Enemies Within and Without

Crusaders and Saracens, circa 21st Century

Ever emboldened by the western culture's refusal to reply in kind, the Islamic State again shows the world that it is the absolute epitome of barbarism.  All the whitewash and sugar coating in the world cannot downplay the evil of which this religion is comprised.  And it's not new; this war continues today as it has for the last fourteen hundred years.  What is new, however, is the slick propaganda production the butchers have employed.  Video and internet can take their message to the world in the blink of an eye. The Islamic State’s Al Hayat Media, the group that has published the previous beheading videos in the Middle East, produced the Libya video titled, “A Message Signed With Blood To The Nation Of The Cross.”  I wonder who they mean by that.  A reference was made to "all crusaders" and "we will conquer Rome."  That sounds like a declaration of war.  The most recent victims, 21 Coptic Christian men whose only crime was not being Muslim, were gruesomely beheaded while the voice over spews the same old rhetoric.  At least Egypt's government has vowed retribution, and conducted airstrikes almost immediately.  Here at home, however, the Kenyan has yet to comment on the slaughter, since he was golfing on Sunday at a private golf course owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle.

And this act of barbarism is no coincidence.  Aided and abetted by the Kenyan's inane and inaccurate comments at the National Prayer Breakfast a few weeks ago, wherein he compared the current atrocities of the IS to alleged "atrocities" of Christian crusaders a thousand years ago, the Islamic State exacts its revenge on a few Egyptian Coptic Christians.  It's this writer's opinion that this is planned; that every utterance of the Kenyan is tacit permission for IS to wage their terror war on Christians and Christian nations.  

So now what do we have?  We have a rich and powerful Islamic State killing and maiming Christians and others alike all over the world. Even Denmark is no longer spared their carnage, as jihad reaches a Free Speech Conference.  Ironic.  The recent mass "immigration" of Muslims in Europe and the US is disguised as normal and peaceful, but it is anything but.  Think London, Dearborn Michigan, and north Texas as examples of demographic changes within Christian countries.  Sleeper cells are everywhere, in every western nation, invisible but ready to strike, as evidenced by CAIR exposed as a terrorist group.

So as yet another poke in the eye to Americans, the Kenyan vows to "squeeze every drop of change" out of his last two years in office.  That means giving illegal aliens, most of whom don't speak English, not only amnesty, but also the unearned right to vote.  Apart from inviting foreign nationals into the US as fully fledged citizens, and apart from encouraging IS atrocities here and abroad, the Kenyan has now decided to render Americans as defenseless as possible. Yes, folks, ATF (now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) has already taken three major executive actions on gun control. First, it was a major change to what activities constitute regulated “manufacturing” of firearms. Next, BATFE reversed a less than year old position on firing a shouldered “pistol.” Now, BATFE has released a “Framework for Determining Whether Certain Projectiles are ‘Primarily Intended for Sporting Purposes’ Within the Meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(c)”, which would eliminate M855’s exemption to the armor piercing ammunition prohibition and make future exemptions nearly impossible.  

The Ubiquitous .223 Cartridge and Variants

The M855 cartridge is the green-tipped variant of the very same ubiquitous M193 .223 caliber (5.56mm NATO) round that nearly everyone who owns an AR-15 style rifle has laying around the house.  It has a tiny steel tip on the bullet.  An explanation of the variants of this cartridge here.  Oh, by the way, BATF will take comments from the public until March 16, 2015.  I'm sure public input will weigh heavily on the predetermined decision.  This is the camel's nose under the tent; if M855 can be banned, why not the M193, or .45 ACP, or 9 mm Luger?  Own a gun or ammo?  Be prepared to become a criminal.

If you're awake and can read the news, and you're still not extremely concerned as to the direction this contry is going, well, you're just not nearly paranoid enough.