Can Dead Terrorists Swim?

"For Mr. Bassham, an excellent teacher and instructor... Thanks for teaching me to look at all sides of the box before I climb out of it.  ~LaVonda"

WTC September 11, 2001

My, oh my, where to begin. First the basics.
1.) Foreign or domestic, terrorists are still terrorists.
2.) God, Allah, Buddha -- Aren't we all created equal in the eyes of biology?
3.) Ecclesiastes 3:8 "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."
4.) Not all Muslims are terrorists: Not all terrorists are Muslim.


And for a brief rant about religion [at 2:56] and terrorism, best described by Will Smith, "... The greatest atrocities ever committed on this planet have been in the name of God. This country was founded by the *Puritans for the expressed purpose of oppression free worship. Your attitude is the same arrogant fearful fundamentalism that fueled the hatred of  the crusades in the attacks on 9/11. If we are not allowed to worship God as groups and individuals, free from persecution and respectful tolerance, there is only one out come."
*With the exception of the Native Americans who were here first, but that is a completely new blog. I'll save that for another time.




Is it possible the war is over,
or just beginning?

 Radical Islamic Terrorists do not want peace... They demand world domination, something akin to Nazi Germany and Hitler's reign.  The truth is, the Taliban and al Qaeda are not allies... entirely. To make a very long story short, in the beginning, three men joined the volunteers of Pakistan to fight against Russia during the cold war: Mullah Mohammed Omar (religious extremist), Ahmad Shah Massoud (strategic fighter) and Osama bin Laden (wealthy). Days had passed and Omar had become a hero in the eyes of the Afghan people. Omar had decided that the true state of Afghanistan would be to restore peace, disarm the population, enforce Sharia Law, and defend the integrity and Islamic character of Afghanistan (Rashid).

, “… Sharia Law does not allow politics or political parties… You are to …live like the Prophet [Mohammed] lived 1,400 years ago and jihad is the right of our people…” (Rashid). Sharia law is defined as “total and unqualified submission to the will of Allah [God]” (Encyclopedia Britannica). The literal translation of jihad is struggle or struggle with the self and is described as “a religious duty imposed on Muslims to spread Islam by waging war [Holy War] (Encyclopedia Britannica).


OK... let that digest for a minute and think about this. The people of Afghanistan do not have a choice. They are ruled by Sharia law and anyone who is willing to impose it. What is Sharia Law? Open wide, this one tastes nasty!


“…banned women from working outside the home, smashed TV sets, forbade a whole array of sports and recreational activities and ordered all males to grow long beards. In addition, while in public, women must cover their faces with a Hijab. Men can have up to four wives and can divorce at their option. If they do not divorce their first wife but just abandon her, she is obliged to carry on as a married woman and cannot seek out another spouse without risking the traditional punishment for adultery: stoning. Stoning is done in public by first wrapping a person in a blanket and burying them in a deep hole exposing only their head and the population gathered around is invited to throw large stones at the adulterer, the size of which Sharia law prescribes, and a sentence is always fatal. And if that isn't enough, the penalty after a fourth conviction of a homosexual act is death. Sharia law prohibits dating and marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim and it is practically impossible for a Muslim (even a recent convert) to renounce the Muslim faith." The list goes on and on.




Osama bin Laden

 The Fatwa (A ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority) heard around the world... well, at least in the Government world, because I don't remember hearing about this until after 9/11.  "The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies - civilian and military - is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the Al-Aqsa mosque armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to be threatened by any Muslim. This is in accordance with the words of Almighty Allah, 'Fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together' and 'Fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and then, will justice prevail and faith in Allah' ~Osama bin Laden"  And continuing the Fatwa, "Bin Laden's Fatwa against the U.S. claiming: For 7 years, the U.S. has been occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places... Now they (the U.S.) come to annihilate what is left of this people and to humiliate their Muslim neighbors. The Americans goals behind these wars are religious, economic, their aim is also to serve the Jew's."


There's a little background into The Taliban and al Qaeda. Trying to keep it short, but I warned you, this would be a rant blog, full of education, opinion and a down and out gripe session.  Now, the question is, can a dead terrorist swim? The answer is yes. Because when you remove one, two more grow back.  Right now, I imagine the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other regimes are preparing for another night of war. Only this time, we'll have to figure out who the leader is again, only to declare war, again... and in ten or twelve years, we'll be talking about another dead terrorist being dropped into the sea. This raises a few more questions.


1.) Why is the U.S. conforming to Muslim law regarding burial when they didn't conform to our right to live (i.e., 9/11, 1998 Kenya and Tanzania, USS Cole, etc.)?
2.) If DNA was taken before the body was 'dropped into the sea', do they have a specific sample to test it against for verification?
3.) The Seals, proud and rightfully should be. According to one site "An American soldier, who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY, did in fact claim to have assassinated bin Laden." Should we ever debate on paying our troops?
4.) Will the gas prices go up more or go down?
5.) And with all my facebook friends, I've yet to get one answer on my questionnaire I posted this morning, so I'm not sure what everyone thinks, but I'd say from the statements made at work, some believe he is dead, some want proof and some want pictures. Other's claim this is just a thing to make the President look good.


You be the judge. One thing is for sure...  When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism. But what happens when his education is extensive and biased? What happens when a country involves religion into their education for the sake of saving their nation?  What happens when an act of self-fulfilling prophecy results in terrorism of epic proportion? Well, he ends up swimming with the fishes... and is reborn in a field of hatred and turmoil for those who seek honor for their God... and death for those who humiliated them to begin with.


Until tomorrow,
LaVonda 
P.S.  All information included in this blog is from a research paper written by LaVonda Evans.  Documented and scholarly sources available upon request.