Airport Security: Take Away My Mascara? This Means War!

Arlene Peck

Airport Security: Take Away My Mascara? This Means War!

Written by Arlene Peck August 16, 2006

For years, I have been writing that there is a whole evil culture out there called “Islam” which wants to kill everybody who is not them. Like a mantra, I’ve repeated over and over, “Israel is the canary in the coal mine and these crazed maniacs don’t give a diddly-squat about ‘Land for Peace.’” Nor do they have a desire to live “as neighbors, with Israel, side by side.” The Arab interpretation of “peace” is far from our Western understanding: “Side by side” to them means “Drive Israel into the sea.” That is non-negotiable, and is, in fact, a prior condition before they set their sights on the rest of the world with the aim of forcing all people into submission to Islam. Even now, as churches and synagogues burn across the world, here, on every corner of mainstream America, mosques are popping up as fast as you can say “Where’s the Wal-Mart?”

If you don’t believe me, then where are the protests of any of these 1.4 billion servants of Mohammad who aren’t in agreement with the latest terrorist plot to blow up a dozen or so airplanes leaving Great Britain for the U.S.A? The only protest that I have seen was an article about an Arab group protest against “racial profiling” at airports or seaports.

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) advocacy group complained at a news conference about President Bush’s use of the term “Islamofascist,” saying, “We believe that it is counterproductive to associate Islam or Muslims with fascism.” He’s kidding, right? Actually no. He then said, “We ought to take advantage of these incidents to make sure that we do not start a religious war against Islam and Muslims.” Mr. Awad’s finale was, “We urge him (Bush) and we urge other public officials to restrain themselves.”

Wouldn’t it have been lovely, if maybe instead of veiled threats, they took advantage of this opportunity to state at a press conference that they were planning a massive rally planned to show that this “peaceful culture” was speaking out against terrorist behaviour? Far from demonstrating their identification with our society, the only “protest” has been from some Arab groups concerning “racial profiling.” Wouldn’t it have been an amazing sight if any adhernets of this “religion of peace” who live in our country marched carrying American flags, and denounced terrorism wherever it comes from?

Well, folks, I have a theory. I believe that while not all Muslims are terrorists, just about all terrorists seem to be Muslims. Asian schoolchildren at the airport do not need to be checked. Middle-aged American women do not have a history of hijacking airplanes for Jihad. I don’t think Southern Baptists on holiday need to be given all that much scrutiny. But maybe it is time to start profiling. Given the just foiled attempt to down planes from Great Britain to the U.S. in what was to be the biggest terrorist attack in history—sponsored by, you guessed it, radical Muslims—I don’t feel bad if folks from Middle Easter descent have to spend a little extra time at the security check point.

In fact, I think that maybe it’s time for a national ID card. How about putting a hold on Arabic “students” coming into the country? How about attaching GPS tracking devices (at their expense, of course) to all those students who might just fit the terrorist profile? You know, so they don’t “get lost” trying to get to Montana . . .

But no. Radical Muslims have managed to use the very freedoms we enjoy against us. They have managed, via anti-American organizations like CAIR and the ACLU, to use our legal system to sue us, silence us, and sanction us! They have managed to silence their critics through politically correct intimidation. (The last time I wrote about this topic, for instance, I was labelled a “hate speech writer” by Google and one of my publishers, “The New Media Journal” was taken off the Google news search engine).

Now that we can’t bring perfume or baby formula onto an airplane, is the global war against Islamic terrorism finally getting our attention? Funny—I thought 9/11 should have been enough.

There is no way to defeat this enemy except through overwhelming force—because there is nothing this enemy respects like strength. But nothing has gotten my attention more than when I was packing a suitcase today and realized that I couldn’t even pack my mascara because it would be confiscated. Same for my toothpaste and cell phone! Taking away our makeup might be just enough to show them the power of the AARP!

Pretty soon we’re going to have to travel to the airport naked in order to comply with the restrictions Islam has set up for us.

Arlene Peck is an internationally syndicated columnist, television talk show hostess, and most important, she tells the truth. She is the queen of political incorrectness in a world awash in lies and double-talk that often passes for journalism today. Arlene, I salute you!

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