America and Terrorism
As I look at the Desmond Egan poem entitled Hiroshima, I don't get past the name without knowing that this to is a questioning on the righteousness of an American Governmental decision. It starts "Hiroshima your shadow burns into the granite of history." I look at that and think, yes Japan has paid for its actions in a way no-one could forget, this showing the power and seriousness of America. Egan goes on and talks about the devastation that has been caused. "I carry in my mind a glass bullet lodged deep the memory of that epicenter where one hundred thousand souls fused at an instant." I read this and thought of my glass bullet lodged in my memory, and it is the same glass bullet that is lodged in many Americans head too. The sight of two 110 floor buildings on fire, 5000 people being fused together, in 14000 degree flames of jet fuel but this not at a time of war. When we droped the bomb in Hiroshima it was during a time of war with attempt to stop world domination and communist ways. The Islamic extremist is the new "communist" of this century. With the same sense of righteousness and absolute faith they kill anyone who stands in the way of their idea of progress. Like the communist, they view any
thing that helps their cause, including killing, to be virtuous. They believe that the world will repose in peace under the true faith, Islam, and that those that don't accept this "peace" live in the Da es Harb, or the perpetual world of war. Likewise, when the communists speak of peace they mean world socialism. Those who opposed this "peace" live in the world of struggle. Like the communists, radical Islam misreads this country, our spirit, and our love of liberty. While they may score a couple of victories, based on their own twisted definition of the term, they will also inevitably fail. The communists believe that America will crumble over time. They plot to bring this about quietly as they worm their way into positions of responsibility, work their comrades and camp followers up the ratline, and incrementally suck the independent patriotic spirit out of their loyal and trusting fellow citizens. Their tactics include such methods as setting race against race, rich against poor, and men against women. They plant seeds of hatred and reap the harvest of the resulting unrest and confusion by tightening the screws on freedom and eroding individual rights, the family and belief in God. The communists misread us and our commitment to liberty and property. In fact, the communists misread human nature and it's strivings to be free. That is why, even though they may have already killed 100 million, they will inevitably fail. So with the on going effort of many ignorant Americans I guess it is my time to bash the government's ways. Enough is enough, I do not want to have another glass bullet in my head, I'm still in intensive care from the last one, end the
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