My friend Ed Naile, blogger at NH Insider, and Chairman of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, in a recent blog post titled I’ve Been Working On My Own Middle East Policy!, posits a solution to the problem of Muslim extremist attacks on Americans wherever they may be.
If we are going to deal with Islamists on a regular basis like we have since 1805 or so, maybe we should use some tactics that may be more on their level of understanding, like Thomas Jefferson did.
If by accident or by mistake some Korans get burned and it results in week long riots and murder of Americans, then apologize like hell about the Korans.
And when it comes to Islamic terrorists killing Americans WE should go nuts.
How about some huge marches on American cities objecting to any slight against an American? (Photo shop the marches, they will never figure it out.)
Open up some silos, arm some fighter jets, float a battleship up next to some coveted object, bomb some power plants, harbors, refineries, dams, or other modern structures real Islamists don’t really need in the first place.
One thing that has always been true, which Ed does not mention specifically, is that tribal Muslims respect force and are inclined to side with the strongest ally, even against each other. In fact, they’d probably rather fight each other.
And in a world where most of the cry-baby liberals side with our real enemies in heaping disdain on us no matter how much we spend to protect them, defend them, or bail their candy-asses out, a judicious use of excessive force, after some attack on Americans or American interests, is just what you need to remind your enemies that if you poke this beehive with a stick we’re prepared to take your stick and beat you with it.
Ed closes with a great way to consolidate our Middle East presence
Mecca would make a perfect site for a US Air base. And the Islamic warriors would have to travel there to do battle. In fact, they would be obligated to. No neighborhoods for US troops to worry about, no kids or women to hide behind.
Islamists need only pilgrimage towards Mecca with their RPG if they want to fight the Great Satan. And remember terrorists, while you are off fighting, your cousins are back at the tribe beating up your sister.
