The First War of the Twenty-first Century

By: Dr. Michael D. Evans

America is fighting for its life in the first war of the 21st Century. The battle is, indeed, for the soul of America, and Ground Zero in this battle is Iraq.

According to the Koran, it was on a Tuesday that Allah created darkness. It is not necessary to consult a calendar to see what the date was when Islamo-fascists, with the cry “Allah Akbar,” crashed commercial planes into crowded buildings in New York City. Darkness cast its shadow across America that day...all in the name of attacking the “Crusaders and Zionists.”

The secular humanists and the liberal Left were at work in an instant, demonizing anyone that dared acknowledge the doctrine of the terrorists. Thus began the war against Christians and Jews.

The insults, verbal abuse and attacks were so severe that anyone who contradicted them was labeled “ignorant, evil, racist and bigot.” The dumbing-down of America had begun, and all in the name of political correctness.

These same Leftists then began a campaign to blame the Jews (Israel) and Christian fundamentalists for the attack on America. A lethal dose of false guilt was forced down the throats of the American public. When the beliefs of the attackers were defended by those avowing that Islam was a peaceful religion, it signaled an instant victory for the Islamo-fascists.

Since that time, America has continued to fight the war on terror, with Iraq as Ground Zero, but the war is being lost from within. While our troops are in harm’s way, the God-haters are saying and doing everything possible to side with the enemy. None dare call it treason, yet they do all in their power to destroy anyone who stands in their way.

These weak, self-righteous, spineless peddlers of weapons of mass deception have only one goal in mind...to break the will of the nation and force America to surrender to these Islamo-Nazis. They think that leaving Iraq will convince the terror cartel that we wish to be friends.

The battle is, indeed, for the soul of America. These liberal, appeasing God-haters attack our President and every conservative that dares raise a voice with moral clarity, blaming them, not the enemy, for our problems. The lie is that a Right-wing President Bush has squandered the nation’s moral authority. It has been told so many times, that now great numbers of Americans believe it, and are in a state of denial.

Christians are being attacked from within by secular humanists. It began with an attack on family values during the 1960s, and continues to attempt to undermine the freedoms that protect our very lives.

The God-despising, liberal Left has called our President a liar, a warmonger, Hitler, a terrorist, a greater threat than Osama bin Laden. The root of their rage springs from his faith and moral values. The seed was sown when President Bush entered the political arena and declared that Jesus Christ was his greatest hero.

No longer are terrorists called “terrorists.” Quite to the contrary, Christians are rapidly becoming the new group people love to hate, and are now labeled “fundamentalists” and “extremists,” the same terms used for a terrorist. The liberals are more tolerant of terrorists than they are of God-fearing Americans. Democrats are more focused on defeating Bible-believing Christians than the terrorists that want to kill us.

Their plan is to destroy the resolve of the American people and to convince them that the troops in Iraq are not actually fighting a war on terror. These peddlers of perversion are waging psychological warfare which costs them nothing, while our troops daily risk their lives for our freedom.

The goal is to protect the rights of the oppressed; and terrorists are considered to be the oppressed. The liberal Left is more concerned about the humpbacked whale and the spotted owl than winning the war on terror. They have no moral code, and therefore, no criteria by which to identify the real enemy.

These demented New Age humanists blame America, not the terrorists, for 9/11. They consider themselves intellectual superiors. Their pro-choice agenda is a top priority when it comes to killing the unborn; but not when it comes to killing terrorists. They are hostile to everything that is morally right.

Voices such as these brought down the Greek and Roman Empires, fomenting decay from within. It is the cancer that eats at the soul of America. These political appeasers have only one goal: to produce social paranoia which will break the will of the American people and cause Christians to stand down. The cry, “Get out of Iraq,” if heeded, will allow an Iranian Shi’ite Islamic revolution to spread like an Ebola virus from Iran through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to the borders of Israel and beyond.

Every segment of American society has been penetrated by this liberal influence – arts, education, media, government, etc. Partisan politics has been elevated above national security, while the liberal media has adopted the word “insurgent” to define the terrorists in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, etc. The word means “a political activist who is not necessarily defiant.” This term was coined by Daniel Webster during the American Revolution to describe such men as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, who fought for freedom from oppression, not for the right to oppress. Now, the fanatical Islamic suicide bomber is no longer a “terrorist,” but rather a misunderstood and maligned “insurgent.”

