It sadly appears that the civilized societies haven't fully understood what they are up against. When Barack has decided to refer to ISIS as the JV squad and a terror attack as 'work place violence' we have deiced that terror doesn't exist as a threat to our way of life.
What happened in Berlin and Paris is an act of war, a new kind of war that we haven't had to fight before, one that is taking place in our homeland, but a direct threat to our way of life and we must react to it by taking the fight to where the terrorists live.
Unfortunately our glorious leader, Barack Ogbjma decided to retreat from the war in Iraq even after we won the war, and he was even warned by nearly everyone that understood the threat that leaving the middle east would open flood gates to the terrorists to become embedded like ticks among the population.
That 500,000 thousand souls have been killed and millions fleeing as refugees the killing squads can be attributed directly to Barack's personal cowardice and commitment to his own religious jihad in the middle east, to bring one single power structure to rule. All others must kneel or be destroyed.
Barack believes his word alone and his affiliations with terrorist states and organizations is enough to bring control to all aspects of conflict. He believes one nuclear power to control the others will bring stability to the region. He believes, proclaims reason will prevail.
The problem, of course, is people that kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.
To fight back against the tyranny of Islamic these radicals killers, the attack on these insane killing monsters must be with everything we have at our disposal, and that means killing everyone that is associated with them as well, innocents as well as combatants if necessary.
Without a complete commitment to this fight using the tools of war the they bring to the fight is a waste of time, treasure and most importantly lives, and will ensure our defeat and demise.
Terror Strikes the Streets of Berlin
Robin Simcox / @RobinSimcox /
Before this year, Germany was not used to Islamist terrorists striking on its home soil. A lot has changed since. The terror threat that haunts Germany seemingly culminated—at least for 2016—in the outrage that occurred in Berlin this week. At present, 12 are dead and dozens more were injured in a truck attack that mirrored the one that took place in Nice, France, this past summer.
It comes as no surprise that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has claimed credit for the attack in Berlin, although the actual perpetrator is yet to be arrested. Intelligence services clearly had an idea that something like this was possibly coming. A State Department travel alert from November warned of a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe, particularly during the holiday season.” The travel alert went on to say, “U.S. citizens should exercise caution at holiday festivals, events, and outdoor markets.” It stated that “credible information” indicated that ISIS or al-Qaeda could be likely perpetrators of an attack.
Such target-rich environments appeal to terrorist groups aiming to cause death and carnage during the holiday season. Even before the plot targeting Berlin, a 12-year-old boy radicalized by an ISIS operative tried to blow up a Christmas market in Ludwigshafen on Nov. 26. Fortunately, his bomb failed to detonate.
On the same day, arrests were made in Strasbourg and Marseille, which disrupted an ISIS plot targeting a Christmas market in Champs-Elysees, Paris. Yet the threat does not begin and end with ISIS. Those trained by al-Qaeda have also planned to attack a Christmas market in Strasbourg. That plot was disrupted in December 2000 and four Algerians were subsequently jailed for between 10 and 12 years.
Al-Qaeda has also launched terrorist attacks on aviation during the holiday season—in 2001, via shoe bomber Richard Reid, and in 2009, via underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
With the Berlin assailant still on the loose (at the time of this writing), German authorities will be working with counterterrorism partners domestically and internationally to try and stop another attack from taking place. In the short-term, this involves finding whoever was responsible, what networks they were connected to, and any ties to foreign terrorist groups.
It may be that there were ties to terrorists based in Germany. For example, it is worth remembering that “Charfedinne T”—a 24-year-old Tunisian—was arrested just days ago on the suspicion that an attack was being planned in Berlin. Whether there are any ties is unknown, although the timing is worth noting.
Presumably, whoever carried out the attack will be caught relatively quickly. Even so, there is much to reflect on for Chancellor Angela Merkel and for German society generally. This is the fourth terrorist attack that has taken place there this year, and there have been a host of other attempted attacks thwarted. Several of these plots have been planned by refugees recently settled into the country. Clearly the vast majority of the 1 million-plus refugees to have entered Germany are not terrorists. Yet the numbers that Germany took in were so large that even a small minority has led to a very big issue.
