For What It's Worth

An opinion from the editor's desk

 

CSW 08-21

I wrote this article Thursday, 9/11/08. It appeared in a local newspaper on Friday, 9/12/08. See comments at end of the Canton Repository's article. Read here

Will the war on terror ever be won?

My answer is a resounding….no! Now before you lose your thong and get too uptight, consider how we've done with the war on drugs, the war on crime, the war on poverty. The problem with these "wars" is we have nothing tangible to fight. There's no country to beat into surrender, only concepts called crime, drugs, poverty, and terror. To win means to eliminate the concepts. Do we really think these things can be totally eliminated? Of course not!

President Bush is lashing out at terror and is attempting to win the terror war by cutting off the head (bin Laden) of the serpent (al Qaeda). We have and do support President Bush in his endeavors, but for anyone to believe that terror will be eliminated due to the demise of bin Laden is just being naïve. The wars on drugs, crime, and poverty continue, and so will the war on terror. Radical Islamic evildoers will remain peppered throughout the world waiting for the word from their evil, murderous leaders to strike again, and I think it's inevitable that they will strike again.

On this 7th anniversary of 9-11 we were reminded to remain vigilant. Complacency is a "go" signal to the terrorists. Take your eyes off the snake and it will surely strike. And forego the liberal's take on terrorist profiling, too. If it looks like a snake, crawls like a snake, and kills like a snake, take heed, it's probably a snake.

Times are a-changin'. America is not and never again will be what it was prior to 9-11. God bless our troops, the families of 9-11 and God Bless America.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your attention and have a good evening.

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