OBSESSION - RADICAL ISLAM'S WAR AGAINST THE WEST and THE REST

Obsession - Radical Islam's War Against The West.

I came across the following today on a conservative US tv network that I normally do not watch except in search of some sort of balance - NewsmaxTV.

http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

With a little knowledge of what transpired in Europe (and the world) from the end of WW1 (1917) to the very eve of WW2 (1939), I had to force myself to sit through the documentary. As we speak, I am still plodding through a very depressing biography of late British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Against better judgement, Chamberlain had taken Europe to a new low in appeasement to Hitler. The rest they say is history.

The editors at NewsmaxTV obviously believe that the current kids' gloves handling of Militant Islam has since gone beyond the worst manifestations of appeasement a la Chamberlain. This is a case of history repeating itself. One recalls Edmund Burke's statement about good men, though many, doing nothing, with disastrous results. To quote a contributor in the documentary an Egyptian-born American, Ms Nonie Darwish, "We are strangling ourselves with our political correctness."

On my part, I observe that Nazi adventurism and militarism were ultimately defeated not by understanding and cuddling but by concerted brute force. British WW2 hero Sir Winston Churchill aptly used the imagery "blood, sweat and tears." Nothing  less would have been adequate.

That is why I am aghast at the nonchalance of the citizens of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey towards the rise of ISIS in their midst. Young men of all generations do not get to pick their own fights. They confront whatever they MUST in their own generation. At some point in time it was Ghenghis Khan, at others Emperor Constantine or Stalin. However today the challenge is ISIS.

The issue of the involvement of the United States may ultimately prove important. Currently it is still peripheral if the vast majority of the peoples of the Middle East insist on burying their heads in the sand.

I will not be honest if I do not conclude by pointing out that here in Nigeria's north-east, our compatriots, natives of that geopolitical zone, must make up their minds if indeed the Boko Haram hordes are friends or enemies. In times past  they have clearly shown us how they handle their enemies.