Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, has been called “un-American.” Jones had planned to burn a copy of the Quran on Saturday, September 11, to commemorate the Muslim attack on the Twin Towers and the associated loss of life. I do not know Pastor Jones, nor have I spoken with him. What I do know is that the response to burning a copy of the Quran is far beyond what it deserves. It is the response, not the action, which is the disgrace, one of which every American should be ashamed of.
While the Quran is considered by Muslims to be a holy book, a statement of the precepts of Islam, it is just that, a book. When Muslims burn and desecrate Bibles or similar texts of non-Islamic religions, there no protest from the government of the United States. When Christian missionaries are murdered by Muslims there is no outrage.
Is it possible that Muslims consider the burning of the Quran as a great propaganda opportunity? Was Jones’s action blown out of proportion by the credo "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"? Could it be that a book burning offers Muslims the opportunity to create justified, at least in their minds, increased terrorism attacks?
Speaking for the Administration, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said, “We think that these are provocative acts (burning of the Quran). We would like to see more Americans stand up and say that this is inconsistent with our American values; in fact, these actions themselves are un-American.”
Whoa. Un-American? The First Amendment un-American? Has expressing an opinion become un-American? Since when is taking a stand against tyranny, murder, overthrow of the country, un-American? It is about time we look at the interests of the United States citizens. It is about time we stand up to Muslim terrorists instead of trying to “understand” the reasons for their worldwide terror.
It is American to defend our country, liberty, freedom, citizens, at home and abroad, with the full strength of the United States military and citizenry. Remember not only the First and Second World Wars, but also the War of 1812, the Tripoli Pirates, the Cuban missile crisis, to mention a few. The United States said “Enough”, took a stand, brooked no nonsense, and prevailed.
Past United States administrations have failed to protect the country and its citizens. Obama has stated often that the United States is no longer respected. His problem is that he refuses to recognize the cause. American administrations did nothing to protect United States citizens, offered no retaliation to the invasion of United States soil abroad, but instead chose top ignore Muslim attacks on United States interests throughout the world.
Take A look: In November 1979, shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini had seized power in Iran, a militant Islamic mob took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the Iranian capital, and held 52 Americans hostage for the next 444 days.
April 1983: 17 dead at the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
October 1983: 241 dead at the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
December 1983: five dead at the U.S. embassy in Kuwait.
January 1984: the president of the American University of Beirut killed.
April 1984: 18 dead near a U.S. airbase in Spain.
September 1984: 16 dead at the U.S. embassy in Beirut (again).
December 1984: Two dead on a plane hijacked to Tehran.
June 1985: One dead on a plane hijacked to Beirut.
August 1998: 224 killed at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
October 2000: 17 dead on the USS Cole in Yemen.*
In all, 800 persons lost their lives in the course of attacks by militant Islam on Americans before September 2001 - more than killed by any other enemy since the Vietnam War.
Then there was September 11, 2001. In hijacked airplanes Muslim terrorists crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. The casualty rate was 2,752 killed, 251 injured. Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a third airplane hijacked by Muslim terrorists who intended to crash it into the United States Capital, crashed after the passengers fought the hijackers in an attempt to regain control of the plane. Casualties, forty. A fourth plane, also hijacked by Muslim terrorists, was crashed into the Pentagon Building outside of Washington, D.C., casualties 200 dead, 53 injured. Total casualties 2,992 dead, 304 injured.
Murder by Muslim terrorists goes on unabated. In the period from August 28 thru September 3, 2010, worldwide known Jihad attacks by Muslims numbered 43 with 269 deaths and 758 injuries.
Under pressure from the United States government, Terry Jones changed his mind and will not burn the Quran on September 11. I guess that there is some logic there, but I can’t find it, probably because it is filed under Politically Correct. Muslims have vowed to destroy Judaism, Christianity, the United States, our freedom, and liberty. An American, Terry Jones stood up and said “Enough.” He may have been wrong in this day of apologetic administrations, but he did display, if only momentarily, the spirit of self-preservation and patriotism that this country was founded on.
I guess Muslims won another one for Islam.
* For a breakdown of Muslim terrorist attacks within the United States , click on
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/AmericanAttacks.htm
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