[Roots in Ripon] 2015 NOV 25 The French? Really?

[Chuck Roots]

 From: Chuck Roots, 
 Retired Pastor, Former Marine, and Navy Chaplain - Retired 
To: Jagada Chambers
 Editor, Ripon Record
Subj.: Roots in Ripon, 25 November 2015
 
The French? Really?
 
The Islamic terrorists who launched the deadly attacks in Paris last weekend are evil. 
There?s no other way to state it. These degenerates are evil personified. 
The utter disregard they have for human life is breath-taking. Even more astonishing is one 
of the terrorists was a woman, who, when she realized she was about to be captured by the 
French police, detonated a bomb vest she was wearing. Unfortunately, a bomb-sniffing dog 
was killed in the blast. 
This whole calamity has produced some strange bed-fellows. For instance, the Russians have 
?sent a puppy to France in tribute to the French dog, Diesel, who was killed in an anti-
terrorism raid after the Paris attacks,? Sky News reported Saturday. ?Diesel?s death 
prompted an outpouring of grief, and Russia hopes the puppy, named Dobrynya, fills the 
void.? Nice gesture by the Russians, who, by the way, have their own bone to pick with 
Muslim terrorists going back a long way in their history. 
In a New York Post article, November 22, written by Amir Taheri, entitled, ?ISIS is 
inherently cowardly ? to defeat it, hit it hard.? A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article 
about the difficulties the United States has had with Muslim terrorists since before we 
became a nation. It was not until President Thomas Jefferson said, ?Enough!? that we were 
finally rid of Muslim pirates harassing our ships in the Mediterranean. Jefferson sent 
Marines by way of Navy ships to deal with these characters who were doing then the same 
things they are doing today ? raping, pillaging, enslaving, forced conversion to Islam, 
beheadings, stoning?s, and the requirement to pay tribute money to Muslim leaders, and so 
on. After the Marines did what Marines do, we had no problems with these Muslim terrorists 
for many years. The one thing these reprobates seem to understand and respect is a good 
punch in the nose. At least until a new generation of Muslim radicals starts to feel their 
oats.
Here?s the irony in all of this war on terrorism. Of all people, the French, under the 
leadership of President François Hollande, is taking the initiative and going after the 
ISIS stronghold in Syria. French bombers are delivering the payloads on ISIS targets! The 
Russians have already done so, and may well do so again following the Paris attacks. The 
U.S. is slowly catching up under the leadership of a president who leads from behind. 
?After the horrific terror attacks in Paris, French President François Hollande is talking 
a lot about a ?strategy? to deal with the threat posed by ISIS, one he hopes to sell to 
President Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin within the next week or so.?
Perhaps I should explain why I find this action by the French to be so rich. It has always 
been the United States who steps in and fills the gap when any Western nation is 
threatened. Case in point: England and Great Britain twice in the last century. France in 
particular was completely overrun by the Germans in both WWI and WWII. Had it not been for 
the leadership, grit and determination of the U.S. military, the French would be speaking 
German today. But today we find the current administration is reticent to commit to any 
aggressive military action, particularly against any Muslim group. Instead, Hollande of 
France, and Putin of Russia are embarrassing the United States with their quick and 
aggressive action against ISIS. 
Taheri writes, ?Twenty years and so many atrocities later, in more than 30 countries on 
every continent, it is perhaps time for France and the European Union to persuade the UN to 
provide the international framework needed to combat terrorism based on the principle that 
one man?s terrorist is every man?s terrorist.? Ah, would that could be realized! But, Alas! 
I fear our current administration simply does not have the stomach for such a fight even 
though we may well be inviting Muslim terrorists into the United States through Syrian 
refugees. If this happens, we can expect to see the same sorts of violence and attacks 
currently experienced by Europe. And it is laughable to think for a moment that the United 
Nations (an organization of self-satisfied pomposity if ever there was one!) can be 
persuaded to do anything that would help protect member nations. 
So I say good for the French for going after these terrorist creeps. Who knows ? the United 
States may need to call on the French as we did more than 200 years ago when we were up 
against it in the revolutionary war with Britain. Is there another Jean Lafitte who would 
help us defeat the enemy within our borders? 
America has always stood up to the world?s bullies, standing alone at times when no other 
nation would venture into the fray. I pray this administration discovers its steely resolve 
to defend and protect the Constitution and the American people. 
This Thanksgiving be sure to thank God for the blessings, rights, privileges and liberty we 
still enjoy as Americans. And say a special prayer for our military which secures these 
unique benefits. 
God bless America. 

 
Dr. Charles R. Roots 
209-604-1415 cell phone 
Pastor, Retired
Free Methodist Church
Former Staff Sergeant, USMC
Captain, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps (Ret)
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