We agree with the Bush administration’s push to go to war, if necessary, to disarm the deadly dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.  We don’t need the world’s approval to defend ourselves. 

The United Nations is made up largely of Muslim nations (22 Arab states alone, not counting Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Central Asian states and Turkey) and unfriendly communist countries like Russia, China, North Korea and Cuba.

The communist nations support terrorist states like Iraq, Iran, and Libya because they need oil and petrodollars – which they get by selling missiles to these Muslim madmen.  And they can fight “capitalist” America through their Muslim terrorist proxies (many of whom they trained in terrorism in the sixties and seventies).

The Europeans are largely dependent on Arab oil, and have large Muslim populations of their own.  This is why our “allies” are not quick to jump on the Bush bandwagon for war against Iraq. 

It is true that America is between the rock and the hard place.  If we don’t go to war, we will eventually be attacked with Muslim weapons of mass destruction.  And we risk the same if we do go to war without UN approval. 

Presidents Carter and Clinton stripped our military to the bare bones in manpower, equipment, and bases.  We are already spread too thin with our small, volunteer-only army.  We will lose many of our best-trained forces in a land attack on Iraq. 

Yet, we have no choice.  In their “holy” Qur'an, Muslims are told in Sura 9:5: "Fight and slay the pagans [i.e. infidels] wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war."

What are Muslims supposed to do to the people who resist Islam? Sura 5:33 says: "Their punishment is ... execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from the opposite sides, or exile from the land."[1] 
 

Jihad and World Domination

In Islamic thought, the world is divided into two houses: Dar al-Islam (House of Islam) and Dar al-Harb (House of War).  Nations under Islamic control belong to the "House of Islam."  All others are in the "House of War."[2] 

The late Ayatollah Khomeini, the fanatical leader of Iran who ousted the Shah and brought a resurgence of fundamental Islam to the Middle East, even preached, "The purest joy in Islam is to kill and be killed for Allah."[3] 

To kill and be killed for Islam ensures, for the "warriors of jihad," entry into Allah's paradise.  This is what encouraged "suicide bombers" to blow up our Marine barracks, the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon.  America is the "Great Satan" to Muslims. 

Jews and Christians are targeted for total annihilation, unless they submit to Allah.  Middle East Muslims chant in their demonstrations, "First we fight the Saturday people, then we fight the Sunday people."[4] 

Some will argue that bloodthirsty monsters like Saddam Hussein and Yassir Arafat are really Marxist-Socialists, not Muslim fundamentalists.  They both received training and support from the Soviet KGB in the sixties.  But they were both born and raised as loyal Muslims. 
 

Before Going to War, We Should...

Institute a national day of repentance, prayer, fasting, and mourning for our many national sins, such as homosexuality, adultery, pornography, abortion, thefts, murders, lies, and a double standard toward Israel (you negotiate with terrorists and trade land for a phony peace, while the US won’t). 

Give all devout Muslims in America a choice – leave the country -- or live in guarded detention camps.  We don’t need homegrown Muslim terrorists acting as a dagger in our side.  And let Israel transfer its Palestinian Arab population to Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. 

Re-institute the draft.  America should have a citizen’s army, not just a few mercenaries.  Citizens should share in the duties, as well as the privileges, of America.  The highly trained elite forces should serve as the cadre on which to built a much larger military. 

Consider using limited nuclear strikes on Iraq’s weapons factories.  Why risk our elite personnel searching and clearing Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction?  We were smart enough after Iwo Jima and Okinawa not to attempt a land invasion of Japan. 

Why risk our ground troops in a land invasion of Iraq?  We risk heavy casualties if we do.  The Iraqi people will suffer either way (land invasion or nuclear attack).  Why make our troops suffer too? 

Be prepared to fight a nuclear war with Russia, China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, and other Muslim states.  Count Israel as our ally in such a war.  Trust in God and fear not them who kill the body; and after that, there is no more that they can do.
 

George Theiss is a combat veteran of Vietnam who now follows the Lamb of God.  He is editor of Tulip Gems.  His articles have appeared in several “e-zines” including Christian Online, Daily Watch, Filling up Space for Christ, Sand Dollar and The Write Way.  He and Christy have been married 25 years.  They have 8 children.
 

[1] Robert Morey, THE ISLAMIC INVASION (Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, 1992) p. 39. 

[2] Ramon Bennett, PHILISTINE: The Great Deception (Arm of Salvation: Jerusalem, Israel, 1995) p. 51. 

[3] Ibid. p. 52. 

[4] Ibid. p. 54.