how to defeat terrorists
Friday, August 25th, 2006It’s so fucking simple:
Courage.
It’s right there in the name, “terrorism.” The goal is to create fear. So if we refuse to be afraid, we win.
The killings aren’t the point; they’re just gravy. What are they really after? Exactly what we’re giving them. When we allow fear to take over, we unmake our society. If you believe they hate us, or “hate our freedom,” then how can you possibly think the way to defeat them is to change our way of life, to dismantle our liberties? In fear, we do the terrorists’ work for them. They don’t have to destroy the things we stand for, because we’re apparently delighted to take care of that ourselves.
This is the most telling trait of the Almighty W., if you think about it. He could have reminded us that this is the home of the brave, and that we’ve faced greater threats before, again and again, and triumphed. Instead, he feeds the fear.
He had a choice, every day from September 11 on. And he chose fear.
So I guess we know whose side he’s on.