Sunday, November 15, 2015

What Could Be Done

There is an overwhelming clamor about what should be done in the wake of the latest spectacular atrocity by the world's Islamists. Herewith are four things that could be done. Are they the only things that could be done? Hell no. They're not even the first.

  • Personalize the Perpetrators: This flies in the face of how we want to handle domestic nutcases who shoot up public places, but is appropriate for the malefactors of quasi-organized and centrally inspired terror. The world needed to know Hitler by name in order to stomach the hell it took to see him dead and sent to hell. Thus it's less about the useful idiots who blew themselves up at Stade de France and more about the big dogs who inspired them.
  • Popularize the Crusade: Yes, it is a crusade. There is no more appropriate word, so what if it pisses off the Islamists. What are they gonna do? Shoot us. Popularize it by producing a video series documenting how Islamists in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan and elsewhere subjugate girls and women, kill gays, eject Christians from their ancestral homes and destroy ancient temples. Get 1,000,000,000 non-Muslims and 1,000,000,000 Muslims to watch the videos. Yes, that's half the Muslim world. Mark Zuckerberg will figure it out. Fighting the power of Islamism will be much easier after those 2 billion views.
  • Cancel Their Cards: ISIS warriors in Western cities shouldn't be able to charge things. No ApplePay for them. Cash only. Syrian guys who can only pay cash will stand out in the big city, now more than ever. Make it tough for them to get or send money and you'll make it tough for them to operate for more than brief periods. How to do this? Visa, AmEx and Mastercard will figure it out. Does this cross a line? Old Abe Lincoln would have approved, if he had had an iPhone.
  • Let the Dogs Out: Islamists hate dogs. Hate them! Canine saliva is kryptonite to an Islamist. Hmm, just think of the K9 Special Ops that could be employed knowing that. If this gives you the heeby-jeebies, good thing you weren't called to fight in World War II or the Civil War. Those wars were ugly.

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