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The politics of terror
Guest View Armond Simmons Special to The Augusta Free Press
Terrorists do not target Coalition and Iraqi forces, buses, schools, hotels, hospitals and campaign headquarters and don't target people to kidnap and behead. In fact, the terrorists may have no dislike for many, especially children whom they kill and maim. The terrorists skillfully use such attacks and atrocities simply to create fear and terror, not in the immediate victims, but in the one and only primary targets - you and me and our citizenry. Why? The definition: "Terrorists mean to frighten and thereby intimidate a wider audience such as an entire country and its political leadership." (Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia. All Rights Reserved.) Terrorists, not having the forces and weaponry to defeat our nation using conventional warfare, necessarily have to resort to psychological warfare, or terrorism, to defeat us. There's no question that they possess the skill and ability to defeat us through terrorism. Through terrorist acts, creating fear and terror in the Spanish citizenry, terrorists recently brought down the government of Spain. The Philippine government and others are presently becoming vulnerable to the same psychological or terrorist warfare. The same terrorism tactic obviously continues to be employed and has been increased considerably in advance of national elections in Afghanistan and Iraq in an effort to achieve their ultimate goal; to overthrow the existing antiterrorism political leadership and replace it with a weaker leadership that it intends to ultimately control or defeat. Sadly, these terrorist tactics are only a steppingstone to the ultimate coup de grâce, the influence and control of you and me through fear, intimidation and terror and murder of our countrymen so as to effect a change in the strong leadership of our nation, the last remaining deterrent to their worldwide murderous activity. Hmm ... it appears that selected campaign headquarters in the United States are beginning to be attacked. I wonder why. Will you and I scare easily?
Armond Simmons resides in Pell City, Ala.
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