The recent murder of American contractor Paul Johnson should make clear just how evil and disgusting our enemy is. After capturing him and threatening that they would kill him in three days, Islamic terrorists beheaded the 49 yr old engineer, and published pictures for all to see.

What is going on in the Middle East is not difficult or complex. These Muslim terrorists are evil; we are good; and we should not hesitate to wipe them off the face of the earth, like we did the NAZIs.

We are over-thinking this war, and it’s time to stop it. The reason why we are over-thinking it is because the left is forcing us too. Anyone who makes an open, honest evaluation of the situation, with facts that are so easily visible to the public, like the fact that Saddam Hussein was a scum bucket, will come to the conclusion that these terrorists are simply evil and must be eradicated. But the left forces us to go over every nuance of the war, over all the Abu Ghraibs, all supposed rape photos, every dirty look or joke a soldier played on an Iraqi, highlighting and shadowing those parts of reality that cast the war in the light that they want people to see it. Over-thinking is not a means of enlightenment but of rationalization.

“Definition is power. When a photographer takes a picture, he or she decides what is in the picture, and what is left out, what is highlighted and what is blurred. Two photographers shooting the same scene can create totally different images of it. The same is true with issues. If you have the power to define an issue, you go a long way to determining what is relevant and what is not. In doing that, you can have a huge effect on who wins and who loses.” - Jesse Jackson.

The war for American minds, through propaganda, has been in full swing from the left. Already, the left is holding up pictures of dead Iraqi civilians, and announcing that this is the reason why terrorists killed Paul Johnson. Unlike what the left thinks, Paul Johnson was just a normal guy, one thinking of converting to Islam even, who did not deserve to die. I don’t know how leftists get up in the morning and look themselves in the mirror.

It is time to stop apologizing for terrorists, playing the nice guy, or double questioning what we do. We are the righteous ones in this war. America is not evil, and whatever mistakes we make are almost always found, corrected, and those responsible are punished. Anyone in America who cares about their or their loved ones lives should want to see Islamic terrorists wiped off the face of the earth. “Human rights” do not apply to these terrorists, as they do not deserve the label, “human.” It is Western civilization that is at stake, and all of humanity should unite in seeing these sick, disgusting varmint of the world exterminated.

Amber Pawlik