Note from Dave Gaubatz: The below article was written by Los Angeles AP on 25 May 2012. One has to wonder why this has not made national news. Isn’t a planned suicide bombing attack by a Muslim U.S. soldier significant news the public would be interested in? Indeed it is, but if the Main Stream Media were to widely distribute this planned suicide attack it would cause Americans to question the true meaning of Islam itself. The last thing President Obama and his Administration want is for anything to make MSM news which reflects badly on Islam even if it could bring awareness to Americans and possibly thwart other attacks.

Los Angeles- An AWOL Muslim soldier was convicted Thursday (24 May 2012) of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction on a Texas restaurant full of Ft. Hood troops, a verdict that could send him to prison for life.

A federal jury also found Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, 22, guilty of all other charges against him: one count of attempted murder of U.S. officers or employees and four counts of possessing a weapon in furtherance of a federal crime, U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman said.

Abdo was absent without leave from Ft. Campbell, KY, when police found and arrested him in a motel in Killeen, TX, in July. Officers found components for an explosive device in his room and backpack and concluded that Abdo was intending to commit mass murder.

“It’s important to note that this plot was interrupted and a potential tragedy prevented because an alert citizen notified law enforcement of suspicious activity,” Pitman said.

Testimony during Abdo’s trial revealed that he intended to detonate the destructive device inside an unspecified restaurant frequented by soldiers from Ft. Hood.

Is Islam a religion or an ideology? Does it really matter what the opinion of a non-Muslim is? It should be a concern to non- Muslims and peaceful Muslims that millions of Muslims worldwide believe Islam is an military, economic, and political ideology and not a religion. Most agree Islam in itself practiced as a religion can lead to violence, but as an ideology it is a terminal disease that once spread is hard to destroy. Once the ideology (cancer) takes hold it is like trying to remove millions of cancerous cells in one’s body. Not impossible to remove, but very, very unlikely. This description was provided to me by a dear friend, Tawfik Hamid, former Jama’at Islami/JI member. (www.tawfikhamid.com)

‘Islam is Not a Religion’ are the words of Syed Abul A’la Maududi (founder of Jama’at Islami/JI). The numerous works of Maududi are studied worldwide. One of his more popular books is provided to worshippers by their Sunni Imams here in America. The book is, “Jihad in Islam”. It is a mere 32 pages, but 32 pages many Islamic scholars want Muslims to review. The book stresses to the Muslim people that Islam is about changing the world to one united Islamic Nation under Sharia Law. Maududi in no uncertain terms tells his followers the world means every country, and is not limited to a few select countries in the Middle East. This means our great homeland is targeted by this ideology and the cancer cells (Sunni Islamic scholars and Islamic organizations such as CAIR) are spreading the cancer.

The following are statements made by Maududi:
1. “But the truth is that Islam is not the name of a Religion, nor is Muslim the title of a Nation. In reality Islam is a revolutionary ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals. Muslim is the title of that International Revolutionary Party organized by Islam to carry into effect its revolutionary programme. And Jihad refers to that revolutionary struggle and utmost exertion which the Islamic Party brings into play to achieve this objective”.
2. “Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it”.
3. “The purpose of Islam is to set up a State on the basis of its own ideology and programme, regardless of which Nation assumes the role of the standard bearer of Islam or the rule of which nation is undermined in the process of the establishment of an ideological Islamic State.
4. “Islam requires the earth—not just a portion, but the whole planet”.
5. “Islam wishes to press into service all forces which can bring about a revolution and a composite term for the use of all these forces in Jihad. To change the outlook of the people and initiate a mental revolution among them through speech or writing in the form of Jihad. To alter the old tyrannical social system and establish a new just order of life by the power of sword is also Jihad and to expend goods and exert physically for this cause is Jihad too”.
6. “The objective of the Islamic Jihad is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish in its stead an Islamic system of State rule. Islam does not intend to confine this revolution to a single state or a few countries; the aim of Islam is to bring about a universal revolution”.
7. “Although in the initial stages it is incumbent upon members of the party of Islam to carry out a revolution in the State System of the countries to which they belong, but their ultimate objective is no other than to effect a world revolution”.

