Plan B

Plotting A New Course in the Global War on Terror

While many Americans do not believe there is a war on terror, the terrorists believe there is. What will we do to stop those who intend to exterminate the United States of America?

We have done all that we can do in Iraq. Our military eliminated the villainous Hussein regime and fought off al-Qaeda long enough for the Iraqis to step up and take control. They have not, so barring a miracle from the “Surge” strategy in September, it is time for Plan B.

Since the Iraq war is largely unpopular, our politicians are more concerned with retreating from the battlefield than they are with defending us from attack. Our enemies will use a withdrawal from Iraq as an opportunity to bring the fight to us.

A common misunderstanding is the belief that if we just leave Iraq, and if we talk to our enemies, we will achieve peace. Would that have worked with Japan in 1941? Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress did not think so. Look at the similarities between today’s conflict and the war in the Pacific during World War II. We were preemptively attacked by an enemy who would stop at nothing to spread their empire, an enemy so devoted to their cause they used suicide attacks. Militant Islam and Japan in this sense are the same. Our government knew there was no alternative to war with the Japanese. We had to fight them until they no longer presented a threat to our country. There was simply no alternative.

While Islamofascists are hell-bent on the destruction of our civilization, many Americans feel that we can diffuse the situation diplomatically. Since there is no diplomatic envoy from al-Qaeda, maybe Oprah can put Dr. Phil on with Bush and bin Laden and we could work it all out on a Primetime special. There is no compromise between America and militant Islam, and their camp does not seek one. They will stop at nothing until they have wiped out all who do not subscribe to their barbaric creed. The question is: how do we plan to stop them? We must do to them what we did to Japan years ago. If we do not kill them, they will kill us.

First, we must secure the Iraqi border. Otherwise, the country will become an incubator for terrorism as Afghanistan was in the 1990s, and our sacrifice will have been in vain. Second, we must invade Waziristan and kill or capture bin Laden and his subordinates. The movement will lose its cohesion, and terror cells will become less coordinated and effective. Third, we must deal with Iran. Iran is the driving force for terror groups across the Mideast, and is fighting a proxy war with the United States. Obviously, time is of the essence as they also are moving unopposed towards obtaining a nuclear device. Stateside, we must beef up our domestic surveillance programs and most importantly, gain control of our borders.

The most important step we need to take is the most overlooked. Deep down, under all the layers of political correctness that has built up over the years, Americans are no different than they were during World War II. The difference is the government has failed to communicate the threat that militant Islam poses to our civilization. Americans do not want to lose. As General “Old Blood and Guts” Patton said in his speech before the European invasion, “Americans play to win all the time… the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.” President Ronald Reagan rallied the country in the 1980s and we ended the cold war. We need another great leader to step up and end this evil threat.

All we need to defeat our enemies is to rally the support of the American people. Once we are behind the cause, our politicians will authorize a course of action to secure us from this threat. A Japanese admiral knew that they had awakened the sleeping giant with the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is time for the sleeping giant to wake up again.

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