We Must Be Vigilant

I wanted to wait a couple of days before broaching this topic, which in retrospect turned out to be a good idea.

I wanted facts, not rumors and innuendos.

Abdul Artan, a Somali-born student at Ohio State, intentionally rammed his car into a crowd of students outside the school's engineering building Monday, then exited and started slashing them with a butcher's knife. In all, eleven students and one OSU professor were injured before Artan was shot and killed by a campus police officer. None of those injured in Artan's attack sustained life-threatening injuries; two of the victims underwent surgery to repair orthopedic damage caused by Artan's vehicle.

What's missing in this story? There is means, in this case Artan's car and large knife; there is opportunity, that being a crowd of students and instructors standing on a sidwalk, exposed and in the open; there is intent, as illustrated by Artan driving over a curb to complete the act of inflicting harm.

Where is the motive? What would drive this young man to harm total strangers?

Islam.

Before anyone accuses me of being an 'Islamophobe', I'd like to point out a few things. First, a 'phobia' is having an unreasonable fear of something. I don't fear Islam; I fear the cause-and-effect of radical Islam. Secondly, nowhere in the first part of this post did I mention the words 'Islam' or 'Muslim', yet this incident would not have happened without them. Artan said so in a Facebook post just minutes before his attack.

'...if you want us Muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace with Dawla in al sham...by Allah, we will not let you sleep...you will not celebrate or enjoy any holiday...'

Dawla in al sham. Who are they?

They're the peace-loving members of ISIS...you know, those guys who rape, torture and sell non-Muslim women; drown, hang, burn alive and cut heads off non-Muslims. They are also the tolerant, peaceful people who throw gay men off the roofs of tall buildings for being homosexual. ISIS also kills othe Muslims for not being Muslim enough.

Yeah, those guys. We're supposed to make peace with them.

I don't think they know what the word means.

Artan's attack, in terms of actual infliction of damage, was a failure; however, in terms of propaganda, he hit a home run. Radical Islam has claimed his actions as their own, an attack they will use to recruit and inspire other fringe-radical Muslims here in the United States. We must be prepared.

We must pray for peace in our land...but we must also be prepared to defend her.