Much is being written about the importance of maintaining our ethical behavior as westerners living in civilized nations. The issue of Syrian refugees has moved to the forefront and become a polarizing political issue. While the statements may be based in an unquestionable truth, to put too much focus on this now deflects attention from the bigger problems facing western civilization. War is being waged against our entire way of life and to put too much emphasis on our behavior, be it in action or rhetoric gives those who want to kill us more time to implement their strategy and puts all of us in serious danger. First we must deal with the enemy, then we can deal with ourselves.
I am writing this partially as an indirect response to an excellent article written by a friend of mine in which he discusses immoralities that we, as decent people have no right to commit. The article shows his extreme decency as a human being and extraordinary intellect, however in my mind as much as I respect him for his words, I believe the timing of the message to be off. This is a message we need to save for when this war is over.
The reason I say this is because we are dealing with an enemy that knows no morality, no decency, and has no heart. As much as I believe good ultimately triumphs over evil, that doesn’t negate the fact that sometimes you must fight fire with fire. As is so often the case when I espouse this type of action, I feel a pang of guilt. After all, I am likely not going to be one of those people committing what otherwise might be deemed as questionable acts or even atrocities. That being said, I fear for our future and know that if we are, for lack of a better term too nice, we’re in very big trouble.
Maybe I am one of the bad guys after all. I believe that if it us or them it’s an easy decidsion. I recognize the tragedy in the millions of suffering people living in Muslim countries, and although I wish it were different, now is no longer the time nor is it once again the time for us to concern ourselves with their plight. The time will come when we do once again have the prosperity of a peaceful life, but until that time comes once again, our priority must be protecting our way of life and even more importantly, keeping each other safe. If that means becoming something that we do not want to become, as long as it is temporary, I believe it is something we must do. A true victory means doing so under our terms as they exist today, not defeating the enemy and becoming like them in the process. As long as we stay focused on what it is that needs to be accomplished, taking the harshest of measures to see it happen is acceptable. If as a society we have to slip backwards morally, I am confident we can address and fix that later.
If leading by example, taking the moral high ground, not letting the enemy drag us into the mud could work, I’d be all for it. Sadly we are dealing with animals and sometimes the only way to defeat an animal is to become an animal. Once good triumphs over evil and we are free of the cancer plaguing our planet we can focus on demanding ethical behavior from each other and the rest of the civilized world. Until then survival is paramount, almost at all ethical and moral costs. As well intended as those focusing on our behavior may be, our energies need to be applied to a ruthless and barbaric enemy, one that will only see our decency and morality as weakness and exploit it to a tragic end. Preventing that from happening takes precedence over everything else, no matter how unethical it may seem.
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