On the day that the United States killed the most active terrorist in the world Al-Zarqawi, in an air strike, announced by the Prime Minister of Iraq, and happening less than 24 hours ago, there was also a movie playing. The movie starring Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Tony Shalhoub (also known as Monk, from the USA NETWORK TV show, "MONK"), is called "The Siege". "The Siege" a movie fully about the seriousness of Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic-Fascism, or whatever you wish to call the Muslims who have declared Jihad against anyone who is not like them, does not share there views, and most of all does not share their religious prowess. A movie which was made a full five years before 9-11, and the horror watching over 3000 lives snuffed out, by just 19 people who were here to kill us.
Now here we are today, every single television and talk radio station playing video, booking and listening to Pundits, International Specialists on Terrorists, and countless other people, just like on "The Siege". The Fox News Channel had Nick Berg's father on, at around 5:20 A.M. CST, and instead of singing the praises of Al-Zarqawi's death. Mr. Berg actually went off on President Bush, saying "we (the United States) should have never been in Iraq in the first place." Continuing on saying to his interviewers on Fox, " How do you even know that he (Zarqawi) is even dead? You are taking the word of a President that lied to get us into war, lied to us about the majority of the things happening up to the war, and continues to lie today." Instead of continuing the interview, they cut him off, talked over him, and then actually cut the whole feed moving on. A man who had his son beheaded, and then web cast across the whole world for people to see, and because he didn't say, or have the reaction that Fox News wanted, they cut him off totally. Once again, I go back to the movie, and Denzel captures the second cell of terrorists and pumps the television audience into a feeling of accomplishment. A movie that showed, of all people, Arianna Huffington giving her dimwitted opinion (which was fake for the movie, but was her actual opinion in real life) about the terror attacks in the movie. When she gave her opinion, which was not "with the plan", they went to the Republican/Right Leaning man, and then cut to commercial/on with themovie. Sound familiar?
So I ask you this: Is Tony Shalhoub a fortune teller? Are the producers, writers, and stars of "The Siege" the prophets of today? Of course they are not. However, it never ceases to amaze me, how movies that come out years before, are actually telling us (in an ever so subtle way, if we would just listen), WAKE UP!!!!!! There are people that are in the world, that are not like Americans. There are people who view the world as GOOD vs. EVIL, my religion vs. your religion, BLACK vs. WHITE, and finally extremist/fundamentalist vs. normal religious people. We are fighting MUSLIM EXTREMISTS, if you cannot say it, then you mine as well not even have an opinion. If you think that because we kill one person, like Al-Zarqawi, that we have won the war you are wrong. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and all of the people who are saying that this is going to change and win this war tomorrow, are wrong. What about Indonesia, countries in Africa, Central America and all of the other places in the world that is harboring terrorists? How about the people that were caught in Canada? Do you think that they were the only cell in that whole country? Finally (but certainly not lastly), what about the "sleeper home grown cells" here in America? Do you really think that they are not reading and probably going to speed things up now, just to prove a point?
I do not want to speak such ill will. I am glad that Al-Zarqawi is gone (Not that I would wish anyone dead, because I would not), but he was just one person. We as a world, not just a country, as a world need to not be so short sighted. We need to not worry about ratings, about selling papers, and we need to start looking at things the way they are, BLACK AND WHITE. We may never actually stop someone from walking into a movie theatre and blowing themselves up. John F. Kennedy said, you can never stop anyone from killing the President if they are willing to kill themselves, to do it (also in the movie, "In the Line of Fire"). If you can kill a President, if you are willing to kill yourself, then you will be able to kill any amount of "normal" people/innocent people, if you are also willing to pay that price.
I do not think that MONK, is a prophet, fortune teller, or someone with vast knowledge. I just think that the majority of people are walking around, near sighted, wishing for things fast, easy, and always looking out for themselves. Which is actually one of the reasons that the Muslims, the Extremists, and all the others want us dead, and it is because of our way of life.
Maybe today, just for one minute, anyone who may read this could throw up a prayer to God, and thank him for just being able to live on this world. Not for any reason, but just because.
Peace and God Bless,
DMAN
No comments:
Post a Comment