With their dreams of an Islamic Caliphate in tatters, and the Islamic State leader hiding like a coward, the militant Islamic group is left with few options to try and keep their ‘organization’ relevant among jihadist circles. So, these darker angels of our nature resort to committing spectacular acts of barbarism such as what occurred today. Sadly more, and worse are coming.
In Ankara, Turkey today, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an art exhibit, by a lone Turkish gunman yelling ni Arabic, Allahu Akabar, ‘God Is Great!,’ To Those Who Pledge Allegiance to Muhammad.’ The gunman then switched to Turkish and shouted, ‘Don’t Forget Alleppo,’ ‘Don’t Forget About Syria,’ also in Arabic. The assailant, a Turkish police officer, wounded three others before Turkish special forces killed him. The New York Times reported on its website this afternoon that the assassination of the Russian ambassador, comes after days of protests by Turks, angry over Russia’s support for the Assad regime; and, Moscow’s role in the bombings in Aleppo, which have killed hundreds, if not thousands of men, women, and children.
While this assassination appears to be in revenge of what the Islamic militants claim is the indiscriminate killing of men, women and children in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria — by Assad’s forces and/or, Russian military elements — there is another, less talked about Russian assassination campaign against anti-Russian/pro-Chechen Islamist elements in Turkey. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC), reported in its December 13, 2016 edition, that Russian hit-men have been systematically assassinating anti-Russian, Chechen, Islamist refugees who fled the Chechen – Russian conflict, and made their way to Turkey. The BBC noted that Russian hit men have carried out at least 12 assassinations over the past couple of men [Islamists], from the former Soviet Union — Chechen, Uzbeks, and Tajiks.
So, while the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey may well be because of Islamic militants in Turkey, who are angry at Moscow’s role in the unfolding tragedy and genocide ongoing in Aleppo — this murder could also partly be in retaliation for these recent assassinations by Russian hit men. I don’t think that angle can be completely dismissed. Turkish authorities have done little to stop these killings by Russian hit men the BBC reported.
Meanwhile, in Berlin, Germany today, at least nine people were murdered, and another 50 injured, when a suspected militant Islamist used his 18-wheel truck to plow through a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market, similar to the truck attack in Nice, France last year. The Islamic State issued a statement quickly in the aftermath of the incident — claiming credit for the attack. The symbolism of attacking a crowd of Westerners who were Christmas shopping, should not be lost on anyone.
The Islamic State, al-Qaeda, And Militant Islam Is At War With The West & Especially America, Christianity
These attacks come in the midst of a two-year clarion call by al Qaeda’s Inspire Magazine, and the Islamic State’s Dabiq, urging their followers to ‘kill in place,’ and use everyday life — like trucks, knives, or anything that could be weaponized. Militant Islam is at war with the West and the United States, and unlike WWI and WWII, there is no geographical location or confinement. Instead, there is an insidious infestation of militant Islamist ‘sleeper cells,’ and ‘sleeper agents,’ who are heeding the call of their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — to kill in place, as many Westerners as you can.
This war against America and the West — and the Obama administration’s failure to acknowledge it — may well be the most significant failure in his eight years in office. To be sure, there is the Obama administration’s failure to forcefully check Russian and Chinese — deliberate and illegal seizure of territory by force — but, their inability to see and clearly state the looming threat that militant Islam poses, is without a doubt their single greatest failure. Instead of leading and galvanizing a global campaign to eradicate any vestiges of these malcontents, POTUS Obama time and again went out of his way to not only not name the threat; but, berate those who did — claiming that the threat of offending people of Muslim faith took precedence over any campaign to eliminate the jihadists. Indeed, this President’s fear of offending people of Muslim faith, seeped into the consciousness of many Americans, and — actually dissuaded someone from coming forward before the San Bernardino attack — for fear of being labeled a racist. This kind of philosophy is one of the reasons why Hillary Clinton lost, along with Democratic losses in the Senate, House, Governorships, and state houses across the country.
If The West & America Does Not Get More Serious In Killing The Jihadist Philosophy, As Well As The Jihadists — We Are Going To Be The Victim Of A 9/11 Attack On Steroids
I know it is an overused quote in many of my articles; but, the horror/sci-fi writer Stephen King once wrote, “God Punishes Us For What We Cannot Imagine.” Whether it will be a drone carrying anthrax, a global pandemic that was downloaded from the Internet, the manufacturing of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) — and its detonation inside our shores, or a Cyber Pearl Harbor, there is no doubt that the Islamic State, al Qaeda, and militant Islam have one common, and burning goal/desire — the destruction/elimination of Christianity and anyone associated with it.
It is ‘easy’ to kill a person. Killing a philosophy/idea is much harder. And, the Obama administration’s fear of offending Islam, blinded them to a mechanism to significantly undermine the jihadist philosophy. At the conclusion of WWII, the United States led the Nuremberg War Crimes trials, which put on trial the Nazi leadership that oversaw Hitler’s Final Solution to eliminate the Jewish people from existence. The United States and the West had defeated imperial Japan and Nazi Germany; but, POTUS Truman, General’s Eisenhower and Marshall, and Britain’s Winston Churchill knew that while we could judge and execute those who committed Crimes Against Humanity, their odious philosophy could live on, and attract a new cadre of genocidal malcontents — if the idea and philosophy of Nazism wasn’t also ‘killed.’ Thus, the Nuremberg War Crimes trials didn’t just try those individuals most responsible for Nazism’s implementation; but, it also placed their philosophy and belief on trial as well — and, was instrumental for labeling Nazism as anathema to human existence. Nazism became a pariah belief; and Simon Wiesenthal’s establishment of the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna, Austria in 1961, made sure that the architects of the Final Solution were wanted men for the rest of their lives, and anyone who gave them safe harbor — would be publicly condemned.
I wrote two years ago that we needed A Judgement At Raqqa — a 21st century version of the Nuremberg War Crimes trials, and put Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his key enablers on trial for Crimes Against Humanity. Granted, there would be those within the Islamic community that would not agree with, or recognize the result of such trials; but, just like Nuremberg made Nazism a pariah philosophy — so too — A Judgment At Raqqa could make jihadism as odious as the West made Nazism in the aftermath of WWII. Try them on the deck of an aircraft carrier, and broadcast the trials live — to the world — so that people the globe over, see the disgusting, and terrible crimes that this philosophy bore: beheadings, burning alive, crucifixion, and so on. This video imagery of brutal, and inhumane executions of men, women, children — which is available — would be a powerful antidote to this sick calling; and, greatly undermine the jihadist appeal.
This option has been available to the Obama administration their entire time in office; but, the POTUS and his national security team were more interested in finding ways not to offend Islam — than confront a poisonous tenet of the jihadi belief.
I do not know if my idea of a Judgment At Raqqa is the answer to combating and undermining the philosophy of militant Islam; but, I do know if we do not address this 1,000 pound elephant in the room, this radioactive philosophy will live on. Short of a reformation in the ‘Islamic Church’ and the good guys win — something much worse than the 9/11 attack, is coming
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