Readers can and should review “Jihad in Islam” by Maududi and his other works which are readily available at most Sunni mosques and/or their local Islamic bookstores. This particular book can be obtained for $1.00 at Halalco Books, Falls Church, VA. One can also order the book from its Pakistani publisher, Islamic Publications, 6 – Court Street, Lower Mall, Lahore, Pakistan (www.islamicpk.com.pk).

“We are not only providing Islamic Literature in the Sub-Continent but also to the whole world. The Gulf region, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Turkey, Korea, Iran, Germany, France, Spain, England, USA, and many other countries are very regular importer of our books. The books published by us have been translated in the prominent languages of the World e.g. English, Arabic, Hindi, Bengla, Pashto and some African Languages. The books published by us are being taught in the Schools, Colleges and Universities as syllabus in many countries of the world”. (Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan)

In order to fully understand Islam as defined by Maududi, one can study, study, and study, but it is much easier to take seriously the violent statements and actions of the Islamic terror groups active throughout the world today (to include our beloved America). Most study Maududi themselves.

The question our political czars and Emir (Leader/Prince) Obama should ponder is this: If Islamic scholars state Islam is more of a political, economic, and military ideology above even religion, then should our government not agree and cancel all of their non profit tax status? Should we not remove the thousands of religious visa given to Muslim leaders? Should we not be taking the words Jihad and Islamic terrorism seriously?

On April 16, 2007, murders were committed on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Thirty-two innocent students and faculty were killed by a crazed gunman (Seung-Hui Cho). The deaths were felt by all across America.

Parents and students then asked their school officials for better security on college campuses but, per the norm, our elected leaders began a rash of reactive solutions for the problems instead of having planned years ago to be proactive to protect our children. Although the murders committed that day were not connected in any way to Islam, Virginia Tech has a strong connection to violent Islamic ideologies so one would think it would make sense to include this fact in the threat assessment. It was not to be: their Threat Assessment does not even begin to approach this volatile subject.

The VA Tech Threat Assessment, therefore, which was mandated by the Virginia General Assembly, is useless not only for Virginia schools but for the nation’s. Why? Because the VA Tech Threat Assessment is being used as a model for other major Universities and Colleges, and it ignores the threat of terrorism from Islamic-based sources. Consequently, it is being used to give American students and their parents a false sense of security.

From the Roanoke Times: “Though still statistically rare, the devastating impact of such killings has prompted a new pressure on campuses to prevent such violence. And from its experience, Tech has become a teacher to universities across the country, and in other countries, on how to better manage those risks. Virginia Tech Deputy Police Chief Gene Deisinger, hired in 2009 to direct Tech’s Threat assessment program, has become the face of the effort, which today is weaved throughout campus operations, beginning with student applications for admissions and including employee review – and sometimes reaching out of state”.

During my career as a U.S. Federal Agent with our country’s highest clearances, it was often my responsibility to conduct threat assessments. In any threat assessment, one must look at all potential threats and not eliminate the need to mention some, simply because it is not politically correct to do so. But political correctness has taken over at VA Tech. The authorities are looking into many areas that can lead to violence on a campus, but are not reviewing any links to violence by Islamic leaders and/or Islamic groups that support terrorism against innocent people. Why? Because it is politically incorrect to do so. This puts our students at risk because they are being told the Threat Assessment is a comprehensive model for all schools, yet it is in essence useless because it fails to address all areas of potential violence. I don’t need to point out that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

In 2008 after the tragedy at VA Tech, I began extensive research into the potential threat of violence on this campus by Islamic-based terrorist groups. My researchers and I visited several surrounding Islamic Centers, to include the Islamic Center of Blacksburg. We were able to meet and correspond on several occasions with the Islamic President of Blacksburg, a Mr. Sedki Riad. We discovered that not only is Riad an Islamic leader, he is also a professor at VA Tech (Engineering Department). Riad provided my researchers and me with very violent materials which were stamped by the Saudi Government. The materials called for using violence to establish an Islamic Caliphate (Nation) worldwide, one under Sharia law. This included, per Mr. Riad, the United States.

