The Enemy of Life (Updated from 7/26/2015)

 

"ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And, ISIL is certainly not a state; it was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government nor by the people it subjugates... ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way."

-- Barrack Obama, former U.S. President

When I started this post, I considered going with shock and awe for an opening photo; a photo of the bloodied, headless body of a small child butchered by these heretics.  I opted not to offend some of my reader's delicate sensibilities, but the image of this small child is exactly the point and should be the image all of us take into the fight against these monsters of the "Islamic" state. By the way, Obama is full of shit. Muslims kill their own, and they will kill us.  It is what they do, contrary to Islamic doctrine.

It's not our battle!  This is the battle cry of the future victims of atrocity.  Innocence is being murdered in the world, and if you don't take a stand against it, for the sake of the innocent, there will be no one left to take a stand when the monsters come for you.  It truly comes down to, "If not now, when?"

If we were to believe in a peaceful Islamic culture, this would be an Islamic issue.  Islam should be leading the fight against their own shame; their own insane, murderous heretics that misinterpret the Qur'an, to fulfill their own, sick, agenda of terror, murder, and rape.  If Islam doesn't take a loud, visible stand against this horror, they are condoning it, and the world will eventually tire of the insanity... and "snap!"  Mosques will burn, and even peaceful Muslims will be deemed as big a threat to those murderous terrorists they said nothing against.  Their silence will, indeed be seen as condoning evil, and, for many of us, it already is.  Vigilantes will rule the streets, the innocent will hang, and our God will weep as a true religious war engulfs the world - Islam against everyone.  Iran, and those countries immediately downwind, will become a radioactive wasteland in our effort to stem the tide of terror.  In the end, what is left of Islam will be a shadow of a once great culture that gave the world so much in the name of Allah.  Sadly, the world will spend the next one hundred years learning nothing from the experience, as is our norm.  History will continue to repeat, again, and again, ad nauseam.

Is there really any difference between Adolf Hitler and the ruling Ayatollah? Like Hitler, the Ayatollah wants world domination and is willing to destroy innocence, and the world, to attain this goal.  

Muhammad's "Qur'an" has been reinterpreted to allow a denial of the faith, lying, cheating, and murder of the innocent, as long as whatever is done is for the continued spread of their hypocrisy.  This is what the new interpretation says Allah represents.  I'm sure this makes the "faithful" so proud, or they would be creating such an uproar as to drown out any that would dare accuse them of following the Islamic state of terrorism.

Soldiers deserve soldiers in battle, not this cowardly rabble that has taken territory through terror and intimidation.  Soldiers deserve to fight real men, not cowards who cover their faces and cut five-year-old children in half to ineffectively prove some sad "Islamic" definition of manhood.  Any insane lunatic can burn people in cages, drown babies in a fifty-gallon drum, and cut heads off of living beings.  This isn't being a man or a soldier.  This is an example of being insane, and there is no cure for this insanity, other than extermination.  The rest of the world should excise this cancer from the world society before we lose another great culture.  This disease has already destroyed many of the rich historical buildings and artifacts cherished by much of the Middle East.

This is not a war. We must send a clear message, this behavior will not be tolerated by the civilized world. If we don't, we are doomed to relive this in the future like the dregs of cancer not fully removed from the body.  There must be no prisoners. The must be no quarter given. No civil or human rights, no legal recourse.  We all need to suck it up, once again, and go do that which must be done, to save all that we hold dear.

“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.”

-- Malala Yousafzai

Editor's Note

(Re: disclaimer cum "get out of jail free" card)

Before you go getting your panties in a bunch - it is essential to understand that this is just an opinion site and, as such, can be subjected to scrutiny by anyone with a differing opinion. It doesn't make either view any more right or wrong than the other. Opinion, presented in this context, is a way of inciting others to think and, hopefully, to form their own opinions, if they haven't already done so. This is also why, occasionally, I will present an "opinion" just to stir an emotional pot. Where it may sound like I agree with the statements made, I'm more interested in getting others to consider an alternate viewpoint.

I fervently hope that we keep open and active minds when reading opinions while engaging in peaceful and constructive discussion in an arena of mutual respect concerning those opinions offered. After twenty-three years of military intelligence, I believe that engaging each other in this manner, and in this arena, is a way we will learn tolerance and respect for differing beliefs, cultures, and viewpoints.

We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we learn from the experience... and what we do afterward.

Pastor Tony spent 22 years with United States Air Force Intelligence as a planner, analyst, briefer, instructor, and senior manager. Following his service career, he spent 17 years working with the premier and world-renowned Western Institutional Review Board, helping to protect the rights of human subjects involved in pharmaceutical research. He also served 8 years on the Board of Directors for the Angela J. Bowen Foundation.

Ordained in 2013 as an "interfaith" minister, he founded the Congregation for Religious Tolerance in response to intolerance shown by Christians toward peaceful Islam. As a weapon for his war on intolerance, he chose the pen. He wages his "battle" in the guise of the Congregation's official online blog, The Path, of which he is both author and editor. "The Path" offers a vehicle for commentary and guidance concerning one's personal, spiritual path toward peace and the final destination for us all. He resides in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he volunteered as the lead chaplain at a regional medical center.

Feel free to contact Pastor Tony at: tolerantpastor@gmail.com