Islam Is War

    The caliph or ruler of Obama's creation The Islamic State is Abu Bakr al-Baghadadi. He is a very secretive man, especially with drones frantically flying about trying to find him. He is reported to have made a speech quoting verses from the Quran and finishing his speech with a pithy statement of his own. The first verse was "And He (the Mighty and Majestic) said, 'So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter [ any evidence of that hereafter? - my question]. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed orachieves victory- We will bestow upon him a great reward [any evidence of that either? - my question]. Quran 4:74
    The other Quranic quote is "And He (the Glorified) said, 'And those who are killed in the cause of Allah- never will he waste their deeds. He will guide them and amend their condition, and admit them to Paradise, [evidence? - my question] which He has made known to them [how? - my question]. Quran 47:4-6
    The caliph's pithy statement (before the drones came) was "O Muslims, Islam was never for a day the religion of peace. Islam is the religion of war."
    I ask you who are already there to look around you and look at the war Islam has brought the area you are in. Look at the destruction of human lives, physically and emotionally, look at the destruction of buildings built so slowly with scarce resources but destroyed in a second. Look at the hell around you and think of the grim future here and the poverty because individual freedom is denied. Think of the pain, the screams, and the hate. Be a human and feel sympathy for these people. They could be people you love in another place and time. Or one of them could be you.  Do you want to buy into this horror? For those thinking of going into it - Don't. Your countries won't want you back. Facial recognition programs will spot you on cameras. Only the rich - your
leaders- will be able to alter their faces enough to fool the camera programs. You will be stuck in a hell hole where you can't think for yourself, will be killed by your own people if you get caught trying to leave and could be bombed by a drone any time of the day or night. Look at socialism in the real world not from the words of smooth snakes. Look at pure socialist countries- Venezuela and North Korea- and see what happens to Marxists and their victims in the real world. Be real because reality is. You're too good for this. Study and get ahead in life. Base your life on free choices for others and yourself. Don't become a hateful, unthinking robot of the caliphate. Find counseling or therapy especially cognitive if you find yourself being wooed by the smooth snakes and their presents. Let people know you're being wooed. Discuss it. Be open.
Peter Nickerson, Philosophy Major, Class of '68, William and Mary
"The measure of a man,
 Is not what he says,
 But what he does,
 And what he allows others,
 To do in his presence."
 - Navy Seal Instructor