Riad corresponded with me for a few months and made two disturbing comments. He agreed with what the materials advocated by saying he wanted Sharia law established in the U.S., and he was very upset about working at VA Tech. He felt Islamic leaders and students were being oppressed on that campus and that something should be done to stop it. It should be noted that Riad was one of the religious leaders to provide a prayer at the campus memorial for the students and faculty who were killed on 16 Apr 2007.

SEDKI RIAD, Professor, Virginia Tech: “In the name of Allah, the most merciful, most compassionate, on behalf of the Muslim community in Blacksburg, and as members of the Blacksburg and the Virginia communities, we express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the innocent victims that we lost yesterday. I stand here to tell you that we are all in pain, all of us here; the children of Adam and Eve, we all unite in pain, and we’re all hurt”.

Based on my research conducted in the Blacksburg, VA area, I contacted the VA Tech Police Department and the FBI in Roanoke, VA, who were responsible for the area surrounding VA Tech. I provided them with an outline of the violent material I had obtained, which included not only the materials from the Islamic center that professor Riad had provided me, but also a video/audio of the evidence obtained, which included Riad’s rantings about his dislike of VA Tech, and his desire to help establish Sharia law inside America.

Both the VA Tech Police and FBI declined to investigate the potential for violence at VA Tech by Islamic-based terrorist supporters. When I called to report the inflammatory material being distributed on their campus, the VA Tech police used as their excuse not to investigate the fact that they had a major college football game under way and could not spend their officers’ time elsewhere. The FBI responded by saying it was an Islamic matter, essentially a First Amendment Right for Professor Riad to distribute violent material and to express his views. The FBI also declined to review the matter.

This was not the first time potential criminal activities had been reported to law enforcement authorities by my team, only to have them ignored. Although an educated guess on my part, I believe if I’d reported a non-Muslim VA Tech student distributing on campus material calling for violence and sedition, the matter would have been thoroughly investigated.

I have continued to conduct research on Islamic-based terrorist supporters and their affiliation with VA Tech. I discovered Professor Riad was involved in bringing faculty and students from Saudi Arabia to study on the VA Tech campus. The students from Saudi Arabia were from the Saudi University King Abdul-Aziz. This Saudi University has had its share of Islamic terrorists as graduates of their school; one such person was Osama Bin Laden.

Another major source for the likelihood of potential violence on VA Tech is their close association with the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR). Both of these organizations have strong and proven ties to supporting Hamas and the same violent ideology of Al Qaeda and the Taliban. No campus in America is safe from violence when these organizations freely operate inside our schools.

Our children deserve schools they attend to be as safe as possible. Officer Deisenger who devised the VA Tech Threat Assessment said this, “While nothing is likely to prevent all attacks, with a systematic, objective approach, many of the risks of campus violence, whether a sexual assault or a shooting, can be mitigated”. This statement alone is very dangerous, because Deisenger doesn’t address the fact that Professor Riad and his ilk are still allowed to spout hatred and distribute inciting materials on campus, and the MSA and CAIR (Terrorist Supporters) are allowed to operate inside the confines of the campus as well.

Deisenger has done a disservice to the students and their parents. He has given them a false sense of security. Recently VA Tech lost a major lawsuit filed against the University and campus police by the parents of the murdered students. VA Tech was found liable for not providing adequate security and for not responding to the incident in a proper manner. VA Tech is again opening themselves up to further lawsuits, but worse, the likelihood of further violence by Islamic-based terrorist groups that believe VA Tech oppresses Muslims, just as Professor Riad does.

We all recall the tragedy of the murders committed by Major Hassan at Ft. Hood, TX. My researchers and I had also conducted research in the mosques and Islamic centers attended by Major Hassan. We had warned of the likelihood of violence by members of the mosques due to the materials they were being provided. On Nov 5, 2009, violence did take place as we had predicted.

