Can We Admit We're At War Now?

With cartoon Jihad still festering after three months, and the press shaking in their boots over a dozen harmless political cartoons, the 3000 dead on 9/11 is still not enough to convince the populous that we are at war. The mainstream news media has shied away from showing the cartoons either from fear or over-sensitivity. First let's look at fear. The anthrax attacks that followed 9/11 targeted not just congressmen, but the media as well. It may be a bit judgmental to accuse the news media of self- censoring cowardice, but they certainly haven't shied away from dreadful characterizations of Christianity or Judaism. Although a few stray Christians have bombed abortion clinics, TV stations and newspapers would have little to fear from Christians and Jews threating to blow up newsrooms. The same cannot be said about Islam. The broadcasting of the Danish cartoons no doubt would bring very real threats of bombings and assassinations of employees and their families.

Our political leaders have begged for understanding of Muslim sensitivities while apparently ignoring the real threat against our freedoms. We are continually reminded that any depiction of Mohammad is considered blasphemous. in Islam. But no less blasphemous than Time magazine announcing “GOD IS DEAD”, or numerous other offenses towards Judeo-Christian sensibilities, some of which have been Federally funded by the NEA. Rest assured this capitulation is due to fear and not civil discourse. Geraldo Rivera even went as far as saying that the Danish cartoons were racist. This is woefully wrong for a few reasons. First of all, Islam is a religion, not a race, and not all Arabs are Muslims and not Muslims are Arabs. Secondly, there is nothing in the cartoons that depicts Arabs in a bad light. Two of the cartoons refer to the violence of Jihad. Criticism of violent jihad may make Muslims uncomfortable, but that hardly constitutes racism.

Islam, however is filled with violence. Muhammad ordered the beheading of every man in the city of Medina, 900 in all. The women and children were enslaved, many of them raped. The Islamic prophet proclaims “I have been made victorious with terror” in the text of this religion. The media never mentions, not even in whisper, that able-bodied Muslims are bound by the Koran to carry out Jihad upon non-believers (infidels). All Infidels are offered a three pronged threat, conversion, dhimmitude or death. The US would never tolerate a Branch-Davidian-like cult to spread across the Nation. Yet the reason of Islam's success is due to the fact it is much more effective at spreading fear of violence than David Koresh's short-lived cult. Until our media is willing to face this truth in public, we face the grave danger of watching our freedoms eroded away. But for now our media that we depend on to protect the first amendment has been cowed by those who would have us understand the true meaning of Islam, submission.