The world has just recovering from the shock of a major terrorist attack in Paris, as well as in Beirut. Now, in a video, ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] has threatened to commit another major terrorist attack, this time in Times Square, a major crowded and busy area of Manhattan. NYC [New York City] Mayor Bill De Blasio has stated that NYC will not be intimidated by the recent terrorist threat. As NYC officials try to reassure New Yorkers that there is no terrorist threat and tell people to keep going on with their lives, a former Al Qaeda terrorist predicts that ISIS will attack America in the next two weeks.
Let’s say it as it is. Mayor De Blasio saying that NY refuses to be intimidated sounds as if it might as well come from a bullied kid who keeps on getting beaten up by the school bully as he walks down the halls saying, “I refuse to be intimidated.” And of course, despite his brief moment of fame, he gets beaten up again. I can understand NYC officials trying to reassure the fears New Yorkers have of this recent terrorist threat. But what’s even more needed is prevention. And that means doing what it takes to stop ISIS, not trying to take any “high road” or get all concerned about whether any terrorist will be uncomfortable getting waterboarded and putting that before the safety and security of the people in NY or anywhere else who are threatened by ISIS terrorists. I recently wrote an article saying that in certain circumstances, torturing ISIS terrorists is justified. And that view of mine has been strengthened by recent events such as the terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris and the recent terrorist threat in Times Square, an area that I know to be ultra-crowded from having walked there before [considering that I live in NY, although I currently go to college in Vermont]. So as a New Yorker, I say, “Please torture the ISIS terrorists.” I’m begging that ISIS terrorists get tortured if that’s what it takes to stop this recent terror attack that ISIS plans on committing [yes, I think ISIS is planning on committing this attack]. De Blasio saying that NYC refuses to be intimidated is clearly not enough because if anything, it’s calling ISIS on its “bluff.” What’s needed is prevention, not just reassurance or merely sounding like a bullied boy who is standing up to a school bully in front of the whole school right before getting beaten up.
ISIS and other Muslim terrorists thrive off of the weakness of their enemies [and of the West in particular]. It’s what boosts their morale and emboldens them. This weakness in the fight against Islamic terrorists has led to the knife intifada and a series of recent terrorist attacks against innocent people in Israel, among the most recent being a car attack on a father and his son in Hevron [Hebron] when they were driving to pick out flowers for Shabbat [and as I was writing this article, there are even more terror attacks on Jews in Israel that's more recent than that particular vicious attack]. And yet, back in 2002, during the second intifada, then-President of the Israeli Supreme Court Aharon Barack said:
Sometimes, a democracy must fight with one hand tied behind its back.
I remember when Alan Dershowitz bragged about Israel fighting with one hand tied between its back. And from my memory, Aharom Barack was where he got it from. Clearly, fighting with one hand tied behind its back is what gives these terrorists encouragement, whether in Israel, America, or the West. The reason why ISIS attacked in Paris and why it’s going on a bloodthirsty rampage is because they’re emboldened by our [the West's] weakness Not only are we less serious about the fight against ISIS, but because of excessive political correctness, we care more about the terrorists than we do about their victims of potential victims. As innocent lives are on the line and as Muslim terrorists are going on a murderous bloody rampage, we have weak leaders who look at the situation as nothing more than logic puzzles and who pat themselves on the back for taking the “high road” or fighting with one hand tied behind its back. The Department of Homeland Security, under Janet Nepalitano [when she was serving as its head under Obama] decided to stop calling terrorism “terrorism” and instead to call it “man-made disasters.” While ISIS is on a rampage, we [America] have a President who says stuff like “ISIS is not Islamic,” never mind that in addition to the fact that the first I stands for “Islamic,” ISIS itself acts fully in the name of their fanatical interpretation of Islam and uses Muslim texts [whether out of context or not] to justify its barbaric actions. Instead, Obama harped back to the crusades, in order to say, “Put your head in the sand as ISIS is on a murderous rampage because of what the Crusades did” [albeit not in those exact words]. The point is that as Muslim terrorists are on a rampage, America, the West and Israel has had weak leaders. As for Israel, though Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is definately a better option than any crazy on the Israeli left, it’s still under him that more Arab terrorists have been released from prisons even in the mere hope of peace, only to have those terrorists back with their barbaric murders of innocent people in Israel [also back in 2005, Israel left Gaza in the "hope" of peace, only to have Gaza turn into a terrorist base, rocket attacks from Gaza onto Israel increasing, and Hamas, a genocidal Islamo-Fascist terrorist group whose charter calls for another Holocaust on the Jewish people, taking over Gaza].
The point is that Israel, America, and the West need to stand strong against Islamic terrorists, even if it means doing things that may make the CIA, the Mossad, the IDF, the American army, or any other army or secret service out to defend their countries, actions that may make its members uncomfortable or seem unethical [although since it's done in the service of saving innocent lives, it is not unethical in these situations]. I strongly believe that our rights come from Hashem [G-d]. And I believe that all other human rights come from the most precious sacred right we got from G-d, the sanctity of human life. Without respect for the basic sanctity of human life, we got nothing. So therefore, any right that may clash with the sanctity of human life should get suspended. It’s really that simple. However, once you commit barbaric murders like Muslim terrorists did, you lose you’re right to live and all your human rights. Therefore, if we have to torture these terrorists to save innocent lives, we should do it. And even if saving lives means threatening to embarrass their families [Arab and Muslim cultures are largely built around honor], we should do it [hopefully the mere threat already forces the terrorists to reveal the crucial information to save innocent lives and take down their terrorist infrastructure] because it’s better to have people embarrassed [or possibly get embarrassed] than more dead bodies. I know it may sound harsh. But when faced with those two options, choose the option that involves the shedding of less blood [and if possible, the shedding or no blood at all]. So the point is: As a New Yorker, I say to do what it takes to stop ISIS from committing that terrorist attack. Do what it take to foil that planned attack, even if the terrorists are uncomfortable in the process. I want to live. I don’t want to be risking my life every time I walk in Times Square. And I don’t want to hear about it in the news or in my emails. Screw what the leftist media says or what the far-leftists or the ACLU say. I say that the top priority should be for the safety of the people in NY or anywhere else who are threatened by Muslim terrorism, not whether these terrorists or their families may be uncomfortable when trying to find out vital information that’s needed to save lives and to more effectively fight the war on Islamic terrorism.