Political Humor | There is no Terrorist Threat

I’m sick and tired of the Rethuglican talking points about “terrorism” and the “War on Terror” and “Islamofascism.” These are nothing more than Repugnican propaganda to keep the American people in fear of an imaginary enemy.

The Rethuglicans thrive when Americans can rally around a common enemy because of their ability to effectively depict Democrats as weak on national security or even sympathetic toward “the enemy.” If they can succeed in depicting an enemy of America, then they can use that to deflect attention away from domestic failures and as a pretext for power grabs in the name of defeating “the enemy.”

We saw this tactic in the 80’s with Reagan declaring the Soviet Union to be the “Evil Empire.” We can now clearly see that the premise that the USSR posed an existential threat to the US was false. The Soviet Union disbanded with a whimper, and without a single shot being fired. We see this tactic being employed now with Bush and the “Axis of Evil.”

Let’s get one thing straight: There is no terrorist threat.

Just another isolated incident.

The only existential threat we face as a result of “terrorism” is the danger of our own corrupt leaders using their fabricated enemy as a means to strip us of our civil liberties. A few isolated incidences of violence where a rogue group of thugs get lucky, and we’ll be willing to give up our precious freedoms in the name of security. This is the only danger posed by these acts of “terrorism.”

Seig Heil!

The Republicans use terms like “Islamic fascism” and “Islamonazi,” even though the Muslims bear no resemblance whatsoever to fascists or Nazis. None at all. In fact it is the current administration that uses the fascist tactics of corporatism, military supremacy and nationalism.

Children prepare for the Jihad inner struggle.

Only a small minority of Muslims want to see the demise of the West. Let’s say a mere 10% are sympathetic to the goals and methods of the “terrorists.” Then, let’s say that only one percent of that group feels strongly enough to actually take up arms and strap bombs to themselves to actively fight to achieve that goal. With around 1.5 Billion Muslims worldwide, that would be an army of only 1.5 Million whose “inner struggle” is to rid the Earth of the Kuffar. I’m just making up numbers here, but I think we can agree that one tenth of one percent is a small minority. Maybe my percentages are low, but I think I made my point. Yet, Rethuglicans want us to believe that this small minority actually pose an existential threat to our way of life.

Lebanese crowd chants “Death to America”

There is no terrorist threat.

This young boy is prepared for the Jihad inner struggle.

They’re just a small minority.

Suicide bomber induction ceremony in Lebanon.

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Von reminds me to mention that all of the images except the WTC one are screencaps from the Movie Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West