United 93

This week was a week to look back. Earlier this week I saw the film of the jet crashing into the Pentagon.

This link was available online today. The World Trade Center.

Tonight my wife and I went to see United 93. It seems likely that every adult in the theatre either cried or worked hard to hold back tears. Then there was the other emotion. Grim faces marched out of the darkness, determined, moved.

I struggled with great sorrow and then came the anger. My fists clenched in rage at the evil of what took place on 9/11. It was Pearl Harbor of the 21st century, only far more treacherous.

At this moment I have contempt for every Islamofascist who walks the planet, a living representation of evil. I have contempt for every weak-kneed and unprincipled American pacifist like John Murtha who has been a sentinent being during the time of 9/11 and yet does not have the cojones to put love of country over political purpose. I have contempt for every false religion that uses a word like "god" to justify terrorism.

I walked out of the theatre having shed tears, and feeling like I wanted to rip the head off of something. It is what you call righteous anger. I did not come home ready to blog. I was reminded of an important truth that had begun to fade into the background.

We were attacked, and we are at war. The enemy does not use normal tactics of warfare. Like a wild dog, the only reason he isn't savagely lunging at our heels right now is that he is busily trying to protect his own backside. We are at war in the heart of the Terrorist world, the center of Islam, fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq with weapons and in other countries like Iran with ideas. Islam once nearly overran Europe and it has the same goal as always: world domination. Today's Nevil Chamberlains have not yet learned their history lesson. You cannot negotiate with evil. You cannot appease it, either. It is a fight to the death for them. Literally.

I will go back to discussing some points of the Bible tomorrow. But I tell you this: Christians do not seek to take over governance of the world and subjugate the people to religious law. They are not taught to be bloodthirsty killers before they are old enough to drive. They are not taught that the murder of innocents will get them into a paradise of fulfilled lusts. There is no comparison between Mohammed and Christ. If you think so, to borrow the phrase of an Aussie friend, then you are a 'bloody idiot!'