The Coming Jihad...in America

A great deal of speculation, discussion and even finger pointing has taken place since the failed VBIED attack at Times Square.  As I recall the same happened at Fort Hood with Jihadist Army Major Hasan. What was notable was that success or failure was a product of the ability or inability of the terrorist and the authorities had almost nothing to do about it.  As a point of fact, the bomber nearly got away. Then came the rationalizations and verbal gymnastics avoid and overlooking anything even remotely connecting Mr. Shahzad to Islam until it was impossible to avoid.  I can almost see the administration on their knees praying to whomever they pray to – “Please let it be an old conservative Christian white guy”. I suspect they would have even settled for a conservative Christian black guy.  Anything but (gasp) a Muslim jihadist.

America, and truly much of the west, is guilty of two major tactical sins. 

One, we quickly forget the historical lessons of the past.  We seem as a nation to quickly forget and become distracted like a child that suddenly sees a butterfly and forgets the book he is reading. The problem here is that the best indication of future action or performance is past action and performance. It becomes hard to prepare for what an adversary may bring if you forget what he has already brought to past battles.

Two, we constantly underestimate the adversary.  It is as if we think that anyone who is not a product of a democratic society is somehow less intelligent or capable, although that has been proven to be a false assumption several times since September 2001.

Consider this excerpt from a recent Stratfor newsletter -

"A much more successful model of waging a jihadist attack on U.S. soil is the case of U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in November 2009. Instead of traveling to Yemen or Pakistan for training, which would have aroused suspicion, Maj. Hasan used skills he already possessed and simple means to conduct his attack, something that kept his profile low (although he was under investigation for posting comments online seemingly justifying suicide attacks). Ultimately, Hasan killed more people with a handgun than the recently botched or thwarted attacks involving relatively complicated IEDs..."

The enemy is not as stupid as we would prefer he was. The enemy sees the various failed bombing attacks; the first WTC attack....the failed Richard Reid (Shoe Bomber), the failed Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab (Crotch Bomber), the failed Joel Henry Hinrichs III (OKSU Bomber) and the failed Faisal Shahzad (Times Square Bomber).  And he also sees the successful attacks not relying on complicated explosives; Mir Aimal Kasi shooting his victims outside CIA, Malvo and Mohammed - the successful DC Snipers, the various successful Mumbai shooters, the spectacularly successful Major Nidal Hasan, and the plethora of successful active shooter events through the years.

  
Put yourself in the enemy’s shoes....err, sandals.....which option would YOU pick? Which offers the easiest implementation, least chance for detection, greatest chance for success – bombs or bullets?

The mass shooting and not the improvised and unsuccessful bomb is the “easy button”, and that fact cannot be ignored by us as it will not be overlooked by the enemy.

So what do we do?

1).  We must identify who the enemy is.  Please go back and peruse the list of events above, both failed and successful.  What is the common thread connecting the attackers?

2).  Carry your gun everywhere.....a REAL fighting gun....not some sissy "suitable for CCW" 5 shot "self defense gun". The times are not such that concern over a mugger is the issue anymore.  Carry extra ammo with you. It is not difficult at all to carry a full sized pistol with a couple of extra magazines.  I have done so since 1983.  

 

 
These are not the times to be seeking political correctness over public safety.  It is not the time to fear false labels created and assigned by the mass media.  The Israelis learned that lesson long ago.  After all is said and done, it is better to be a live “intolerant racist” (as the MSM would call us) than a dead “co-existing”, tolerant “paragon of political correctness”.  I suspect that had Shahzad’s bomb been successful, lots of tolerant, “co-exist” types would have died right alongside us “intolerant racists”. The times call for careful profiling and suspicious curiosity as well as daily preparation. 

Dress everyday as if you had a business meeting in Mumbai on 26 November 2008 with a bunch of Jews, Christians, and atheist Americans at a cafe right across the street from the Jihad School Of Terrorism.

Be ready or be a victim.

 

Comments

[Tomcatg]

Very good read!

[Col. Jack Roberts]

Finally - somebody gets it

[WVShooter]

It may not be "Invasion USA" but any attack will be bad.
Very good article.

[Jimmy Coffin]

excellent. spot on.

[Lance Miles]

You have it exactly right!!

