As I write this column, Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists in Lebanon and Gaza are firing Syrian and Iranian supplied missiles into Israel. At the same time, the Israeli military is using its air and naval superiority to knock out terrorist supply lines, safe houses, and training camps which – typical of terrorist tactics – are located in residential areas causing unfortunate civilian casualties.
I sincerely hope by the time this column is printed that Israel has finally finished the mission from which it has been held back by the United Nations and numerous American administrations. This time will hopefully be different because all of the moderate Arab states have as much to gain by Israel’s success as does the Jewish state. Even the Druze and Christians in Lebanon were quoted as rooting for the Israelis to rid their country of freedom-fearing terrorists.
Some on the left – including Democratic Chairman Howard Dean – have already said the lack of world standing of the Bush administration is the reason that Iran and Syria felt confident to have their surrogate thugs attack America’s most important friend in the Middle East. Everything is a “Blame Bush” issue to him. Former Clinton Secretary Of State Madeline Albright was quick to say that “negotiation” was necessary to end this latest battle.
When will the left realize that Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaeda and their sympathizers see partisan bickering and any negotiations, land givebacks or cease-fires as evidence of a weak west. They live by the saying “If not today, then tomorrow.” When Hillary Clinton hugged the wife of the late Hamas leader Yasser Arafat, did that not encourage the terrorists to believe that their strategy of talk peace, prepare for war was working and would give them added time to prepare for future conflicts while the west celebrated the Oslo Accords?
Let’s face reality. The Mullahs who run Iran, the arms smuggler who rules Syria, and their Islamic terrorist trouble makers in Lebanon, Gaza, and elsewhere have only one goal in mind. And that would be implementation of their flawed interpretation of Islamic rule throughout the Muslim world. There are many peace loving Muslims throughout the globe who are embarrassed to have their religion used as a tool by fundamentalist Islamic terrorists. It is time for Muslims to rid their ranks of these terrorists.
Fortunately, it appears that President Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia know what is at stake and have been quietly working with the Bush Administration and other western leaders to hunt down terrorists in their countries, rid them of hate spewing religious leaders, and properly fund their respective social service programs to win back the support of their people from terrorist-funded assistance and brain washing efforts.
How will this all end? It won’t end until the Islamic fundamentalists are finally crushed militarily, captured and jailed for life for their crimes against humanity, or dealt with in the same manner in which they treat their enemies. Hopefully the Bush administration, and our next Republican President, will continue to show the resolve necessary – even if unpopular in the short term – to eliminate Islamic terrorist operations throughout the Middle East and the rest of the world so our future generations can continue to enjoy democracy and freedom for which our forefathers fought and died on our behalf.
