The war against Middle Eastern Christians…
No surprise who’s behind it:
Tensions have been running high between Egypt’s Muslim majority and minority Christians.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in November that 10 Coptic Christian homes and several businesses were burned and looted in Qena province in southern Egypt following rumors of a romantic relationship between a Christian man and Muslim woman. Security officials imposed a curfew and arrested several Muslims, the commission said.
This appears to be an escalation of that conflict. The Christians of Egypt (an ancient denominiation known as Copts) were specifically targeted in a statement by an al Qaeda affiliate with strong Iraqi ties back in October, and security for Copt churches was beefed up after that. But not enough; it can probably never be enough.
Egypt’s president Mubarak denounced the present attack as one on Egypt by foreign elements, and perhaps this is so. It wouldn’t be the first time, either. He said:
This sinful act is part of a series of efforts to drive a wedge between Copts and Muslims…It was a terrorist operation which carries, within itself, the hallmark of foreign hands which want to turn Egypt into another scene of terrorism like elsewhere in the region and the wider world.
Terrorism is a tool with a great many purposes. There is the simple joy of destruction, the rejoicing in the death of enemies. With suicide attacks—and it is thought this was one—there is also the supposed reward of martyrdom. There is the sowing of fear among the targeted population. There is the need for authorities to spend increased, expensive, and difficult time and effort to thwart future attacks. There is the inconvenience to the rest of the population as these measures impact their lives. There is the terrorist hope of a repressive countermove by the government that will further enrage Muslims and cause more to support the terrorists. And lastly there is the desire to provoke a backlash from the population to increase conflict and bloodshed between the two groups.
And all for the price of a bomb and a couple of willing terrorist lives lost.
Religion of peace, eh?
They are martyrs. Twenty-one dead Christians.
We must, must, must fight back.
Terrorism, the joker in the deck, only has power if the other suits in the deck allow him a place. But if some of the other suits can’t restrain the joker, then it’s no longer terrorism but war. And we have the right to wage war on those who wage war on us. Either they cooperate fully or become our enemy.
The truth is that Egypt and all other Muslim countries are more friendly to the terrorists than to us and deserve our enmity. But Americans don’t want war. That would change if we have another 911. That’s the real reason we haven’t had a major terrorist event in the U.S. It easily could have happened but the Muslim powers know it is not in their interests. So they practice stealth jihad in America and outright war in countries where they have won the battle of wills.
But their power wanes and they know it. They will soon have to risk it all. Liberal cowards know this in their gut and that is why they so cravenly seek to persuade others to capitulate.