Posted by
Silvio Canto, Jr. on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:51:09 AM
The summer of 1939 is known as the last summer of peace before WW2. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-last.htm)
Will the summer of 2006 be our summer of 1939? It's beginning to look that way.
Check out this article from IBD:
"Here, in no particular order and excluding the war in Lebanon, is a sampling from the densely packed events of last week:
Somalia: The transitional government sought troops from Ethiopia to deter Islamist militia encircling the provisional capital, Baidoa. Ethiopia sent hundreds of armored carriers 100 miles into Somalia. In Mogadishu, Islamists in a machine-gun-mounted pickup "arrested" 20 men watching an allegedly pornographic video.
Iran: A U.S. official told Congress that Iranians may have paid for and observed North Korea's seven long-range and medium-range missile test launches directed at the U.S. on July 4 and 5.
U.S.: The Homeland Security Department is investigating a pipe bomb found in Lake Pontchartrain, La. Officials fear it could be part of a practice run for a future attack that could shut down all commerce on a critical U.S. waterway.
Meanwhile, two students in Georgia with terror contacts in Canada were indicted for allegedly plotting jihad after preparing for it through paramilitary training in north Georgia.
Separately, customs officials said religious visas were being abused by radical clerics from Syria, Algeria, Pakistan and Egypt. In addition, experts said an analysis of the suicide plot that was revealed on July 7 to blow up the PATH trains of lower Manhattan and flood the financial district had a good chance of success.
Romania: Prosecutors prepared a case against Florian Lesch, 29, a convert to militant Islam, who was arrested after trying to detonate two gas cylinders in Timisoara to punish Romania for its good relations with the U.S. Police tied him to the Muslim Brothers.
Afghanistan: Taliban fighters ambushed Canadian troops near Kandahar after the Taliban announced a new campaign of violence against allied troops and anyone cooperating with them. Taliban also set a high school on fire in Paktika province, gutting it.
Syria: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Hezbollah leaders in Damascus, prompting fears of more coordinated terrorist attacks.
United Kingdom: Two more Islamist organizations — Al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect — were banned as terrorist. They split off from the group founded by terror cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, now in Lebanon. Meanwhile, militants on paltalk.com called for the destruction of Israel and all Jews worldwide.
India: Three men affiliated with terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba were apprehended in a string of bombings on Bombay's transit system July 11 that killed 208 and injured 800. India's army reported new al-Qaida terror camps on the Pakistani border specializing in unconventional training, such as the use of female recruits.
Thailand: Six people were killed by Islamist militants in drive-by motorcycle shootings around Pattani. Victims included an assistant village chief. Police reported growing numbers of terror suspects with ties so strong to Indonesian terror group Barisan Revolusi Nasional, they suspect BRN and Thailand's own RKK terrorists may now be the same organization.
Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez, an Iran ally, moved to build diplomatic support for his bid for a United Nations Security Council seat, claiming he won pledges of votes from the Arab League and some African states. Chavez condemned Israel's self-defense efforts and explicitly vowed to thwart the U.S. if he won the U.N. seat.
Bosnia: Three men accused of plotting a terror attack on Sarajevo or another European capital went to trial. Meanwhile, local experts said they feared Bosnia would become a new Iranian front as a diversion if the war goes badly for Iran in Lebanon. They cited longstanding Hezbollah ties to Bosnia dating from the wars around the breakup of Yugoslavia a decade ago.
Canada: The Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations urged Muslims not to apologize for the activities of terrorists or cooperate with security in terrorist investigations.
Kashmir: Six Lashkar-e-Tayyaba terrorists were killed in two gunbattles with security forces that came looking for them and were ambushed. In a third village, a 26-year-old woman's throat was slit by terrorists who accused her of collaborating with police.
Indonesia: A total of 217 jihadis — 72 Indonesians, 57 Filipinos, 36 Malaysians, 45 Thais, three Bengals, three Bruneians and one Singaporean — embarked to fight Israel in south Lebanon, according to an Islamic Youth Movement leader. Meanwhile, 90 militants from Aceh province's Islamist separatist movement also declared their intent to fight in south Lebanon.
Argentina: Known Hezbollah operatives in Iran remained at large for their 1994 terrorist attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Jewish groups protested its 12th anniversary, pointing out that it was Hezbollah's first on foreign soil and "a forerunner of all other attacks," one Jewish leader said.
Sweden: A top-secret trial of three terror suspects continued in Malmo. British intelligence reportedly supplied the tip-off.
Russia: Chechen terrorists put new threats of attacks on their Web site. Two other Web sites published hagiographic videos extolling the life of Shamil Basayev, the terrorist mastermind of the Beslan massacre, who was killed July 10 by Russian troops." (http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=1&issue=20060721&view=1)
Now, check out this map and see war breaking out all over: (http://www.newt.org/backpage.asp?art=3287)
Is this a coincidence? I don't think so!
Historians will look back and call this whatever they call it. World War 3? A war on terror? A Middle East War?
I don't know what they will call it. Nevertheless, we are at war. Our enemy is dead serious about killing us. Are we serious about defending our way of life?