VA Tech is becoming a very liberal campus, such as George Mason University in Washington DC. This University also has close ties with Saudi Arabia, CAIR, and MSA. There are not only physical dangers of which students and parents should be aware, but many psychological dangers as well. These organizations are doing their utmost to align non-Muslim students with the ideologies of Islam, even the violent aspects of it.

Again, although not directly related to Islam, I believe it is important for readers to know that VA Tech has invited Michelle Obama, and she has accepted, to be the guest speaker at their graduation commencement in May 2012.

The final point I must make is that our schools (at all levels) are at risk of violence from Islamic-based terrorist groups and supporters, and our authorities who are paid to protect them are failing in their jobs. They should either do their jobs properly or resign.

Essentially the VA Tech threat Assessment comes down to this. If a student has previously been diagnosed with a mental problem, as Seung-Hui Cho was, the steps in the Threat Assessment will wave a ‘red flag’ and call for further investigation. But if a Muslim Professor creates and/or distributes materials calling for treason and sedition against our country, as well as calling for violence and for an Islamic Caliphate in America under Sharia law, a ‘red flag’ will not wave. Do you feel your students are being protected?

Sarah Yaser Said 17, and Amina Yaser Said 18, killed by their Egyptian Muslim father in Texas on New Years Day 2008 in an apparent honor killing. Their father thought they were “too Western.”

The United Nations (UN) reports that 5000 Muslim women and girls are killed every year in the name of Islam. The UN uses the term “honor killings.” In reality there are thousands more killed but never reported, or the investigative agency does not realize the death was related to Islamic values. It is very important for readers to know that 91% of honor killings are committed by our so-called friends in Pakistan. Later I will discuss why this is important for everyone to understand. In America there are only a handful of deaths that are attributed to Islam and its ideology. This needs to be discussed in further detail because it is the author’s opinion, based on thousands of hours of firsthand research, that the number is likely to be in the hundreds.

Why do U.S. authorities estimate the number of murders of Muslim women and girls to be only a handful? The reasons at first glance appear to be complex, but in fact the reasons are very simple. When a death is reported to authorities in the U.S. the investigating authorities are the medical examiners, medical examiner investigators (Note: Dave Gaubatz was the chief Medical Examiner Investigator for the Dallas County, TX, medical Examiners office for 3.5 years), and law enforcement personnel. I have trained thousands of law enforcement and medical examiner personnel throughout America. I estimate less than 1% of medical examiner personnel and law enforcement authorities have any training in Islam or Sharia law. Without this type training, a murder committed by a Muslim due to the so called ‘honor killing’ ideology, is unlikely to be determined an honor killing.

Honor killings are often covered up by the perpetrator as accidents or suicides. Even if the death is ruled a murder, it is highly unlikely the murder will be contributed to the Islamic beliefs. There are other reasons authorities will not rule the death to be attributed to Islam. It is due to political correctness and a deliberate cover-up of such murders by our own government. There are numerous politicians who indeed cover-up for the atrocities committed in the name of Islam. Readers can determine who some of these politicians are by reading my book ‘Muslim Mafia’.

Numerous politicians from both major parties do not want the American people to know that many innocent Muslim women and girls are killed (murdered) in our country every year. They are afraid Americans can’t handle this truth/fact and there will be backlashes toward the Muslim community. Just as with the murder of over 3000 people on 11 Sept. 2001, our government and media do not show the attacks as often as our citizens need to be reminded. Hitler and his Nazi supporters killed millions of innocent Jewish people during WWII. During the past 70 years the amount of media attention of these atrocities has drastically declined each year. As with the murders of the Jewish people by evil people, the murders of Muslim women and girls by Islamists must be accurately reported to Americans. It is an injustice to the innocent people who were killed and to the thousands more each year who will be murdered because of Islam and Sharia law.