[Douglas in CT]

I would submit that Jihad is ALREADY here in America. Consider that Jihad comprises not only the overt violent act, but also the silent non-violent financial support of Jihad.
See: "Jihad With One's Wealth"
http://www.islamicemirate.com/fiqh-jurisprudence/jihad/1532-jihad-with-ones-wealth.html

[Raven]

Some Americans, (mostly liberal "Know it alls) see the 2 recent attempted bombings by islam as failure. They may have even written it off as a sorry attempt by un-educated "non-harvard ruffians". Those of us who have fought in combat know that complacency is death. Al Queda and the Taliban are not as stupid as they want you to think they are. The left's arrogance and hubris will be their (and our) downfall if we don't win big in November.

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With only a tiny bit of wisdom, most people can extrapolate events in the future that are likely to happen if we do not do something different, and more importantly, better. Since I can guarantee my government is not going to improve any time soon then it needs to stay the hell out of my way so I can protect me and mine, again unlikely. It is very frustrating that the left leaves us weak internationally, then fights to leave us weak individually. It boggles my mind.

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[Jimmy M]

The smallest pistol i will carry is a Glock subcompact ( g33 ) with two 15 round ( full size g31 mags ) reload mags.The first shot is a hollowpoint,the rest are fmj ( for penetration of cover )Lately though i have been carrying the fullsize g31 ( 357 sig caliber,doubletap 125 grs ).If you can carry two pistols.In my opinion two GLOCKS. " I show my kimber to my friends and my Glock to my enemies." Major Mike.The 357 Sig is superior to the 9x19,40s&w and 45acp.Try it you'll like it.Tonite i carried a g31 and g32.Good luck,SHEEPDOGS.

[Aaron]

Actually most defensive handgun calibers perform similarly in modern hollowpoints. There is a ton of great information in these blogs. Due to my build, I would not be able to carry two pistols, so I carry a Glock 27 with a 15 round spare magazine.

[Robert Eckheart]

Excellant Article, my biggest fear is how complacent our American society truly is, they view some of the recent attempts as failures due outstanding federal government level prevention, though I do have to take my hat off to our men and women who strive hard to prevent such attacks on our soil it is my opinion that they cannot prevent all of the attacks from happening, terrorists do not need to be lucky all the time but we do. People better start waking up and take the blinders off if they really think that Islamic Jihadist sleeper cells are not roaming around freely in our country, with the liberals approach to this very issue will in fact only escalate things to happen in the very near short future. This you can count on. We truly are at war, think about what you would rather have to protect your family while at conceal carry, a Ruger LCP or a full size combat handgun, think about what a terrorist is likely to carry for mass taking of life, it sure isn't one of those cute little pistols that comes in a variety of colors.

just a few thoughts on the subject.

[Jim Mullin]

Aaron,buddy,not all calibers and hollowpoints are the same.Actually if we are talking COMBAT conditions,forget hollowpoints altogether.For 9mm use NATO fmj Winchester Ranger,available from Ammunitiontogo.com.Whatever you use think FMJ.30-06? Forget the hunting ammo buy the Remington FMJ,American eagle FMJ or military rounds.You want tough bullet construction NOT expansion.You may have to penetrate body armor or cover.Hollowpoints will make you dead in a military type exchange.Personally i think it's a violation of the 2nd amendment that the Feds outlaw AP ammo.If our citizens ever have to face foreign troops or a dictators troops,that are all armored up,AP might be the only type of ammo that might give the citizens a fighting chance.So forget civilian type ammo think MILITARY.Take care Aaron.

[Jim Mullin]

PS I'd like to recommend as a combat pistol the GLOCK model 20c with a Lone Wolf distributors dropin 9X25 Dillon barrel.Doubletap makes 95GR 9X25 loaded ammo at 2,000 feet per second muzzle velocity.It is probably the best bet against soft body armor when compared to 9mm,38,357,40,10mm,45,44m.If someone would make a modern version of the 7.62X25 Tokarev to speeds comparable to the Dillon loading it would be superior to the Dillon vs enemy SBA.

[S. Bulk ammo]

Thank you for this article! I agree completely. Since we as a society forget the lessons that history has taught us I say stock up every time you see ammunition for sale and sock up on assorted barrels, you never know what we are going to need. It's only a matter of time before history repeats itself.