So, the problem is clear. Whether the German political class has adequate solutions, much less so.
What happened in Berlin and Paris is an act of war, a new kind of war that we haven't had to fight before, one that is taking place in our homeland, but a direct threat to our way of life and we must react to it by taking the fight to where the terrorists live.
Unfortunately our glorious leader, Barack Ogbjma decided to retreat from the war in Iraq even after we won the war, and he was even warned by nearly everyone that understood the threat that leaving the middle east would open flood gates to the terrorists to become embedded like ticks among the population.
That 500,000 thousand souls have been killed and millions fleeing as refugees the killing squads can be attributed directly to Barack's personal cowardice and commitment to his own religious jihad in the middle east, to bring one single power structure to rule. All others must kneel or be destroyed.
Barack believes his word alone and his affiliations with terrorist states and organizations is enough to bring control to all aspects of conflict. He believes one nuclear power to control the others will bring stability to the region. He believes, proclaims reason will prevail.
The problem, of course, is people that kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.
To fight back against the tyranny of Islamic these radicals killers, the attack on these insane killing monsters must be with everything we have at our disposal, and that means killing everyone that is associated with them as well, innocents as well as combatants if necessary.
Without a complete commitment to this fight using the tools of war the they bring to the fight is a waste of time, treasure and most importantly lives, and will ensure our defeat and demise.
Terror Strikes the Streets of Berlin
Robin Simcox / @RobinSimcox /
Before this year, Germany was not used to Islamist terrorists striking on its home soil. A lot has changed since. The terror threat that haunts Germany seemingly culminated—at least for 2016—in the outrage that occurred in Berlin this week. At present, 12 are dead and dozens more were injured in a truck attack that mirrored the one that took place in Nice, France, this past summer.
It comes as no surprise that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has claimed credit for the attack in Berlin, although the actual perpetrator is yet to be arrested. Intelligence services clearly had an idea that something like this was possibly coming. A State Department travel alert from November warned of a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe, particularly during the holiday season.” The travel alert went on to say, “U.S. citizens should exercise caution at holiday festivals, events, and outdoor markets.” It stated that “credible information” indicated that ISIS or al-Qaeda could be likely perpetrators of an attack.
Such target-rich environments appeal to terrorist groups aiming to cause death and carnage during the holiday season. Even before the plot targeting Berlin, a 12-year-old boy radicalized by an ISIS operative tried to blow up a Christmas market in Ludwigshafen on Nov. 26. Fortunately, his bomb failed to detonate.
On the same day, arrests were made in Strasbourg and Marseille, which disrupted an ISIS plot targeting a Christmas market in Champs-Elysees, Paris. Yet the threat does not begin and end with ISIS. Those trained by al-Qaeda have also planned to attack a Christmas market in Strasbourg. That plot was disrupted in December 2000 and four Algerians were subsequently jailed for between 10 and 12 years.
Al-Qaeda has also launched terrorist attacks on aviation during the holiday season—in 2001, via shoe bomber Richard Reid, and in 2009, via underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
With the Berlin assailant still on the loose (at the time of this writing), German authorities will be working with counterterrorism partners domestically and internationally to try and stop another attack from taking place. In the short-term, this involves finding whoever was responsible, what networks they were connected to, and any ties to foreign terrorist groups.
It may be that there were ties to terrorists based in Germany. For example, it is worth remembering that “Charfedinne T”—a 24-year-old Tunisian—was arrested just days ago on the suspicion that an attack was being planned in Berlin. Whether there are any ties is unknown, although the timing is worth noting.
Presumably, whoever carried out the attack will be caught relatively quickly. Even so, there is much to reflect on for Chancellor Angela Merkel and for German society generally. This is the fourth terrorist attack that has taken place there this year, and there have been a host of other attempted attacks thwarted. Several of these plots have been planned by refugees recently settled into the country. Clearly the vast majority of the 1 million-plus refugees to have entered Germany are not terrorists. Yet the numbers that Germany took in were so large that even a small minority has led to a very big issue.
So, the problem is clear. Whether the German political class has adequate solutions, much less so.
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