Readers of this article should understand that a playing of words by Islamic leaders will lead one to believe Islam denounces honor killings and that Sharia law does not authorize ‘honor killings’. Islamic leaders within such organizations as CAIR, MSA, and ISNA have and will continue to mislead our media, politicians, and citizens that Islam is a religion of peace and they do not condone honor killings. In part this is true. People must begin to realize Islamic leaders are well educated and know how to divert attention away from reality. Indeed Sharia law does not condone honor killings, but Sharia does condone killing (murder) of anyone who disrespects Prophet Mohamed or Islam. Sharia law advocated murder of anyone who oppresses Islam. Our society must begin to realize that when a Muslim woman or girl does anything to disrespect Islam or Prophet Mohammed then murder of that person is not only legitimate but encouraged. For example if a teenage Muslim girl has sexual relations outside of marriage she has in fact not only disrespected Islam, she has also contributed to the oppression of Islam. This is why 5000 plus is murdered every year and to the novice the term ‘honor killings’ is used.

Will there be an increase in the murder of Muslim women and girls in America for their crime (in accordance with Sharia law) of disrespecting Islam? The answer is yes. If readers research my investigative work in regards to Islam and Sharia law, most would agree I have more than enough knowledge of Islamic issues to qualify as an expert, although I do not like using the term expert. During my firsthand research of hundreds of Islamic Centers, mosques, and Islamic schools, I found a most disturbing fact. It is much easier to find Islamic materials pertaining to hate and violence inside one of the locations than it is to find a copy of the Quran. There was an abundance of materials informing the worshippers to kill anyone who disrespects or oppresses Islam. The manuals were routinely published in Pakistan and distributed across our country. Regardless of what CAIR officials and other terrorist supporters just like them have to say about honor killings, it is a reality Muslim men are being encouraged to commit violent acts against the very people they should be protecting (their wives and daughters).

History has shown us that millions of Jews were killed in WWII. Millions could have been saved if we could have identified the warning signals that were being shown to the world by Hitler, but sadly ignored. The very same signals are being shown to the world today by Islamic leaders, yet we choose political correctness instead of doing everything in our control to protect the innocent Muslim women and girls who are suffering at the hands of their husbands and fathers.

There is every reason to suspect that we will endure suicide missions by Islamist sleeper cells. They are already in place. They are waiting for the right time. I know this from experience.

I have worked over 15 years as a U.S. Federal Agent, a U.S. State Department Arabic linguist, and the first civilian Federal Agent deployed into Iraq at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Since returning from Iraq I have been involved in terrorism analysis, specifically the mindset of terrorists. During my extensive research on sleeper cells I have talked with hundreds of people from the Middle East from all walks of life, and have talked with Iraqi Government officials, Iraqi military and Iraqi police officers. In addition I have interviewed numerous counter-terrorism specialists in the U.S. and abroad. In 2006 I trained over 4000 U.S. Law Enforcement officers in Basic Investigative Arabic and counter-terrorism. The conclusions of my research lead to the title of this article.

Before I departed for the Middle East in 2003 I had been assigned to Kirtland AFB, NM. Kirtland has some of the best scientists in the world working on U.S. Government projects. I had been working closely with these scientists who specialized in nuclear energy, directed energy, laser technology, bio-weapons and more. I fully understand the impact if suicide bombers begin progressing from conventional explosives to unconventional methods.

The Middle East

In Jan 2003, I was assigned to Arar Air Base Saudi Arabia. Arar is located near the border of Iraq. My mission was to interact with Saudi military officials in order to determine the support we could expect from the Saudi government, to determine if Iraqis were monitoring the activities of the U.S. forces at Arar, and to infiltrate the encampments of the Bedouin community (Saudis and Iraqis living in the desert of Arar). This involved leaving the relatively safe confines of Arar Air Base and driving to the Bedouin camps.

It was most important the Saudis did not know we were leaving the compound because they had forbidden us to do so. Four U.S. special Agents would use our ATV’s and/or four wheel drive vehicles to conduct these missions. The Saudi Government had active spies collecting information pertaining to our troop strength, our weapons, and any other intelligence they could obtain. The Saudis were providing the intelligence to the Saudi Government, and we were very confident it was also being passed to Iraqi intelligence.

