“Brace yourselves because the war with Muslims has just begun. Consider me the first droplet of the flood that will follow. The defeat of the U.S. is imminent and will happen in [the] near future.”Apparently Mr. Shahzad didn’t get the memo. President Obama has repeatedly said that America is not and never will be at war with Islam. So what “war with Muslims” is Shahzad talking about? And all that hateful rhetoric about the defeat of America and dying for Allah doesn’t sound very tolerant or peaceful. What on earth could possibly motivate Shazhad to say those things?
“We do not accept your democracy or your freedom because we already have Sharia [sacred Muslim] law. . . The past nine years, the war with Muslims has achieved nothing for the U.S., except for it has waken up the Muslims for Islam.”
“If I am given a thousand lives, I will sacrifice them all for the sake of Allah fighting this cause, defending our lands, making the word of Allah supreme over any religion or system.”
Of course, I’m being sarcastic. This is a very serious issue, and Shahzad left no doubts about what motivated him. When the judge declared his sentence, he shouted “Allahu akbar” (“Allah is greatest”). Shahzad also declared himself a “proud terrorist.”
Thankfully, Shahzad failed in his attempt to wage jihad in Times Square. Nine years removed from 9/11, it’s easy to be complacent, to underestimate the evil we are fighting. The FBI re-created the bomb Shahzad attempted to detonate. Had he succeeded, the results would have been devastating, as you can see the video.
Obviously most Muslims are not engaged in jihad. But millions of Muslims worldwide embrace the narrative of Faisal Shahzad and other “holy warriors.” That narrative is that Islam is oppressed by the West and that a great upheaval is coming that will bring down America, Israel and all of Judeo-Christian civilization. This is what links the stories of murder and mayhem coming in every day from every corner of the world at the hands of Islamists.
Our political, media and academic elites are unable or unwilling to confront and defeat this onslaught. Some aren’t even sure Western Civilization is worth defending.
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Gary Bauer is is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families. This article also appeared in Human Events Bauer was a former Republican presidential candidate and served as President Ronald Reagan’s domestic policy adviser
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