With one shocking swoop, US President Joe Biden may have, at the end of August, 2021, instantly changed the nature of the ongoing conflict between civilization and the ruthless. He did this by removing US troops from Afghanistan (1) before helping US citizens and Afghan US allies get out, and (2) far worse, before giving to US troops the time to remove (or destroy) some 80+ billion dollars' worth of US military hardware from Afghanistan.
Unbelievably, the US had, essentially, gifted billions of its own military hardware to Islamic extremists. If a Western country's leadership deliberately intended to aid a mortal enemy with a single, act of foolishness (or betrayal), there is no finer way to do that than to gift so much military hardware to an enemy which has spent the last 20 years (since 9/11) perfecting its ability to fight--successfully--against the world's strongest army--all the while fielding some of the most poorly equipped fighters in the world.
Biden had completely surrendered to this rag-tag lot. More important to America's future, he had left this anti-West terror organization far, far better equipped than it had ever been (here). Biden had given the Taliban some 80+ billion reasons to feel victoriously energized to continue its assault against the civilized.
If the Taliban has gotten this far--achieving total control of a country--with little sophisticated equipment, imagine what it can do now with 80+ billion dollars' worth of military gear. In the 20 years since 9/11, which we have just commemorated this week, the world has become increasingly vulnerable to Jihadi attack. The thought that Jihad has just gotten an almost miraculous (from Jihad's point of view) increase in firepower should give Islamic extremists everywhere cause for joyous celebration--and Westerners cause to fear.
Remember, "Islam" means 'submission' (here). Jihad is the war to achieve that submission. Indeed, Islamic extremists see themselves as catalytic agents in a coming apocalypse they will personally initiate. Their goal is to create their desired religious end: the complete control over everyone.
What, exactly, do you imagine could happen to Western civilization when an unanticipated 83 billion dollars' worth of military hardware gets added to Jihad's war against that civilization?
The possible answers to this horrific question begin with the realization that the West could now, as a result of the Afghanistan debacle, see many more Islamic attacks against it. Somewhere down the road from such a start lies the realization that Islamic Jihad has good reason to believe it is now poised, prepared and equipped to take-over more countries.
The Taliban "victory" in Afghanistan may still be fresh. But we have already seen warnings that other extremists have become "emboldened" by that victory (here). This does not bode well for the West.
The future of the West could be bloody. Little by little, Islam could try to eat away at the edges of civilization. In time, the heart of Western civilization could become exposed.
Today, many Western nations are already ruled by an elite class which believes that Islam needs to be protected. Islam will make good use of that protection as it seeks to forward the spread of its control over others through the establishment of a universal Islamic Caliphate.
Is Islam's strict Sharia law destined to become the law of the West? Don't bet against it.
The West clashes with an anti-West Jihad. Put another way, the descendants of Edom (Christian Westerners) are in conflict with the descendants of Ishmael (anti-West Islamists). Right now, Islamists seem to be ahead of the West.
Christianity weakens. Islam strengthens. With this Biden Afghan surrender, civilization has reason to worry about a coming Darkness.
Islamic extremism follows--and sometimes leads--the spread of Islam. It is an old story come to our modern world: Edom against Ishmael. Part of our Jewish tradition suggests that, just before our Redemption, Edom and Ishmael will turn on each other. Is this what is happening now?
What we see in the early 21st century is the ascension of Islam at the West's expense. Or, as one observer has already put it, as America dives, Islam thrives.
This conflict between America and Islam looks like the prototypical zero-sum game: as Islam rises, America recedes.
Islam's gain (as in Afghanistan) is America's loss (as in Afghanistan). This is precisely how the zero-sum game works; and today, it is a game that favors neither America nor the West.
Jewish High Holiday liturgy (for both Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur) says that HaShem, my G-d, Judges nations. Ultimately, He will repay nations that have brutalized, demonized and oppressed His Chosen--the Jews. He will hold nations accountable for their actions against the Jewish people.
As it has been written, so it now unfolds. Yom Kippur, just ahead (September 15-16, 2021), is the Day when HaShem's Judgments are sealed. During the year following this year's Yom Kippur, will we see how the descendants of Edom and the descendants of Ishmael are to be Judged?
What will that mean to Edom (the Christianized West)? What will it mean to Ishmael (the followers of Islam)
Stay tuned
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