One last thing: Stop calling terrorists “cowards.” They are evil but not craven. They are willing to die for their perverted, despicable cause. And that is the difference between Europe and them, and why they might quite possibly prevail in the end. Enjoy your European Caliphate when the time comes.
Yes, Don, excellent post.
This last part is the only part I'll
kind of disagree with.
First, I acknowledge that it takes a certain bravery (or insanity) to commit suicide as many terrorists do, or engage in battle as some terrorists do. They are religious zealots and I'd like any "bravery" on their part not to be attached to "courage," but to insane, sadistic, homicidal and suicidal ideation linked most definitely to an extreme LACK of courage to truly face life's challenges in a productive way.
For the most part they aim for "soft targets." They choose the defenseless as their primary targets and that behavior (beyond being dishonorable, disgusting & disgraceful) is totally cowardly. They victimize others and we know that doing so always represents an internal lack of courage. We know, psychologically, that every bully & abuser is really operating from deep internal fears of inadequacy.
Taking children as sex slaves & engaging in pedophilia is cowardly (we don't need a psychologist to explain why).
Rape is not only an act of violence, but one of lowly cowardice.
Practicing misogyny is cowardly (it's quite obvious that Islamic Terrorists are absolutely
terrified of the power of autonomous adult women!)
Being brainwashed has a certain degree of cowardice attached to it - it takes courage to be intellectually independent!
Religious and cultural intolerance (demanding submission) is the manifestation of the fear of anything different.
Demanding homosexuals be imprisoned, tortured, dismembered and executed is homophobia in it's most literal sense.
My goal in acknowledging all the cowardice inherent in terrorism is to attach humiliation to it, to make it so that becoming a terrorist, supporting terrorism or even thinking of joining a terror organization becomes the greatest embarrassment, dishonor and disgrace that
any Muslim could choose.
Choosing Islamic Terrorism connotes cowardice, phobias, irrationality, fear of women, blatant sexual inadequacy, perversions, inability to think independently, susceptibility to mental control & domination, intellectual weakness, mental imbalance, an overt lack of self-esteem, fears of coming to terms with one's own latent sexual orientation, a severe lack of true masculinity, and a blasphemous worshipping of Satan rather than any devotion to an omnipotent creator.