No one will admit that the vast majority of our troops killed in Iraq are killed by terror states and regimes outside of Iraq. To do that would be to admit that this really is a war on terror.

The awesome devastation wrought on this nation by Osama bin Laden and company is as nothing compared to the knock-out blow that secular humanist liberals in Hollywood, the media and universities are delivering. This will endanger our very lives and the lives of our children.

This is, indeed, a conspiracy, but a Left-wing conspiracy. “He who defines the terms controls the debate.” Osama Bin Laden, wrote a famous letter to Al Zawahari when he was still alive in Iraq and pointed out to him that this was a battle in the media, and that it was more than half the battle. Currently, bin Laden is winning that war by destroying the resolve of the American people. Every opportunity is taken to elevate the terrorists and denigrate a patriotic American public.

The goal of the Left is to drive America out of the Middle East. This will mean surrender to the terrorists. In the terrorist mind, this will mean that they, then, have won the battle and will declare that it’s time to take the war to the streets of America, the Great Satan; just as they have been doing for years against Israel, the Little Satan. Their ultimate aim is to kill not thousands, but millions of Crusaders and Zionists. Why? They believe that a world conspiracy between these two groups is the root cause of all the poverty and other problems in the Arab world.

As these Leftists fight to defend the rights of terrorists, they howl with liberal hysteria over Christians that are pro-American and pro-Israel. Terrorists are rejoicing because the liberal Left in America is doing their job for them by undermining American national security and aiding our enemy.

There was a time when a nation’s military was the decisive factor in any war. That is no longer true. Battles are now fought, and won, in the media. Modern-day pundits in the form of politicians, preachers, producers and the press hold enormous sway over public opinion.

Unlike the engagements in World War II, today battles, and indeed, wars, are no longer fought to a final conclusion, i.e., Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, etc. Tactics revolve around incursions, intifadas, insurgents, jihads, and suicide bombers. Superpowers that engage in combat are constrained by the Geneva Convention and accepted rules of engagement; the enemy, on the other hand, is free to break all the rules while pointing a finger of blame at the opponent.

Loyalty to one’s mother country is no longer a given when engaged in combat situations. Americans are no longer willing to sacrifice for the good of the nation. The truth is: Had the “greatest generation” of World War II had the mindset of today’s generation, we might well be speaking German as our mother language.

Loyalty may be decided by op-eds, news clips, advertisements or the latest spin-doctor on the nightly talk show. It may be tied more to political interests, i.e., liberalism, conservatism, Islamism, etc., than to patriotism. America is no longer “one nation under God,” we have become fragmented and polarized.

Victory in the war on terror will remain elusive as long as the liberal factions deny that America is engaged in a war for its very survival, and continue to embrace the lie that the response to 9/11 is merely a “police action.” The liberals refuse to believe that there are millions of would-be Osama bin Ladens waiting for the opportunity to attack. Rather, they have a simple solution to the war on terrorism; give the terrorists what they want, and they will leave us alone. Neville Chamberlain believed that, as did the world during the 1930s.

These crazed liberals believe that you only need to show love and understanding and the Islamo-Nazis will leave you alone. These lies are no different than those told by Hitler during the 30s. At the time, no one believed he really meant it when he said he wanted to rule the world and exterminate the Jews. Six million Jews in Europe thought the same thing; and died because of it, as did 55 million people worldwide.

Terrorists for Tea

by Mike Evans

The mid-term election celebrations have just begun in the Middle East. Iranand Syria, terror states that "harbor, aid and fund terrorists," are hostingthe parties. These same countries are responsible for almost 100 percent ofthe improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that are used to blow up Americantroops in Iraq and for proxy terrorists entering Iraq from other countries.

