The Political Gap in the War on Terror

kw: opinion, terrorism, political correctness, bill of rights

As I write this, reports of more "incidents" on buses in London are in the news. Strangely, newsmakers everywhere minimize any report that the bombers of two weeks ago were of "Mideastern" ethnicity or followed the "Islamic" religion. Even less is being said today.

When I was in Jr. Hi, a minor gang got started in my school. It was just a clique run out of control at first. But it got ugly pretty quickly. One of the teachers was wise. He knew who the leader was, so he went to see him, got him alone, gut-punched him, slapped him up against the wall, and said something like this: "This is a sample. Every time one of 'your' fellows gets out of hand, I'll do something worse to you. Don't tell me they are not in your control. That's not my problem, it is yours. I am not alone. I have friends, too." He only had to act one more time.

This is, in effect, the message sent to other terrorist leaders by the deposition and capture of Saddam Hussein. It will need to be sent a few more times. There are 'radical islamic' leaders who daily preach sedition against Western governments, while living in the US, England, and other nations. Why do we not arrest them? Only in the name of policital correctness. We need to start with them, and work our way down. You don't kill a hydra by attacking the multiplying biting heads; you must go for the heart.

It has always been a crime, even under the Bill of Rights, to speak sedition or treason in the U.S. If we are to win the War on Terror, we will follow the laws of the land, and abandon political correctness.