For over a year now, the U.S. government has been trying to convince Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security agreement that would allow American troops to stay after 2014. Washington wants to leave 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after this year—to advise and train Afghan forces in how to combat Al-Qaeda militants.
The fruitless effort to get President Karzai to finalize an agreement, perfectly symbolizes how pointless America’s involvement in Afghanistan has been. After liberating the nation from the despotic rule of the Taliban, costing the lives of thousands of soldiers, and spending over a trillion dollars on the effort—our thinking is that a small security presence would be appreciated. I’m sure it has been explained to Karzai a number of times that if Islamic forces were to take over the country again, his head would be the first they’d chop off. This is one of reasons why we’ve been questioning his sanity.
I think the reason why we want to keep soldiers in Afghanistan is because a complete withdrawal would force us to address the question of what we’ve accomplished after twelve years of conflict. The Afghan government is totally corrupt, and the Taliban are in their mountainous fortification, patiently waiting for America to leave.
We pulled out of Iraq a couple years ago, and the nation has become a basket case. Over 500,000 Iraqis have been killed by sectarian violence, and Islamic terrorist groups are stronger than ever. Indeed, Al-Qaeda has seized control of large sections of the city of Fallujah and Ramadi, both of which are located in Iraq’s restive Anbar Province. Iraq is also at risk of becoming a client state of Iran.
I’ve read several reports about how Al-Qaeda now controls more territory in the Arab world than it has at any other time in its history. Al-Qaeda is really a meaningless term. And these terrorist groups don’t have any organizational connection. The reason for the confusion is that we are too cowardly to admit to the real motivation—the Islamic faith.
Osama bin Laden organized the 9/11 attacks because he was a member of a religion that hates America for our support of Israel. Killing bin Laden and his allies hasn’t changed anything. They are like grass. You mow it down, and the blades grow back in a week or two. The strategy hasn’t worked because Islam is the root of the conflict.
The supreme example of our delusional dealings with Islam would have to be how we label attacks carried out against us—by the Afghanis—who we were training to defend their own country. The murder of our soldiers has been called green-on-blue attacks. We will never know if a disciple of Mohamed shouted, “Die you filthy American infidel,” before he pulled the trigger. The details are always hushed up.
There should have been no mistaking the intention of Nidal Malik Hasan when he killed twelve people and wounded thirty at Fort Hood, Texas in the name of Islam. Several witnesses said that Hasan shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” before opening fire. I know the liberal media loves to say it means, “God is great!” in Arabic. Maybe if you hear it in a mosque, but any other time it means, “I’m going to kill you.”
You cannot understand the problems we have with the Islamic world unless you take into account the spiritual dimensions. A few days ago, an uproar erupted when the Afghan government overrode our objections and freed 65 detainees that had killed coalition and local Afghan troops. Only in the Middle East can someone be arrested for murder, and a month later they’re back on the street as if nothing happened.
The most peaceful time for the world as a whole is when the Muslims are too busy killing each other. During the eight years that Iran and Iraq fought their war, they didn’t cause much trouble for us. Israel is currently seeing a respite from violence because the Islamists are preoccupied by the fighting in Syria.
The world would clearly be a much better place if Western leaders had a sterner attitude toward the Muslim world. If we went back over the last two decades and erased any negative events related to Islam, we would be left with a period of amazing tranquility. The Bible clearly states that the children of Ishmael cannot be trusted, and one of the reasons why the Tribulation hour ends disastrously is because we have failed to heed this warning.
“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren” (Genesis 16:11-12).
--Todd
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