Student B: "Wow, that's so cool. I brought my new 'Desert Eagle' today, let's check them out."
Student A: "Sure, after class. Let's try few shots on the nerdy Physics professor; he's been wearing DOD's ballistic undies lately"
As both students talk quietly in the class, the teacher comes up from behind them and loads his M4 Carbine, "Both of you, hands up! Drop your weapons – You were not supposed to take them out of your bags and plan a new assault on your professors."
The teacher then leads both students to the chancellor's office with their hands in the air. As they walk in, they find him sitting on top of an Abraham Tank with complete body armor. He says: "Welcome to the Colorado University, where weapons are now OK."
This transcript above may sound like a joke. Hilarious or not, it could very well be a reality given the latest verdict by state Supreme Court that overturned a 1994 ban on firearms on school campuses in Colorado, USA. It is ironic to note that that this ruling has been in response to a recent shooting in Colorado theatre that resulted in the deaths of a number of people including children. Students with a 'conceal carry permit' will be allowed to maintain weapons during their time on campus. This decision has widened the on-going gun-culture debate engulfed by recent 'terrorism' incidents by US citizens, unfortunately all of whom are non-Muslims. This recent decision has further terrified Americans, adding to their problems, rather than consolidating the fault-lines towards long-term solutions and security.
It's evident that the law in the US and other European countries are at a loss given the nature of killings that might begin to take epidemic forms in time to come. Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian youth who killed scores of people when on a rampage, is just one example. The law might have incarcerated him, but the question to be asked is; does the punishment fit the crime? Some critics believe that there is a great deal of failure here to label such youths as 'terrorists', when in fact these are prime examples of terror in western society. Just locking them up won't do when the act is not condemned sufficiently.
According to Nathan Lean's article in the LA Times, Breivik said "… his fertilizer bomb and machine gun were necessary instruments to stop what he viewed as a creeping Muslim takeover of Europe." This is ironic, when in fact we find such attacks and sporadic terror unleashed on western society by non Muslims like Brievik who will never be labeled terrorists despite the trail of carnage they leave behind. Contrast the sentencing for Breivik's brutality with the immediate arrests of Muslims who view certain links on the Internet and one can see the difference in justice; the law mercilessly arrests the latter and locks them up indefinitely.
There is something severely wrong with the fabric of western society; more and more individual non-Muslims seem to be the ones engaging in acts of terrorism, highlighting the disparities these individuals face. While ruling forces always seem to direct world attention towards a false problem (Islamic Terrorism or any other name they want to give it), it is evident they are aiming to cover up their own failures domestically. However, the cover-up can no longer last, as more and more frustrated non-Muslim individuals of their own societies are losing patience with the system. The focus of the CIA, FBI, MI6, etc continues to be elsewhere while the real threat to western society is within their own weak governance and policies.
A contrasting case to western countries is Pakistan, a country that continues to face an immense amount of strife in the shape of a weakened economy, an ongoing militant problem as well as internal opportunists. The Pakistani military is engaged in a war that was dumped on them, but they still have an immense amount of respect from the people, and this makes a huge difference in morale for the men in uniform as well as the general public. With all the problems that Pakistan faces, there has never been a case where a child in school or college picks up a weapon and goes on a rampage.
The reason why such issues are unique to western society lies in the fact that there is no order and discipline; the military is engaged in failed wars that their people know are unjustified. The Green on Blue attacks in Afghanistan each day symbolizes dissent to western authority, failed policy, and a complete lack of regard for western militaries. It's no wonder that men trained for the Afghan army inevitably turn on their western trainers. As for the government in Washington and other western countries; they have been hijacked by a band of thieves who have enslaved their populations in a twisted form of democracy. When people begin to realize what's happening, they don't know how to react, and when they do vent their frustration, we get to see carnage in the form of Cho's Virginia Tech assault, Breivik's murder spree, the killing of innocent Sikhs in Wisconsin and the recent incident at the Empire State Building.
With so many questions to answer, it is high time for the western developed world to assess what it is doing. There is way too much going wrong internally, and particularly with economic conditions worsening rapidly, there is need to look into the well being of the general public. As opposed to looking outward at what militant groups are doing, the security of western society needs to be given greater attention if they are serious about preventing individuals from going on a rampage. It is clear enough that there is a dire need for western countries to pay less attention to security in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc. and start focusing on minding their own security.
Article by Tabish Qayyum
Tabish Qayyum is the co-founder of Defense and Geo-Political Magazine Fortress and Investigative Journalist at PKKH.tv. He is also a writer and educational consultant.
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