He who defends everything, defends nothing

"He who defends everything, defends nothing." Frederick the Great

I abhor radical Islam. I believe there will be more terrorists attacks in the U. S. The Salt Lake City mall shooter was likely a terrorist. He is a lone warrior in an asymmetrical war.

Mr. Jack Tymann, guest commentator of the Naples Daily News naplesnews.com wrote, Saturday, February 17, 2007, "The wrong voices are leading the jihadists to victory", makes some good suggestions as how to fight terrorism. As he says there are no quick fixes. Still you should be aware that he has a motive to incite fear. He founded Homeland Security Partners, which focuses on counter terrorism technologies. I wonder how much of his technology is sold to governments? Insurance companies, the State, Religion, and other organizations all sell fear first, then protection.

I do believe the radical Islamist want to be the supreme religion. Most religions compete with each other, and against secularism, for members and money. Someday Islam and Christianity will have a conference like the Council of Nicea http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm to combine their resources to compete against the ACLU and the Hollywood Satans. Their best marketing ploy will be the new discovery that God is, a WOMAN, and their new interpretation of the prophets is, the prophets meant to save the environment, women and children. (Edited 5/6/2008- The Catholic Church recently came out with some new sins. One is pollution. Another is social injustice.)

The western ideas of individual liberty will win over the oppressive policies of Islam. Muslim women already see the rights western women have, and the Muslim women will want the same rights. Given a choice, Muslim women will choose to have fewer babies, not more. The west's mighty military will lose in the new asymmetrical warfare. It only takes one terrorist to carry on the war. The west will go bankrupt before it can win an asymmetrical war.

If the radical Islamists want to do away with non believers, why don't they start with a Christian nation like Mexico? Mexico only spends $50 per person on defense while the U.S. spends $1600 per person. Why do the Jihadists not attack Costa Rica, a country that does not even have a military? Instead Costa Rica has a few Cessnas, Pipers, and one Aero Commander. Maybe the reason Jihadists want to attack America is not because we are nonbelievers, but because of our foreign policy. For the past hundred years the Muslims did not practice terrorism against America. Why now? Is it a coincidence that the terrorists attacks increased after our meddling in the Middle East increased? http://lp-ca.org/policy/Libertarian_Policy_Terrorism.htm

Bilbo Baggins