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Friday, July 14, 2006
Jonathan Garthwaite :: Townhall.com Columnist
"They just hate us"
by Jonathan Garthwaite
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September 11th was a confusing day for all Americans, but especially for our youngest citizens. Children were confused. Teachers were unprepared. Kids all over America had questions as they headed home early. Living so close to the Pentagon made it seem personal to my children. My daughter’s first question to me was, “Dad, why do they want to kill us?”

Back on September 11th, most of us hadn’t been studying up on al Qaeda or really even considering the possibility of terrorism happening on American soil. I fumbled around for a few minutes trying to think up something to say that would be profound yet sensitive to the emotions of a young child. I can’t remember my exact words, but the blank gaze on my daughter’s face made it obvious that I hadn’t eased her confusion. I tried to explain religious fanaticism and suicide bombers, but I didn’t succeed there either.

It was all too simple to her young mind though: “They don’t like us, do they?” she asked.

How could I explain to a child how an eighteen-year-old boy could strap a bomb to his waist, casually walk into a cafe filled with with women and children, and blow himself to bits? My daughter had no ability to grasp that degree of hate and insanity.

For the past five years, our children have been shielded somewhat from further images of terror, but our friends and allies overseas haven’t been as fortunate.

In 2002, over 200 died in Bali. In 2003, nearly 60 died in Istanbul.  In 2004, nearly 200 died in the Madrid train bombings. In 2005, nearly 60 died in the London subway and nearly 90 died in bombings in Egypt.  And these were just the big ones.

September 11th wasn’t a fluke, once-in-a-lifetime event. It just was up-close and personal for America that day. Some may say that our allies are just collateral damage in a war between America and the Islamic terrorists. They’re not. They are the target, just as we are, because they share the ideals of democracy, freedom, and prosperity that the enemy hates.

For the past few years, appeasers have argued that it is our presence in Iraq that motivates further terror attacks. The evidence proves otherwise. Our enemies don’t attack us because we’re an “empire.” They attack because they want an empire of their own. One without us. Continued...

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They hate us
I agree with all of the posts and as far as hating these people, unfortunately I have no problems there. They are ignorant breeders of hate. I do not try to look for innocent people in their groups because I figure if they are still there after these past 5 years, they are guilty by association.

There are lessons to be learned from wars past, of the enemies America has defeated in the name of the greater good. Hitler was a monster who created a killing machine with world dominance as his goal. The ethnic cleansing of Jews and others he did not consider to be worthy of life on Earth was horrible. He had conviction and it took the entire world's population working in unison to stop his maniacle march of dominance.

The Jews were not terrorists and have never attempted to inflict their beliefs on others. They simply want to live their lives and prosper, in their country, as any sane person would.

It is a hard thing to consider, much less vocalize but I believe the most effective way to sqeulch islamic evil is with evil. If ever there was a case for religiously ethnic cleansing, they lead the pack in deserving such punishment.

Hatred
Hateful Muslim jihadists have been manufactured for a long, long time now. From birth children in places like Saudi Arabia are taught to hate Jews and infidels.(All non-Muslims). They are taught to hate by their parents, who were taught by their parents, etc. Then they go to school.


There they are taught that not only should they hate non-Muslims, especially Jews, but that it is their religious duty to kill all non-believers. This hateful doctrine is reinforced constantly. Jihadists are taught that there is no greater achievement than to murder as many of the infidel enemies as possible, with further glory achieved by killing themselves in the process.


No sane person can fail to see that there can be no negotiation with people like this. It is literally a case of kill or be killed for Jews and infidels. That means most of us here in America. It is a question as to whether the appeasers on the political left who insist that we can reason with jihadists are sane. I don't believe that they are.


Ann Coulter is reviled when she says that liberalism is a mental illness. With Ann it can be difficult to always know when she has her tongue in her cheek, but I have come to believe her statements regarding liberal mental impairement. Look at what they are saying about the warfare in the middle-East now.


Almost every liberal talking head and left leaning newspaper is chastizing Israel for over reacting to the attack from Hezbollah from Lebanon. How do you over react to never ending suicide bombings and rocket attacks. When is the last time you can remember when Israeli citizens were not being killed by Muslim monsters?


As I write I am listening to a left wing idiot on Fox recommending that Bush appoint a high level committee to negotiate with the combatants in order to achieve a cease fire in Lebanon. Fools like this will simply refuse to hear you if you point out that there has never been a real cease fire for Israel. Not because of what Israel is doing to the Palastinians, but because of the unrelenting determination of Palastinians to destroy Israel. They say that they will kill all Israelis. Period.


In spite of this American administrations, as well as that anti-Semtic trash in Europe, badgers Israel to be restrained in its response to their citizens being killed on a constant basis. Israel built a wall, which proved effective. They are condemned for the wall. Israel withdrew from Gaza. They started taking fire from Gaza immediately. Every concession made by Israel results in increased attacks.


Here in America Democrats are blaming Bush for not reaching a diplomatic solution to the tensions with North Korea, Iran and Syria. They demamded that he go to the UN before he initiated the military action in Iraq. He did that and was humiliated by the UN. Not once has the left mentioned that he followed their recommendations before the shooting started.


What all of this means to me is that the Democratic Party, under the control of the far left, represents a grave threat to America, to Israel and to the world. Their stubborn refusal to even look at the unrelenting, pathological hatred of America's enemies is insane. Defeating them here in America is as important to this country as defeating Hamas and Hezbollah is to Israel. They are collaborating with the enemy. They are sick, dangerous people. They must be defeated.

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