Can't We All Just Get Along?

In last night's debate, Ron Paul threw out this tidbit of sarcasm/wisdom:  "We endlessly bomb these countries [the middle east] and then we wonder why they don't like us?"  I agree with Ron Paul on most things, but every time he talks about foreign affairs, I like him a little less.  This post is not about his indifference to Iran's having nuclear weapons, but that is another fine example of his ignorance about muslims and their hate for America.

March 20, 2003 - Shock and Awe campaign, Iraq.

With all due respect, Mr. Paul, the reason the middle eastern, muslim nations don't like us has nothing to do with how many bombs we drop on them.  It has everything to do with their religion.  The Koran specifically states that all non-muslims should be exterminated, especially Jews.  That is why they don't like us.  Obama has been running around the middle east for years now, apologizing and sucking up to them, and they don't like us any more than they did before.  The reason, again, is simple.  Islam dictates that non-muslims are enemies and should be killed.  Their mission to kill non-believers (infidels) is called jihad.

There is a passage in the Koran where some muslim prophet is seeking out Jews to kill in his quest to exterminate them all from the face of the earth.  He stands before the trees and rocks and tells the trees and rocks to let him know if there are any Jews hiding behind them so that he may find them and kill them.  I think it's one of the rocks that then says to him, "Hey, there is a Jew hiding behind me - come and kill him!"  No, I don't have a specific page reference in the Koran for that passage, but trust me, it's in there.  Muslims hold sacred their duty to carry out jihad against the infidels, which means the searching, finding, and killing of non-believers like Americans.  Americans fall squarely within the jihadist crosshairs.  Nothing we do will change this.

Well, that's not true.  I think perhaps there is something that may change their jihadist ways regarding America, and it has nothing to do with pawning our balls and kissing their ass.  The only thing these people understand is brutality, and we are engaged in a war with these Islamist extremists.  I think it was Sun Tzu who said that it the one willing to be most brutal will win the war.  We ought to present these extremists with a level of brutality that will move us far down the easy-target list.

Right now, we are easy targets.  For one thing, we have military and diplomatic personnel spread out all over the world, so there are Americans just blocks away from virtually any location on the globe.  Additionally, our response to hostility is sanctions, negotiations, discussions, etc.  We pander, and it's pathetic.  Our president panders to our enemies and apologizes to them for their not liking us!  When they aren't plotting our demise, they are laughing at us behind our backs.  We should meet brutality with brutality.  Only then will they look elsewhere for an easier target.  After all, there are plenty of infidels to choose from.  It's like the two men caught facing an angry grizzly bear in the woods.  The first guy says he doesn't have to outrun the bear, he just has to outrun his friend.  Well, let's outrun some other infidels and become a not-so-fun target for them anymore. 

Does anyone remember the last time Islamic extremists attacked a Chinese embassy?  That's because they don't bother with China.  It's not because they like China more - it's because China doesn't worry about being politically correct and trying to get everyone to like them.  The Chinese are infidels just like we are, but they are out to win and to survive, and if you mess with them, they hit back hard.

So when Ron Paul says we should stop being so hostile toward the jihadists and they'll like us more, he is totally clueless.