Killing Terror
Haven’t really written much about Iran this week because there has not been much news and I am not expert. All I know is every time I get news out of that nation it is bad, really bad. The numbers are staggering. The efforts and methods used by the regime to hold power are barbaric. From the stand point of morality, such a regime cannot be allowed to stand. They currently appear to be very weak, but each day they gain strength. So much of the evil that has infected this world has flowed from that regime in some way or the other – funding, training, ideology, weapons – it just cannot be allowed to stand.
I hope and pray the president is not wavering, just planning and coordinating. This is a regime that holds power in its own nation through terror. Which brings me to an interesting piece from the Jerusalem Post:
This failure is not just about tactics or technology. It’s fundamentally a failure of understanding. For more than 20 years, Western governments have geared their efforts toward fighting a version of terrorism that exists mainly in cinema, a battle with tidy resolutions and obvious enemies.
Meanwhile, the terrorists wage a war of a different order, one rooted in ideas, endurance, and psychological warfare. The West pours billions into sensors, cyber surveillance, and predictive analytics yet is outflanked time and again by human couriers, cash payments, and a religious zeal that convinces militants they serve a cause far beyond themselves….
The problem runs deeper. Western states continue to treat terrorism as a criminal problem, hoping for final victories, dramatic raids, and arrests that bring closure. But terrorism is not a street gang or a criminal cartel. It is a sprawling, fluid ideology amplified by social networks, foreign backers, charities, and a media environment that rewards extremism with visibility and global reach. This is a civilizational conflict. One side follows rules; the other exploits them with ruthlessness.
It sets me wondering. Some things are very clear to me. We can win a military engagement – easily. We can win many of them – also fairly easily. But we cannot root the evil out of that nation without an occupation of some sort. As the JPost piece makes plain, a military victory will drive the evil underground, but it will continue the fight. In Iran that evil is very well-organized and well-armed. The citizenry clearly don’t want the regime, but in light of the regime’s utter inhuman brutality, and the same would be the case for of a remnant of that regime, the citizenry needs to armed, trained and organized to push back. Truly fixing that nation demands more than a strike or even a series of strikes.
This nation lacks the political will for an occupation. Recent history has made that more than evident – think Iraq and Afghanistan. This president in particular, whom people oppose even when he does very popular good, could not muster the national will necessary. And even if he did it would enrage his opposition so that they just might carry the next election and a repeat of the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle would become an almost foregone conclusion.
So for now, let’s set our sights lower. We cannot fix the mess – all we can do is punish the evil and know that this evil will endure the punishment defiantly. Given the president’s rhetoric we must strike, and strike hard. We cannot afford not to. Prior administrations have expended so much credibility that we must strike lest we become a laughing stock. Like spanking that kid in junior high, er, excuse me I’m old – middle school, that you know is going to end up in juvie, it has to be done.
We can worry about the rest of it later. And remember, God is at work, even if we are not.
And now, the remaining stack from the week
A good read after yesterday’s post.
Trump really is chalking up wins. We may not be able to undo the damage Carter wrought in Iran just yet, but we are well on the road in Panama.
“The feels” are not useful. Something else I might have noted earlier this week.
Here in Knoxville we largely escaped last weekend’s storm. This weekend is a different story as I am looking at 4-5″on the railing outside my office door this morning. Neighboring Nashville got hit hard last weekend – very hard – and the power is still out for some. Why? Think D.E.I. Competency matters.
Speaking of competency, the key competency in football is to hit people – very hard. So why in the world would the Super Bowl need a “Chief Kindness Officer?” That’s pretty much the opposite of hitting people – very hard. I’ve been in and around a lot of football in my life and the only “feel” I have ever gotten is pain and the thrill of victory. Give me a break with this “Chief Kindness Officer” hogwash!
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