Suleiman Hadad, a member of the Islamic fascist cartel, articulated the truefeelings of the terrorists worldwide, "Bush deserves a Saddam-like deathsentence." A tape released by a terrorist group on November 11, threatened:"We haven't had enough of your blood yet." The speaker, purported to be AbuHamza al-Muhajir, also claimed that he had "12,000 fighters under hiscommand who have vowed to die for God's sake." Al-Muhajir boasted that histerrorist army would not rest until the White House had been blown up andJerusalem occupied.

The anti-war Democratic Party of the '90s considered terrorism simply a"police action." They believed in a doctrine of containment, neverpre-emption. It was all about tolerance and understanding. In their minds,terrorists were simply "freedom fighters" expressing their displeasure withAmerica. Their belief in the '90s was that America was the problem; theybelieve that more today.

John Kerry's bad "joke" was, in reality, no joke. He, like other liberalLeftists, are anti-war platinum members of the Neville Chamberlain academyof appeasement. No wonder, Yasser Arafat, the Nobel Peace Prize winninggodfather of world terrorism was outraged when Bill Clinton handed him acheck for $30 billion and his own state, with one-half of Jerusalem as thecapital. He considered Clinton's offer simply to be "chump change." He believed the achievements of his terrorists were worth much more.

It is no wonder that all the terrorist organizations emerged from undertheir rocks the day following the mid-term elections, when the announcementwas made that Donald Rumsfeld was being replaced by Robert Gates. Gatesopposed the Iraq war, and is part of the Iraq Study Group headed by formerSecretary of State James Baker, and former Representative Lee Hamilton. Itis common knowledge that the report to be release in December includes aphased withdrawal of American troops in Iraq. Another suggestion is toinvite Syria and Iran to join the talks in order to secure their assistance.Under no circumstances would either of those two countries join the U.S.without demanding that Israel be punished in some fashion. These twoJew-hating countries would never agree to anything that would not includefurther "land-for-peace" concessions from Israel.

This is the same James Baker that said, "F--- the Jews!" The same JamesBaker that forced Israel to a Madrid Peace Conference to demand moreland-for-peace concessions from Israel, and appease Arab rage. This was ameans to reward Israel for not attacking Iraq when that nation brutalizedthe State of Israel during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. Israel's"reward" included the freezing of $10 billion in loan guarantees. You canbe sure, if Baker has his way, Israel will be again be coerced to pay theappeasement bill for Arab rage.

The Baker plan to partition Iraq into three states would, in essence,accelerate the Sunni and Shi'a ethnic cleansing with Saudi Arabia on theside of the Sunnis, and Iran on the side of the Shi'a.

This liberal outrage over Iraq is a theater of the absurd and a festival ofhypocrisy. Why did America go into Iraq? Why did the President call Iraqthe "central front in the war on terror?" Simply because the plan was tofight the war on terror from Iraq. So, what's the problem? Is it that Iraqdoes not have a stable democracy, and has not been liberated? When you invite terrorists worldwide to fight you in Iraq, not New York City orWashington, D.C., can you expect a stable democracy?

What in the world does stability and democracy in Iraq have to do withwinning the war on terror? Indeed, Iraq is worse, not better, since we wentthere, but that was the plan. A global swamp full of terrorist alligatorscannot be drained without expecting to be bitten. He that defines theterms, controls the debate. The best sign of victory in fighting the war inIraq, is chaos. In the simplest terms, it means that al-Qaeda and theterror networks of the world are there fighting. The U.S. is staring intothe crosshairs of two of the most diabolical terrorist states destabilizingthe Middle East, Syria and Iran, and both know it.

How do you define success or failure in Iraq in the global war on terrorism?Did anyone really believe that the weapon of choice, the intifada, inLebanon would not become an intifada in Iraq? Israel has never beenpermitted to win a war on terror despite over 20,000 attempted suicideattacks on the nation. Every time Israel attempted to fight a war, the U.S.State Department constrained the Israelis, asking Israel to feed theterrorists, not fight them.

