Our Government’s Role in the Terrorizing of America

What is the object of terrorism? What does it mean to terrorize? The definition of terror is “an overwhelming impulse of fear, extreme fright or dread. That which or one who causes extreme fear.”

The entire purpose of terrorism is to bring about an overwhelming feeling of fear or helplessness. That is what terrorists do. Since you cannot terrorize a dead person, the killings that result from terrorist acts are not the purpose of the act itself. The purpose is to strike fear in the hearts of those left alive, those who can legitimately feel that they could be next.

The definition of “terrorize” is “to coerce through intimidation”, a definition which in itself would even implicate our government in the action it has taken of late to intimidate members of Congress into voting for the policies of the more powerful. But obtaining votes for health care through means if intimidation and coercion is not my main purpose in focusing on terrorism in this article though it is a valid one, suitable for another day.

Onto the issue of what we consider terrorism. When a government downplays the actions of terrorists, dismissing them as “isolated acts” and asking us to not connect the dots which would clue us into the extreme danger such acts actually impose upon us, the government is aiding the goal of the terrorists. It aids them in their desire to terrorize you and I. When we see our government act with ineptness and not making our society more secure, we can draw the conclusion that they are in fact aiding in the terrorizing of the nation.

Unclosed borders which allow thousands into our country daily without any way of knowing who they are or their purpose here, terrorizes us. Our government having the lack of courage it takes to call a terrorist a terrorist but to make excuses for him, terrorizes us. Terrorist cells operating within our own borders and not closed down terrorizes us. Choosing to ignore ties to Muslim organizations and practices by killers by police officials by order of the government terrorizes us. In effect, our government is terrorizing us.

In this ever increasing dangerous era, the governments misguided attempts to hinder our right to self-protection and self-defense, terrorizes us.

The only way for Americans to not be terrorized by the escalating events occurring in this dangerous world, would be for us to find peace of mind in the actions of the government in curbing those threats and making us feels secure in our beds at night and in our daily activities. This they are not doing.

As long as the government is continuing to deny the real threats and is operating in a defensive bungling manner rather than an effective offensive one, we will continue to be terrorized. As long as Islam is heralded as a religion of peace and not for what it promotes in its own holy writings and with words spewed from the mouth of Islamic clerics every day, we will continue to be terrorized, aided by our own government.

Refusing to see a danger does not make it disappear or become more docile. It only makes us more vulnerable and easy targets for the devout who want us dead or under their Shariah law. It is time we confront the true dangers for what they are, even if that means to recognize our own government’s complicity in terrorizing America. It is a stand we can no longer hesitate in taking.