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Message In A Bottle

This is clever.  Of course the formats would have to match...

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Motivation Monday

Understanding Islamic Terrorists

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

This quote is as old as the ages but apropos for today's environment.  There is little doubt in my mind that the average American doesn't understand Islam nor the divisions in the religion that have resulted in a large number of radical Islamic terrorists causing death, destruction, and mayhem across the Middle East.  This is exacerbated by our government who doesn't name the threat for what it is.  I can only surmise that, like most citizens, they don't understand the enemy.  It is a bit perplexing since we've been at war one way or another for the last few decades.  At war with the nations in the Middle East and at war with non-state actors like ISIS and Al Quaida.  We should have people in our government who name it for what it is, develop strategies to counteract it and protect us, and determine the best route to a secure future.  That isn't happening under the current government.  I can only hope that sanity will prevail at some point and we can start to develop such programs.

In the meantime we, as citizens, need to understand the threat.  This weekend, coincidentally there were two great articles in the WSJ discussing aspects of Islam.  One is an interview with President al Sisi of Egypt and one is an expose on Islam itself.  You can read them here and here.  Don't miss them.  

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Uh Oh

When the liberal queen starts giving Hillary sh!t, you know the train is starting to come off the rails.  Read about it here.

Where Is The Outrage?

I saw a link over on FB about ISIS executing homosexuals by throwing them off the roofs of tall buildings, bound and blindfolded.  In a line of unspeakable brutality, this is another atrocity that is difficult to comprehend.  So naturally I googled it.  I found several posts from various blogs and one story on Daily Mail.com.  You can read about it here.  It is pretty graphic and, if you're like me, you will find it hard to believe.

But equally hard to believe is the fact that this story is not even covered by any major media outlets that I can find.  I quickly reviewed several news web sites.  Some of the leads are Harrison Ford's plane crash, the big Selma anniversary event, Hillary's email fiasco,  Ferguson, and the Senator Melendez fiasco, among other things.  Only ABC news had anything remotely related when they reported about an offensive in Iraq going against ISIS.  It seems to me that a lot of people sit around and pontificate about the Holocaust and insist that it will never happen again.  But it is.  We are seeing unspeakable brutality unfold before our eyes.  We are seeing people being put to death in unimaginable ways for the crime of being Christian or Homosexual.  We are seeing hatred and death being perpetuated across the Middle East.  I don't know how we combat it if it's only being reported on by blogs and little known news outlets.  It appears that the major focus of most news outlets today is to figure out how to protect Hillary.  It's really sad.  And scary!