The big mistake made by President Bush was declaring that democracy was thesilver bullet that would defeat Islamo-fascism. It is not, not in thePalestinian Territory where HAMAS is the government; not in Lebanon whereHezbollah is part of the government; and it certainly is not in Iraq whereIran's personal Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army has 32 seats inparliament, five cabinet posts, and 20,000 terrorists. They are turning Iraqinto a living hell with the aid of Iran. And, by the way, Prime MinisterNouri al-Malaki, a former Shi'ite radical won the top government post lastSpring, thanks in part to the support of al-Sadr. Al-Sadr is afundamentalist Shi'a cleric whose father, the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Fadiqal-Sadr, was the most powerful Shi'a cleric in Iraq in the 1990s. Hisuncle, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqar al-Sadr was the leading Shi'a radical beforehis execution by Hussein's forces in the '80s. Al-Sadr's plan is to becomethe president of Iraq under the leadership of Iran.

There is no democracy in Iraq, and there will not be one with a Shi'apopulation of 60-65 percent. The Shi'as and Sunnis in Iraq are the problem,not the solution. Their support from Gulf rich oil states is enormous dueto the fear they will be next in line. Al-Maliki is harboring, aiding andeven funding terror. A prime example is his intervention when the U.S.government attempted to arrest a notorious death squad leader, Abu Deraa, orhis demanding that America accelerate funding and training of the very sameIraqi security forces that moonlight as death squads.

Not only is al-Sadr part of the government, so is Badr, an Iraqi Shi'aterrorist that was trained in exile by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. HisBadr Brigade is a powerful terrorist armed wing for the supreme council ofthe Islamic Revolution in Iraq, SCIRI, a political organization that wasestablished and financed by the theocratic regime in Tehran. It is Iraq'slargest Shi'a political organization and holds the largest number of seatsin the parliament.

America has a war to fight, and ground zero is Iraq. The terrorists have tobe fought regardless of whether or not they are members of the Iraqigovernment . Like a marriage for better or worse, America cannot divorceitself from the war on terror, and leaving Iraq would not only be as big avictory as the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, but would create an IslamicShi'a caliphate from Tehran to the border of Israel, destabilizing theMiddle East and the world.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah al-Khamenei, called President George Bush'sdefeat in the mid-term elections a "victory for Iran." In fact, it is.The belief that America can build Iraq's security forces and mediate itssectarian division while conducting a phased withdrawal is totally absurd."Stay the course" has not run its course. It's time for President Bush totake the battle to the American people. They are willing to support a longwar in Iraq, but they will not support nation-building and a democracy inIraq. They are intelligent enough to know from their Sunday School lessonsthat Arabs have been fighting with Jews for thousands of years, and willcontinue to do so.

The radical Islamic fundamentalists are the same group that feel theydefeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan which caused the collapse of the"evil empire." America's fall in Iraq would be perceived as the same,emboldening the terrorists beyond comprehension. I ask you, since when isdemocracy the answer? The Germans elected Adolf Hitler by a landslide. Weare fighting a global war on terrorism with Iraq as the central front. Itis time to stop playing politics. A committee needs to be established tomove innocent Iraqis to other countries so that the war on terror can befought and won in Iraq.

President Bush needs to go back to the "T" word, terrorism, and stop callingterrorists "militia" and "insurgents." There are no George Washingtons, Benjamin Franklins or Thomas Jeffersons running around Iraq. War is hell;it has never been heaven.

Nancy "Alice in Wonderland" Pelosi needs to have her tea party under herdesk. You can be sure that tens of millions of Islamic fascists that wishto kill us because we are "infidels" will be more encouraged to attack theGreat Satan now, while our soft underbelly is exposed.

Iran has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, has threatened to send52,000 suicide bombers into the U.S., is responsible for the majority of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq, and we offer to have tea with them. Syria is thepipeline for terrorists into Iraq to kill Americans with impunity, and weoffer to have tea with them.

Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, must be allowed tobecome a true partner in the war against terrorism. They can do more tohelp the U.S. in the Middle East than anyone. They have proven that fordecades.

I find it strange that the very terrorists killing American troops in Iraqare parroting al Gore's political theme, "one man, one vote." They knowthat the Shi'a are the vast majority in Iraq, and a true democracy wouldguarantee a Shi'a revolution. It is disingenuous to say that instead offighting a war on terrorism in Iraq, we need to spend our time playingpolitics and appeasing Arab rage.