Governments Finance Terrorism

Another terrorist event has grabbed the attention of Americans and once again, the government response focuses on actions destined to deprive us of our freedoms as well as subject millions to inconvenience for the actions of a few. Recognizing that we are the result of terrorism is the first steps towards abolishing the problem.

Terrorist organizations exist, train, and promote their ideologies due to first world national dollars and our responses are to engage the opposition through simple, ineffective, and obvious means for elimination. Seemingly, this stems from the special interests of a select few wealthy power brokers unable to imagine alternative means of acquiring wealth.

With nineteen and one half million acres of real estate in northern Alaska capable of supplying enough oil for current rates of consumption for the next thirty years, economic dependence on Middle Eastern oil is hardly a reality. Moreover, technology from the thirties has already proven reasonable means for creating synthetic fuels (Nazi Germany used synthetic fuel for their entire war machine).

If we are characterizing terrorism as a "war," it hardly seems evident. During wartime, everyone involves himself or herself in the war effort. In the current economic crisis, stimulating the economy ideally involves a massive effort towards creating jobs. What better purpose than developing a complete independence on fossil fuels from foreign interests as we transition to a better form of energy is there than eliminating financial support of Middle Eastern objectives?

Leadership in world affairs is clearly an American prerogative, by enlisting the support of foreign interests in eliminating financial support of the Middle Eastern economy; we not only create jobs, but also, undermine the terrorist's financial sources of income. Arguably, many will state not all Middle Eastern countries support terrorism. In response, by eliminating financial support to the region, we galvanize those countries into active opposition of the activity. If they want to keep the economic interests of the world focused on their region, they inevitably will have to eliminate the continuing threat.

One thing is for certain, organized military action is unlikely to put a dent in a threat like terrorism so long as organizations have the financial support necessary to indoctrinate and organize individual attacks on foreign soils. Furthermore, choosing to engage in lukewarm responses to such concerted activities is destined to invite countries housing such activities into lukewarm opposition of the activities.

More importantly, our government's choice of responses unequivocally demonstrates an interest in foreign objectives over the comfort of our own nation's citizens. By choosing to eliminate or restrict our own sense of freedom by creating search and seizure practices, which subject two hundred and seventy million Americans to inconvenience for the actions of a handful is ridiculous.

Why should all American's suffer at the hands of a few terrorists when we can simply eliminate the economic engine fueling the ideology? Clearly, this is a message to us all stating, we are less important than the special interests of a few powerful foreign interests who lack the desire or inclination to eliminate the threat.

Times have changed significantly since the turn of the century. Now Middle Eastern countries have not only forgotten the impoverished conditions from which they emerged, but they also, feel inclined to impose ethical itineraries and ideals upon the remainder of the world. Clearly, cutting them off from the economic wherewithal to implement such ideological objectives will awaken their desire to remember what is most significant. Perhaps, this will reaffirm the ideological imperatives their terrorist constituencies tend to promote or rather they may find the economic circumstances in which we have placed them more relevant.

In any case, our own governments desire to respond seems more interested in subjecting Americans to inconvenience verses truly eliminating the threat, choices such as increases in search and seizure tactics and listening to conversations in America verses eliminating the problem elsewhere is both unimaginative and un-American. The problem is not here it lies elsewhere and elsewhere is where the prohibition must be conducted.

With recent focus and attention emphasizing Global Warming, it is time we stop sending the Middle East mixed messages. Instead, a coordinated effort to eliminate our addiction to hydrocarbon fuels as well as eliminating ideological tendencies that both undermine and circumvent western philosophical ideals includes objectives designed to give Americans jobs and eliminate the threat of terrorism. More importantly, it puts Americans first. No more, eliminations and restrictions on our freedoms (actions that make our dead soldiers loss of life pointless), rather eliminate the financial support of a select few special interests too lazy to develop alternative methods in which to prosecute their financial itineraries.

There is no need for foreign support of our exploitation of fossil fuels rather this is a want, a want that is becoming politically untenable for the planets future. It is time that the Middle East becomes like the Peruvian and Chilean deserts, a relic of the forgotten past. By investing in American jobs that facilitate access to the oilfields of Alaska, as well as developing synthetic fuels through proven technologies, we can wean ourselves off hydrocarbons and demonstrate our disinterest in terrorist ideologies. Moreover, we put two hundred and seventy million Americans first.

The current response from our government simply places American soldiers in harm's way and continues to undermine American ideals at home, and for what, the desire to enable a few wealthy special interests to remain wealthy? In addition, our responses are not only exactly what the terrorists want, but also choosing to identify their actions through media, coverage continues to expand and reinforce their political itinerary.

What ever happened to Patton's quote, "Don't you die for your country rather make the enemy die for his." If it is a war on terrorism we are fighting, it certainly does not resemble any war previously fought. Every American should be actively engaged in the war effort. At no point in history has there been a better opportunity to both stimulate the economy and eliminate the threat of a political ideology without loss of life. The financial strangulation of the Middle East is the only reasonable means in which to eliminate the threat of terrorism and should be the objective of every first world country. We wanted their oil not their opinion, furthermore, we do not destroy American ideals and freedoms to eliminate threats to our way of life. We eliminate the threat.