Gaza Horror - A Real Eye Opener, page 1

The threat against the Islamic world is two-fold with the combined threat of America and Israel. Israel is a powerful military force but its military involvement (with a few exceptions) is limited when compared to the involvement of the US. However, Israel has employed a passive-aggressive strategy, painting themselves as the victims in every scenario, and thus anything they do is met with very limited objection. Being able to potentially get away with anything is equally as dangerous as having the actual means to do anything.

Israel's "victim status" has allowed it to run rampant around the Gaza Strip; anything done by the Palestinians is vile terrorism and anything done by the Israelis (even when the types of victims are women, children etc.) is seen as a mild defence against some kind of wild and ferocious enemy that can strike at any time, unseen until it is too late. A Palestinian child throws a rock at what he perceives to be a big bully and the tanks roll in, generally to the applause of most who nod, knowing that the Israelis just crushed the next suicide bomber.

Countries now that have a somewhat traditional Islamic view have found themselves handcuffed and cornered. Any action brings cries of anti-Semitism from one side and the threat of potential bombing raids, forced revolutions and so on from the other. Sane people can only take such pressure for so long before they are forced to react. To this end, the Israeli-American alliance is as responsible for the actions against it as the very people who carried out the very same.

Of course, since 2001 the aggression has increased and, more than just a war, we see something darker going in Afghanistan (and Iraq). Far beyond beating the enemy, clearing out the dead and going home, we see a war based not on ideology (as wars generally are), but a war based on enforcement. It has nothing to do with publicly executing dissidents, but a more passive approach. Buildings of cultural importance are ignored as McDonalds and Burger Kings are built. Democratic elections are enforced, the irony being the US/UK alliance decide who can stand for election in the first place.

Whilst this has probably made some people see the "light" of Western democracy, freedom, peace and so on, it has also given more support to groups like al-Qaeda. This is because intelligent people can see that these Western promises don't hold much promise in the long run. They might have "exciting" new food and fizzy drinks, but these thrills don't last forever. These same intelligent people realise that if they choose this easy path, after they get bored of plastic trinkets everything that they once held dear will have turned to dust and their civilisation is - for all intents and purposes - dead, leaving them to play video games and buy junk they don't need.