Hebraic Musing – Similarities? WWI, WWII & R-dical Isl-mic T-rrorism
What can we
learn from history? My conscience will
not let me hold off releasing this non-amusing musing any longer; it is based
on these historical recaps of World Wars,
WWI involvement:
The “War to End War” started in 1914,
became a global war centered in Europe and grew into a war
involving 32 countries. The Allies represented about 20 countries; Britain, France,
Russia, Italy and the United States being the largest. The Allies fought the “Central
Powers” – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. About 20
countries claimed to be neutral, but the ravages of war impacted them also.
It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
Objective of WWI: Conflicting ambitions, retribution and recovery of land lost in a previous war.
Tactics & weapons: It was trench warfare; commonly used weapons were bolt action rifles, grenades, poison gas, machine guns, flame-throwers, tanks and some submarines.
After WWI: The League of Nations was established at the initiative of the Allies at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a part of the Treaty of Versailles. But the war resulted in major political changes and revolutions in many nations. The losers lost territory, were dismantled or ceased to exist.
….but only 25 years later….
Objective of WWI: Conflicting ambitions, retribution and recovery of land lost in a previous war.
Tactics & weapons: It was trench warfare; commonly used weapons were bolt action rifles, grenades, poison gas, machine guns, flame-throwers, tanks and some submarines.
After WWI: The League of Nations was established at the initiative of the Allies at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a part of the Treaty of Versailles. But the war resulted in major political changes and revolutions in many nations. The losers lost territory, were dismantled or ceased to exist.
….but only 25 years later….
WWII involvement: “Axis Powers”, Germany, Italy & Japan co-signed the Tripartite Treaty, joined by Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania & Slovakia. They annexed Austria, Ethiopia and China. “Allied Powers” were Australia, Brazil, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK. The Soviet Union joined later; and eventually in Dec. 1941 the United States was forced to engage. (Normalcy Bias!?!?)
Objective of WWII: The “Axis Powers” wanted to take-over governance of major segments of the world map. (a traditional theme of WW’s)
Tactics & weapons: Air warfare, fighters and bombers, naval ships and rockets became the new weapons to overcome the stalemate of the ground warfare; supported by a spy and intelligence networks.
After WWII: Countries
that were attacked, occupied, or switched sides were countries that had
declared their neutrality before being assaulted. (can you be neutral in a world war?) Treaties were signed and the “Cold War”
(Between Russia and the USA) is still unresolved to this day.
Then 9/11/2001 came 55 years later…from another ideological direction….
R-dical Isl-mic T-rrorism (RIT) involvement: The Islamic nations of Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
Brunei, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan
and Mauritania apply Sharia law[i]. Meanwhile, WND Radio reports Christians are
being persecuted in 50 nations[ii]
and that list does not mention the persecution growing in major European
nations, Canada and the USA! Daily news reports RIT events in a variety of nations
daily.
Objective of RIT: The RIT goal, as radical followers Islam, is to take over all nations and enforce Islamic rule, including Sharia law using the Koran as the constitution.
Tactics & weapons: Physical and highly visible weapons of choice are knives, automatic weapons, rockets, bombs (sophisticated and make-shift) and vehicles; all readily available items. Infiltration of the enemy nation’s education, government, military and media systems are “softening the beaches”; while overt tactics range from sophisticated well-planned attacks, to home-grown amateur efforts; all designed to kill, maim and cause disruption and fear. Kidnappings, mass transit violence, well-publicized beheadings and an ISIS land-grab add emotional fear-mongering. And religious fervor and horrific publicity aids grass-root recruiting which results in world-wide infiltration.
(If) After RIT completes its mission: All nations and peoples will convert to Islam and be subject to Sharia law or be put to death. Here’s a quote from an ISIS fighter in new beheading video “Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House, and transform America into a Muslim Province.”
Objective of RIT: The RIT goal, as radical followers Islam, is to take over all nations and enforce Islamic rule, including Sharia law using the Koran as the constitution.
Tactics & weapons: Physical and highly visible weapons of choice are knives, automatic weapons, rockets, bombs (sophisticated and make-shift) and vehicles; all readily available items. Infiltration of the enemy nation’s education, government, military and media systems are “softening the beaches”; while overt tactics range from sophisticated well-planned attacks, to home-grown amateur efforts; all designed to kill, maim and cause disruption and fear. Kidnappings, mass transit violence, well-publicized beheadings and an ISIS land-grab add emotional fear-mongering. And religious fervor and horrific publicity aids grass-root recruiting which results in world-wide infiltration.
(If) After RIT completes its mission: All nations and peoples will convert to Islam and be subject to Sharia law or be put to death. Here’s a quote from an ISIS fighter in new beheading video “Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House, and transform America into a Muslim Province.”
Points to ponder
What lessons have we learned
from the first two “World Wars”?
Were we late getting
involved?
Would there have been fewer
losses if we had responded sooner?
Will the “Allied” forces,
good guys, always win World Wars?
Are we experiencing
“Normalcy Bias”? (Defined below)
What think
you?
Yosef a.k.a. Joe Brusherd February 3, 2015
Author “Hebraic Insights”; “Biblical Marriage” & “Musings v.1 – A
Victorious Life”
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Normalcy bias - is a mental state
people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the
possibility of a disaster and its possible effects. This may result in
situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a
larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster
preparations. The assumption that is
made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has
occurred then it never will occur. It can result in the inability of people to
cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have
difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People
also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on
any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.[iii]
One
of the most tragic examples of the normalcy bias is the experience of the Jews
in Nazi Germany.[iv] Barton Biggs, in his book, Wealth, War and
Wisdom, gave a very good description of what happened:
By the end
of 1935, 100,000 Jews had left Germany, but 450,000 [remained]. Wealthy Jewish
families...kept thinking and hoping that the worst was over.
Many of the
German Jews, brilliant, cultured, and cosmopolitan as they were, were too
complacent. They had been in Germany so long and were so well established, they
simply couldn't believe there was going to be a crisis that would endanger
them. They were too comfortable. They believed the Nazis' anti-Semitism was an
episodic event and that Hitler's bark was worse than his bite. [They] reacted sluggishly
to the rise of Hitler for completely understandable but tragically erroneous
reasons. Events moved much faster than they could imagine.
