"Political Correctness is Literally Killing Americans"

Thirteen Americans are dead. Dozens more are recovering from their wounds. Major Hasan is alive. Our country is fighting at least three major wars right now. Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War Within. The war within is the war against the "fifth column" of enemy agents within our military, government, schools, and neighborhoods. These enemy agents are serious about destroying our nation. Some are Marxists. Some are Muslims. No doubt some people will freak out over such a frank statement, but the facts of recent history bear this out.

Let's start with the story in everyone's mind right now--the terrorist attack by devout Muslim Major Hasan. First of all, let me be clear that I do not believe that all or even most Muslims are terrorists. There are one billion Muslims in this world. It's obvious that not all one billion are attacking us. If they were, most of us would be dead now. We do have strong allies among Muslim nations. King Abdullah in Jordan has been a faithful ally against Islamic jihadists. Turkey is a member of NATO and can be relied upon to fight al-Qaeda. For the past several months, Pakistan has been waging a very serious war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The government in Iraq, led by Prime Minister Al-Maliki, is on our side against both Shiite and Sunni terrorists. And in Afghanistan, for all his faults, Hamid Karzai at least is on our side. We could do a lot worse. He does have an army, and he is against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In our own nation, the 2-3% Muslim population for the most part lives quietly in our nation, going to school, working their businesses, paying their taxes, and not supporting or practicing jihad.

Having said all that, it simply is a fact that there are Muslims around the world and in our own nation who hate us and want us destroyed. We are not at war with Buddhists, Baptists, Hindus, or Native American shamans. It is a portion of Islam that has declared a "fatwah" (a "hit") against us. They derive their inspiration from select passages in the Quran and from western politicians who believe that if we just apologize enough and show enough "good will" we can all be friends. This is a serious and unrealistic mistake that is deadly. ANY sign of weakness--or anything that can be interpreted as weakness or dithering on decisions will become inspiration to the Islamic terrorists. Call this war what it is--the Global War on Islamic Jihadist Terrorism--and go after it with every ounce of determination and military power. In order to WIN.

When we see the warning signs within our own government or military--such as the mountain of evidence that Major Hasan saw himself as a "holy warrior" who must attack the infidel--we must take pro-active measures to remove such people from a position where they can harm or kill others. We cannot let "political correctness" determine whether or not to investigate, arrest, or fight and prevail over such dangerous criminals. In the next blog--more on the fifth column of the Marxist threat within our country.