The Way I See It

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?

Po