THE WAR ON TERRORISM Part 2: Time To Grow Some!

Tuesday, news broke that the Islamic State had released a “Second Message to America” in the form of an Internet video in which it claimed it had brutally murdered another American journalist, Steven Sotloff. It is almost impossible to put into words the horror of it. The question now is, when is the free world going to realize that we need to wipe these Islamo-facists off the planet. It's time to pick a side. Most tellingly, Fox News' James Rosen asked State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki the question Tuesday that many of us have had on our minds: “A lot of Americans are sitting at home and they see Americans who are not even combatants, but who are journalists, being beheaded by this group overseas. From a common sense point of view, the average American will say to himself, ‘This group is at war with us. Why does our president or our secretary of state not recognize that and say, 'Indeed, we are at war with this group and we will destroy them?’” King Barry had first stated that the U.S. would "degrade and destroy the terrorist group ISIL. Then in a later statement completely did a 180 and said that we need to make this a manageable problem. What the f**k? He has yet to come to terms with the reality that some ideologies, including religious ones, are evil. In the president’s words, “So ISIL speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents.” Really? Has he read the quran? Several scriptural passages in the Quran mention decapitation of those captured in battle or as a punishment for alleged crimes. Historically, beheading has been widely employed by Islamic nations, including the Ottoman Empire which used the penalty to great effect throughout the centuries. " I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger." (quran 8:12) Islamic apologists will argue that the act of beheading does not have sanction in the quran, and that the killing of "infidels" has no place in modern Islam. However, there is no question that today's terrorists would differ with these apologists and as far as the world is concerned, the knife is just the way to send the most prominent infidels to their doom. This tip-toe around these religious nut bars has got to end. We need the free world on our side with this. This group and others like them MUST be destroyed! The president said the Islamic State will “ultimately fail because the future is won by those who build and not destroy, and the world is shaped by people like James Foley.” No. The future is won by those whose wills are matched by their capacities to realize them. The president better dig down and find the will to respond, get a sound strategy, and spell out those decisions with the courage of his convictions to the American people-- who stand ready to listen.