The Nuclear Option And The 4th Crusade
Author: Jim Silvester

"American nuclear forces on global alert" is what CBS dished
out as this author awoke on that chilly October morning in 1973
while attending Madison College in Virginia.

This was Nixon's response to Brezhnev's announcing the
potential deployment of Soviet airborne troops into the midst of
the Yom Kippur War in an effort to stop Israel's advance toward
Cairo.

It was both amazing and amusing watching the Soviet's quickly
back tract in the face of stern American resolve.

To put things in a more contemporary setting is to beg the
question --- should the United States consider the use of
nuclear weapons to deter potential attacks by Muslim extremists.


This politically incorrect notion must be given weight in light
of the worldwide jihad that has been declared against the U.S.
by Muslim terrorists and the nation-states that support and hide
them. It is nothing short of the 4th Crusade and it is taking on
religious overtones in the form of a global holy war financed by
these terrorist nations.

It is fair to say that national dogma promulgated by an Islamic
theocracy is more rigid and less flexible than what is accepted
within a pluralist democracy.

This is not to suggest that all Muslims are extremists and
practice Islam by the strictest rules of the Koran. Many are
fine citizens of democratic nations who enjoy the fruits and
prosperity of hard work within western cultures while practicing
Islam.

And some would argue that Muslim extremists are no more radical
than the extreme Christian Right in this country.

One thing is for sure --- Islamic culture in general is more
inflexible that Western culture by a county mile.

This was demonstrated recently when the Muslim world refused to
accept the Pope's repeated apologies concerning his medieval
reference to Allah being an evil force.

And several years ago when Islamic factions took over town
councils in two Italian villages through the electoral process
--- they called for the immediate shutdown of all Christian
churches within those municipalities even though the local
Christian community tolerated Islamic worship and Mosques for
many years.

This should give pause to all Americans about the enemy we
face. Extreme elements within Islam have declared a "holy war"
against America bent on its absolute destruction.

Little attention was given to French President Jacques Chirac
when he publicly announced last year that France would use nukes
if attacked by Muslim extremists.

Since terrorists raid in small numbers and their cells are
dispersed within a country, Chirac wasn't talking about using
nukes on his own soil. Neither was he going to detonate one of
those big firecrackers in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His
intention was very clear --- and "aimed" by way of the Middle
East.

Despite France's failed historic reliance on "appeasement
diplomacy", their one great show of strength on this issue has
thus far saved them from intimidation and attack.

Some say that using such powerful and destructive weapons in
retaliation of a Muslim extremist attack is unfair and inhumane
because the American government can't seem to exactly link the
attacks to any particular nation.

That leaves America exposed to even further molestations.

Political correctness should not hold back the United States
from projecting and potentially using its nuclear arsenal to
protect its citizens and global interests from the very
terrorist nations that seek our downfall by whatever means they
can employ.

Surfacing a Trident submarine in the Persian Gulf with hatches
open may send a clear message to our foes, that unlike the prior
Crusades, we intend to win this one.

As Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan proved to our enemies
at the time, "power achieved is power perceived."


About The Author: James Silvester is a small biz author and
consultant. He has written 4 best selling entrepreneurial books
with a 5th on the way,and has appeared on many radio and TV
shows including MSNBC. The books have forewords contributed by
the Virginia Governor and a U.S. Senator.
http://www.businessexperts.com