BATTLE WITH GOD---PART 5

​ISIS---WHAT NOW?
 
Ok, ISIS is here so how do we deal with it. Build a wall, patrol neighborhoods,  boots on the ground----we’ve heard it all. The sad answer, I’m afraid, is that while there are things we can do to control it, only TIME is the answer. Time for our invasion of Iraq by W to become a faint memory. Until then, the radical leaders will be effective in recruiting zealots.
 
You can look this up---plenty of available information—but within the Islamic doctrines is an apocalyptic warning where the nation of Islam will fight the infidels from Rome (many think this is Turkey) in a final battle. It’s the familiar end of the world scenario that many western cult leaders preach to the gullible. And there are many zealots who willingly accept this as their duty to fight for ISIS. Whether the Islam leaders actually believe this or are simply using it for their advantage is past my pay grade, but know that the present caliphate, the Islamic leader, has a PhD in religion, so he’s no dummy. Something to think about, I guess.
 
Now, since the caliphate needs land to keep his authority, we can continue to take back what ISIS has captured, and that will slow things down. But, alas, the water has already been poisoned by the invasion, so their cause will continue to brew until the rains of reason cleanse it. We have made our bed and must sleep in it for a time.
 
I once wrote a book called 50AB, which meant fifty years after Bush, where I wrote my opinion of what the world would look like after the invasion. Afraid to publish it, it rests in my computer. I must confess that most of predictions seem unfounded now, but this mess in the middle east was close. Fooling around with some countries, like Afghanistan and those in the middle east is like mowing weeds; you have to keep at it continuously. Will we ever learn that some countries don’t want McDonald’s?
 
Perhaps someone with authority will be able to sit down with our enemies and work something out, but don’t count on it. And trying to bomb them into oblivion is foolish for it will simply support their “them against us” mentality, and there are a lot of “them” willing to martyr. This problem calls for intelligence, which is something we have seen in the past few months is lacking in our politicians.
 
Now, I’m determined to put a lot more thought into this, read what I can find, so perhaps I’ll have a wonderful idea---just kidding---but I do promise to research more. Meanwhile, don’t live in fear; enjoy life, travel, think kindly of others, tell those you love that you love them.
 
Have a good day!