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This war against terrorism is a very LONG war, and we won’t see an end to it any time soon – unless we give up. The ramifications of that are unthinkable – it cannot be an option. We face an enemy that is implacable, and has fomented his hatred for tens of generations. The religious fervor of our enemy makes them unreasonable and non-negotiable. They do not fear death, they embrace it. They do not fear world wide public opinion, they scorn it.

I finished reading the most exhaustive and horrific account of the terrorist siege in Beslan, Russia in September 2004. Approximately, 1200 people were taken hostage. The men and older middle school boys (my son’s age) were executed immediately. Toddlers were beaten for fun and little girls were raped to death. Nursing mothers and middle aged teachers were raped repeatedly on the floors in the midst of hundreds of terrified and sobbing children. The heat created an oven of the gym they were suffocating in, yet they were allowed no water and no food. They resorted to drinking their urine for hydration and pouring urine over their skin for moistness. On day 3, several bombs prematurely exploded amidst the hostages and forced the Russian Special Forces to assault the school as the terrorists went berserk. It took more than 11 hours of heavy sustained combat to defeat the terrorists. In the end, 338 people were dead (including 172 children) and over 700 were wounded. A handful escaped unscathed but for the psychological scars they’ll never recover from. It was the most depraved cruelty our generations have seen. All in the name of Pisslam.

And it will happen here in America. It’s not a matter of “if”, but “when”. Such is the nature of the enemy we face. Such is the new reality America must live.

Nonetheless, I am not depressed nor hopeless. I want to engage in this fight, and preserve our nation, and our way of life. To that end, I am prepared. The majority of our nation is not.

The book Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America’s Schools is the absolute MUST-READ of the year. The author is one of the foremost couter-terrorism experts in the world. Quite specifically, when he studied Beslan, the Russian special forces and terrorism experts told him, “Act or wait to die are your only real choices.”

I choose to act. As heartbroken as I am for those two soldiers, and as furious as I am about how they suffered before they died, I am NOT surprised. We face an implacable and heartless enemy – and we are at war for now and into the foreseeable future. Nothing a politician can say or do can change the course of this clash of civilizations – he/she, at best, can only position us for maximum advantage (or disadvantage, in the case of Murtha and his ilk). Having our troops fight terrorists in Iraq – in every way possible drawing the terrorists of the world into our guns is infinitely better than fighting this unceasing war in our streets. But it will come – horrific, grisly attacks WILL happen here on our soil, “When it comes here, it will be terrible, and it will be happening to us. We must be ready, mentally as well as tactically. The Israelis live with this reality every day. We must put aside our naive American expectations and unrealistic hopes of a happy or peaceful resolution.”

All of this to say that we are in this for the long haul. The sooner we wrap our brains around it, the better. There is much to do to prepare, and there is much to do to support those who are already fighting the fight against Islam.

Two American Soldiers were brutally tortured, and murdered. Where’s the Outrage? Here, and here, for starters. ( Bless you BOTH!! ) Oh, and here, too! ;-D ( Morning- 6/22- PLEASE see the end of this essay for an IMPORTANT update…

Duty, Honor, Country
(in THAT order)
Rowane