Editorial

America, The Last, Great Hope

David A. Lombardo

Isn't it about time Americans wake up and smell the coffee when it comes to the Islamic State militant group? This administration and the U.S. press call these acts "workplace disputes," "lone wolf attacks" and anything other than what they are: terrorism. Anyone who had any serious doubt about the intent and extreme agenda of the Islamic State has to have been disabused by that flight of fantasy last week.  

Two brothers with ISIS ties stormed the editorial offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and slaughtered twelve people, including an unarmed French police woman who was lying semi-conscious on the ground. One of the brothers ran up to her, put an AK-47 to her head and executed her. When the French learned there was a threat leveled against the magazine by ISIS, they responded by sending unarmed police to provide security; what could go wrong with that idea? The magazine was targeted because of satirical editorials on Muslims in general and ISIS in particular. 

While gun ownership in France is not banned, it is restricted and heavily regulated. There is no concealed carry, making every gathering of people a target-rich environment for psychotic terrorists. People in France, like most countries in the world, are literally sitting ducks, subject to the whim of a radical, psychotic horde. Unfortunately rampant international political correctness is giving them free rein to kill anywhere, anytime they wish, with near impunity. To make matters worse, nut-jobs like Al Sharpton and others of his ilk do their level best to deflect criticism about radical Muslims. These people are greasing the tunnel through which the citizens of the world will slide on their way to extinction. 

Now here's the tricky part. Who has the ability to stop terrorism? Who can take up the torch against true evil in the world today, evil that makes Hitler look like an intern? Who has the technology, the military and the population to defeat ISIS? Great Britain? Canada? Australia? Russia? We're it, boys and girls. 

Let's face it: despite this president's disdain for the United States military, we're still the 500-pound gorilla in the room. There are countries that have state-of-the-art weaponry, to be sure, but no other country has the depth and breadth of hardware, level of personnel training or vast combat and support personnel cadre of the United States. What we lack is leadership. We have a narcissistic sycophant in the oval office surrounded by liberal, apologetic, anti-war cowards who would rather lick the boot of a dictator than stand up and be counted as American citizens dedicated to the well-being of their country. 

 The gloves have to come off-political correctness thrown in the trash bin of stupid ideas-and we have to get our war face back on straight. The only way to defeat these psychotics is to fight them at their own level. When a riot erupts in the street, they need to be shot. When they commit a terrorist act and are captured, they need to be beheaded and buried in pig intestines. The only way to stop them is to simply kill them where you find them. No trials, no Gitmo-just shoot them on the spot.

You think that's inappropriate? You think we're better than that, more moral that that? Think again-they're cutting off people's heads, blowing up defenseless patrons in stores and cafes, and they don't plan to stop in the foreseeable future. The world is counting on us, counting on the 500-pound gorilla to once again play the role of the savior as we have many times before. At what point will you say "enough is enough" and do what needs to be done? Isn't it about time Americans wake up and smell the coffee?