During January 2003 and Feb 2003, Saudi Intelligence officers would boast that the American military was overreacting about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. Their bravery changed as we approached the invasion of Iraq in Mar 2003. The high-ranking Saudi officers were scrambling to obtain gas masks and other protective equipment. They knew their equipment was substandard and they wanted U.S.-made protective equipment. We gave them some of ours. The Saudi Intelligence officers were visibly frightened about a potential chemical, biological, or nuclear attack and expressed their fears.

While in Iraq we determined the following:

1. Russian activity in Iraq had been rampant several months prior to the war and up until the day before the invasion.

2. Iranians were infiltrating southern Iraq by the thousands and were preparing to assist insurgents in removing U.S. forces from Iraq.

3. We found numerous pieces of evidence indicating WMD were in Iraq before the war began and some were still in Iraq.

4. I and other agents were informed by Iraqis that a civil war would erupt and violence against U.S. forces would increase due to the Iranian and Russian influence.

All of this information was provided through intelligence channels, but was ignored. Today we are seeing the results of our intelligence being ignored in 2003.

Vulnerability at home

Upon returning from Iraq I left Federal Service to pursue a career educating U.S. law enforcement in the U.S. I wrote a book titled “Arabic for law enforcement and military”. During my lectures to local, county, and state law enforcement officers it was revealed the true first line defenders in the U.S. are not trained nor prepared to combat terrorism in the U.S. (through no fault of their own). The local law enforcement agencies were not receiving adequate funds or assistance from the Federal Government to fight terrorism. The majority advised they were supposed to be the first line defenders, but in actuality they did not even know what Al-Qaeda meant, and/or could not point out Iraq or Iran on a map. They had no Arabic language training.

I began conducting research and talking with experts from various fields and determined three significant facts that I corroborated by further research:

1. The terrorists groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Al-Qaeda each had different leaders and to some degree operated in different ways, but they each had the same two goals (destroy Israel and destroy America and any country that supported either).

2. Our nuclear research centers were very vulnerable to an attack and the potential for a suicide bomber using a dirty radiological bomb from these facilities was and is a high probability. Note: Vic Walter and Brian Ross of ABC News did an excellent report on the lack of security at these facilities. I received an enormous amount of information from individuals associated with Russian nuclear programs that there is nuclear material being sold on the black market and nuclear material is in the hands of Islamic Extremists.

3. Terrorist sleeper cells are located primarily in Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Michigan, Florida, California, and Canada. The “sleepers” are prepared to conduct terrorist attacks within the U.S., and nuclear material is available to them. “Prepared” in this instance indicates they have the necessary tools to carry out their attacks and are prepared to die.

4. Non profit organizations such as CAIR, ISNA, MANA, MSA, and several other Islamic based groups are in actuality simply fronts for Al Qaeda and Hamas. The leadership within these groups receives funds and training from the Saudi government. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows these groups to operate freely throughout the U.S. and at American’s taxpayer’s expense. Essentially the IRS grants the groups immunity and the authority to train, organize, and prepare for attacks against our country. Why? Because CAIR and other such groups have a confidential informant network much better than even our FBI. CAIR uses contractors such as Corey Saylor (Simple Resolve Company) to place interns into our elected official’s offices, and into organizations such as the IRS.

Terrorist operations are active in the U.S. and are being operated/financed by Al Qaeda throughout the U.S.

U.S. citizens need to understand there are people trained and prepared to carry our suicide missions in the U.S. and nothing are off limits. Churches, malls, and even the schools our children attend are not off limits to suicide bombers. It is only a relatively short time before the U.S. will begin seeing suicide terrorist missions.

I will continue to research terrorism related issues in the U.S. and Canada and will bring forward the results. Nuclear reactors are located on a large number of major university campuses in the U.S. There locations are not classified and are described on the internet.

Children are the ones who suffer in wartime and I want to prevent any child from ever having to experience a terrorist attack.

