Sometimes There Will Be Civilian Casualties

In the current war with Islamic Terrorists, civilian casualties will be a fact of life. The sooner we accept this inevitable truth, the better able to defeat global Islamic Terrorism we will be. And we won’t be able to defeat them at all if we remain squeamish at the thought of civilian casualties. There is no two ways about it. It is the way things are in today’s world.

The reason there will be civilian casualties is because the Islamic Radicals think nothing of losing a life, or for that matter taking a life – either their own, or yours, or the guy down the block. All life is expendable in their world-view if the loss of that life, in any small way, enhances the cause of radical Islam. In their estimation, there is no such thing as an innocent civilian. That’s why they are all too happy send homicide bombers into crowded market places to blow up shoppers. The mere fact of killing them, in their view, furthers the cause of Allah. That’s why they set up their bases in the midst of populated areas. That’s why they don’t wear uniforms, or any identifying regalia, and instead, hide like the cowards they are behind the skirts of women and children in civilian homes, churches and UN outposts.

Consider this hypothetical scenario: Mexican Santeria believers, or ultra nationalists, or whatever radical cause, declare war on all non-believers in the USA. They start lobbing missiles from Tijuana at San Diego and kill and injure scores of Americans. They set up their missile launchers next to homes, hotels, churches in the hope that America will not retaliate for fear of killing “innocent civilians.” They cross our borders and kidnap and kill policemen and servicemen. How long would we wait before taking action? How many American deaths would it take before we said, we’re taking them out no matter what the cost in civilian life?

People need to grow up! This is a global war for the very survival of Western civilization. We are today deciding if liberty, our way of life, will survive on the earth. Rest assured that if the Islamic Terrorists prevail, liberty will be eradicated. Either we will submit to Islamic radical Law, or we will perish. The choice is clear, stark and unmistakable. It really is either them – or us!

Israel is now clearly in the position of being attacked by Global Radical Islam. Much of the world outside of the USA and Britain is supporting the terrorists against Israel!?! Does Israel have the right to defend themselves? -- to survive? -- to exist? Yet we see crocodile tears over sporadic civilian casualties caused accidentally by the IDF, while at the same time we never hear anything negative about the Islamic terrorists who really are targeting civilians with their rockets!? It boggles the mind. We must stop this childish gnashing of teeth over the loss of life that is the inevitable unintended consequence of Israel’s efforts to defeat this great evil of Islamic Terror. The fault for these "civilian" deaths lies squarely at the door of Radical Islam. Israel, in fact, has made heroic efforts to avoid civilian casualties. They only target known military installations or gun emplacements. They have dropped leaflets in all of southern Lebanon warning anybody, including innocent civilians, to get out of harms way. Those who have chosen to stay are either terrorist supporters, or captives of the Islamic Terrorists. Either way, their occasional death, while regrettable, is entirely justifiable and clearly the fault of the terrorists.

We don’t have any choice at this point. Either we stand behind Israel in their struggle for survival, or we fight these same Islamic radicals at some later date, after they have gained considerable additional strength, at some future place, on their terms not ours. Wake up America! Support Israel now or risk the loss of considerable life later! The life at risk in the very near future could well be yours!