Politician's Purgatory

The notion of a “holy war “ is an illusion. There is nothing holy about war. It is ugly, devastating, killing. A horde of ignorant fanatics killing in the belief they will be rewarded in an afterlife is naive, false and simply a waste of the only life they will ever experience. There is such a thing as a justified war. It is in retaliation to an attack. It is the national reflection of the recognition that the right of self defense either individually or collectively is proper , necessary and the expectation for the existence of a nation. The United States was founded with a recognition of religious tolerance. To pick a fight with a nation that has the greatest tolerance for religious differences and to use our freedom of access to attempt to humiliate and destroy us tells us the nature of our enemy. We are fighting the lemmings who march toward nihilism. They have chosen destruction as the purpose in their lives and will achieve the state that they worship. The state of nothingness which is all they will experience win or lose. Like all barbarians they cannot be taught to be civilized for it is not of this earth that they seek. And since this earth is all they will ever know, the rush at the moment before death is their only hope and reward. A life for a moment is a poor trade, but ignorance and the blindness of the true believer cares little for life or gain. And this is why they cannot win and never will.