What Do the Terrorists Want?

"What do the terrorists want?" is the title of Larry Elder's commentary today in WorldNetDaily. And he answers it very clearly. But not before quoting that esteemed genius, full of the greatest depth of understanding:

"... There is no terrorist threat. There is no terrorist threat."

– Filmmaker Michael Moore, Sept. 26, 2003.

"Tell that to London," Elder says.

Here's some of the background Elder gives, quoting the Islamofascist leaders themselves:

Osama bin Laden, in 1998, issued the following "fatwa," or religious edict: "... The killing of Americans and their civilian and military allies is a religious duty for each and every Muslim to be carried out in whichever country they are until Al Aqsa mosque has been liberated from their grasp and until their armies have left Muslim lands [emphasis added]." So, Islamic fascists demand that "infidels" leave "Muslim lands." But define "Muslim lands." Arabs, after all, dominated Europe from the 8th century until A.D. 1492, occupying lands as far west as Spain and modern-day France.

"One day the black flag of Islam will be flying over Downing Street," said Anjem Choudray, a spokesperson for Al-Muhajiroun ("the immigrants"), described by the Jerusalem Post's Ori Golan as a radical Islamic organization based in Britain. In calling for jihad, Choudray says, "Lands will not be liberated by individuals, but by an army. Eventually there'll have to be a Muslim army. It's just a matter of time before it happens."

The Wall Street Journal's reporters Ian Johnson and John Carreyrou recently pointed out that Muslim extremists define Arab lands to include Europe. "Fatwas," they write, "are traditionally only valid in the Islamic world, so [Ayatollah] Khomeini's [1989] fatwa implied something profound: Europe was part of the Islamic world [emphasis added]. It was a revolutionary change that now is accepted by many Islamic theologians and thinkers."

And how much longer will it be before these Islamist leaders declare America to be Muslim land by virtue of the presence of Muslims in our country? I'd be surprised if it hasn't already happened--at least in the Arabic-language press.

But al-Qaeda isn't the only threat on the terrorist landscape. There's Iran to contend with as well. Jerome Corsi, author of Atomic Iran, keeps his focus on what Iran's mullahs are up to. In his commentary today in WorldNetDaily, Corsi describes the political conditions in that country:

Hezbollah was created by the Iranian mullahs who continue to be the leading exporters of terrorism worldwide. As we demonstrated in "Atomic Iran," the mullahs have already declared war against the United States and Israel. With the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran has signaled a clear move in a more radical direction. Now the mullahs are also giving off signals that they intend to change their nuclear negotiating team and are once again considering the resumption of uranium enrichment.

Sooner or later, the world will have to realize that Iran remains at the center of funding and promoting terrorism. With over $200 million a day in windfall oil profits, the mullahs are enriching themselves at the expense of the Iranian people. With this much free cash, the mullahs can buy public-relations firms all around the world to advise them how to appear peaceful to the world.

With the mullahs in power, we should all feel insecure. Lying is nothing new to the mullahs – neither is supporting terrorism worldwide.

The answer to the title question is clear. The terrorists want all of us either converted to their brand of Islam, or they want us dead. Everyone. Everywhere. When their radical Islamism is the governing force in every country of the world, then they'll be satisfied. And maybe not even then. Infighting could start after that.

So our response to terrorism must be equally clear. President Bush had it right when he spoke before Congress in October of 2001. "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated." By "defeated," I prefer the method of defeat that ends in the terrorists' death. The terrorists won't settle for anything less.