In Feb, 2007, I wrote the above article for ‘American Thinker’. I have updated the information for readers.

“Jihad against the enemies of Islam is obligatory on Muslims until the danger of their mischief or evil-doings is over, and the dominance of Islam is established over all other religions. Since this will occur only near the end of the world, the command of Jihad remains till the last day” Mufti Usmani

Our country has always had the best and bravest military personnel, but we must now ponder if it is the right thing to do in joining under the current Administration.  For many this could be the most important discussion and debate you have.  The question is do we as parents encourage our children to join the Armed Forces under the current Commander In Chief, President Obama?  For generations we have always believed it was a great honor to serve in the military, but now you must ask the question is it an honor to help an Administration that is hell bent on destroying our country?

The above quote is repeated by Islamic scholars all across the world.  They indeed mean it literally.  I have been to mosques all over the world and there are more materials inside the mosque advocating this than there are any peaceful materials.  I feel I can write about this topic because I served over 20 years honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces and held our country’s highest clearances.  I was proud to have served my country.  Today I feel compelled to write this article for the parents who have a son or daughter contemplating joining the Armed Forces.

Most of us realize that after almost 4 years we have one of the most dangerous (in regards to our national security) President’s to ever serve as the Commander In Chief  and possibly going to be in office another four years.  I will go further and say our current President is hurting our country by not acknowledging that Islam itself is a serious problem to not only America but to the world.  Obama will not allow his military officers to even remotely consider that Islam is a violent religion.  If Mufti Usmani and the hundreds of Islamic scholars all state that Islam’ goal is to establish the dominance of Islam worldwide over all other religions, why doesn’t Obama believe them?  This is a question only he can answer, but the fact being he doesn’t feel the Islamic ideology is a threat to our country and therefore our children should not volunteer to serve under a Commander in Chief who doesn’t have our country’s best interest at heart and the best interest of our children.

Parents should understand the primary reason for entering the Armed Forces is to protect our country, its people, and our way of life.  The service member must be willing to give his/her life to protect these interests.  If your Commanding Officer knowingly supports the interests of Islamic terrorist and their supporters then you must follow the orders of him or risk being court martialed.  Currently we have senior U.S. military officers who have bought into Obama’s beliefs that Islam is not dangerous and there is not even such a thing as an Islamic terrorist.  Obama will not allow the words Islam and terrorism to be used together.

There has never been a time in our history that we have not fully identified the enemy when we go to war, until now.  A country can’t expect to win a war if we have not identified an enemy.  Obama feels Al Qaeda is our only real enemy.  This is not even close to the reality.  Of course Al Qaeda is a part of the enemy, but which part? The part is the Islamic ideology itself. Until we have a Commander In Chief who is at least going to look at this critical issue I discourage parents from advising their children on entering the Armed Services.

As a parent would you encourage your child to go to work for a boss who has a proven track record of failures and who puts our country in a dangerous situation? Would you encourage your child to work for a boss who has friends such as Bill Ayers (Weather Underground Co-Founder)? Ayers and his group bombed several U.S. Government facilities’ to include Military Recruiting Centers.  Would you encourage your child to work for a boss who had admitted using illegal drugs to include cocaine?  Personally I would not.  I will encourage my child to work for a boss who sets the example for the employees who work for him/her.

The ultimate decision as to join or not join rests with your child when they officially become an adult.  If they join under President Obama they may sacrifice their life for a policy that is harmful to our country and not beneficial. This is not heroic. Ponder carefully before making a decision.

“Islam and the World”, by: Abul Hassan Ali  Nadawi, Sunni Scholar, Published in Lahore, Pakistan:

“The teaching of Islam is essentially a teaching for leadership and world warfare. One of its most important characteristics is that it teaches its followers how to acquire self-confidence without any taint of conceit and egotism, breathes into him the fervor of faith and conviction, free of all self deception, and, by weaning him from all independence on others, instills in him complete trust in God with a faith that never falters or grows weak”.