and our lives.

The Plug Pullers

The "death panels" are real and you or someone you love will be their victim. An article on the promotion of "end-of-life talks" appears in The New York Times written by Pam Belluck on August 30. A talk on how the chronically-ill and/or elderly people will be killed is in order. Make no mistake- these vulnerable people will be killed and it will seldom be by pulling the plug on a ventilator. It will be by the deliberate withholding of food and water as the world saw with Terri Schiavo and my mother and I witnessed with the brutal death Vanderbilt University Medical Center inflicted on my father. Death by dehydration is slow and agonizing and would be deemed cruel and unusual punishment if the state inflicted it on a convicted murderer, but will be just fine if that is how the hospital finishes off granny. A slow, agonizing death induced by dehydration is the ultimate outcome of many of the coming "end-of-life" discussions. I want a doctor fighting to save my life and return me to as robust a life as I am capable of living. I do not want my doctor conspiring with bean counting government bureaucrats to save future medical costs (and incidentally, Social Security payments) by truncating my life.

The Bottom Feeders

Journalism is not journalism anymore when it comes to mainstream media. For the most part, the mainstream media are no more than political partisans in disguise. They generally pretend objectivity but only a fool would say that the Right is not held to a greater degree of press scrutiny than the political Left. It is long passed the time for American conservatives to stop asking the dinosaur press to play fair. The old line media never will. The answer is not to expect better of ABC, CBS, NBC, or CNN because the are simply the media arm of the Democrat Party, and more generally liberalism and the progressives. It is time to refuse to participate in the charade where you are interrogated by Leftist hacks and only appear on the network that truly is down the middle. If you are on the right and want your case heard fairly, take to the airwaves on talk radio and FOX.