The Right State

The Counter Terrorism Blog has an excellent article written by Walid Phares and Behrooz Bahbudi from the Washington Post.  They lament the lack of knowledge by everyday Americans of the dangers posed by Jihadism.

Because for 11 years years, the American public wasn’t informed about the threat that lead to September 11 and because the classrooms and newsrooms of the United States were not educated enough about the global threat of “Jihadism,” we feel it is incumbent on individual citizens to educate themselves about this danger and mobilize to prevent a Future Jihad looming around the world and at home. It is important that American citizens understand who the “Jihadists” are, what they want to achieve, and how they are proceeding. Without this knowledge, the American public will be unable to be part of the political debate about national security and the War on Terror. And if deprived from the support of an informed public, the US Government, now and in the future, cannot sustain difficult decisions pertaining to the defeat of the Terrorist enemy.

These two amazing writers go into a very short history of Jihadism and why it is a threat not only to the United States, but to the west, democracy, and civilization in general.  This is one of those must read articles for anyone interested in saving democracy.

The threat of terrorism is a real and present danger to the security of the United States.  The jihadists have been at war with the United States for many years.  Until September 11^th the US has treated terrorism more of as an irritant rather than a real threat.  Now that we have woke up to this global menace, we need to be prepared.  The more we know of this global threat the better we will be able to minimize or eliminate it.

Be sure to read the rest of this great article.

Tags: Terrorism, War //