Hello My Dear Friends! Today is certainly a day of national
sadness. It is unbelievable to me just how much pain and suffering one
individual can inflict. How we react says a lot about who we are but, before we
react, we need to truly understand what has happened. First, let me say that
what happened in Orlando was not a "tragedy". A fatal train
derailment is a tragedy, What happened in Orlando was an atrocity. It was an
act of evil. Yes, we should be sad but, more importantly we should be angry. 49
innocent souls were lost that day. 49 futures were stolen away. 53 others are
fighting to regain their lives. Hundreds of lives have been changed forever.
That makes me angry as hell. The President said what happened was "an act
of terrorism and a hate crime". I've got news for you. ALL acts of
terrorism are hate crimes. A terrorist's sole motivation is hate. This atrocity
took place in a gay bar but the killer had no way of knowing whether or not he
was killing gays. Plenty of heterosexuals go to gay bars. He pledged his
allegiance to ISIS and opened fire on a room full of Infidels. Sharia law, as
interpreted by Islamic radicals, proclaims homosexuality a crime punishable by
death. So, whether he was an actual ISIS soldier or just an internet wannabe,
the outcome is the same. The first truth we need to embrace is that ISIS is
HERE. Whether in body or just in spirit, ISIS is here. Now, the first and most
predictable reaction was to, once again, start arguing about gun laws. This is,
and always has been, a waste of time. You can ban all of the guns you want to
and it won't make a damn bit of difference. The bad guys will still get them
and, if they can't, they'll improvise. The September 11th killers used box
cutters and airplanes. It is illegal to make or possess pipe bombs but that
didn't stop the Tsarnaev brothers from blowing up the Boston Marathon. My point
is that hate will find a way. It won't make us any safer. The next truth we
need to embrace is that there isn't going to be some world wide Kumbaya moment.
Love will not find a way. ISIS is a cancer on this
planet and the only way to stop a cancer is to eradicate it. As I said earlier,
how we react to this atrocity will say a lot about who we are. Will we be
France? Turn the other cheek and wait for it to happen again? Or, will we be
the United States of America and end this thing once and for all? I, for one,
am hoping for the latter. I, for one, say it's time to put an end to the
Islamic State. The wolf is at the door. Are we going to hide in the closet or
are we going to stand and fight like the greatest nation this world has ever
known? This President has been searching for a legacy. Well, this is it. Which
side of history do you want to be on Mr. President?
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