Ya Don’t Got Heart For This Art Of War

My arsenal is more awesome than y’alls
When [Son’s] in the building
Niggas lost from the door
From the front porch cause I have no flaws
And y’all keep acting like y’all don’t hear
I’ll put this little [Redd thought] in ya ear…

It’s MONDAY!!! And you know what that means—jewels of thought and pearls of wisdom from ya’ boy. Man, I got more finery than Tiffany’s and I’m more precious than Harry Winston! Fuck Jacob the Jeweler, Sonny keeps ya’ shining! (And I do it without getting indicted on money laundering charges, or selling ya’ fugazi stones for ya’ll to give to ya’ll ex-baby mommas. My shit is genuine. And this is a “ghetto news you can use” digression.)

And Son will shine clearly! Look, I first must reiterate, y’all niggas need to get to voting. That shit is over on the 15th and I can’t have y’all acting on Cee-Pee time, seeing as our hard work feeds on recognition. RECOGNITION! Do it now! NOW!

Next, I watched ATL this weekend. While I state for the record that that was 2 hours I will never get back, I do recognize 2 things. (1) ATL’s main character is your average black man in America. He doesn’t sell drugs and he works hard; and (2) if the children of today watch it on rewind as much as I watched New Jack City and Menace II Society, perhaps we will see an improvement in 10 years. (Sonny “I’m no hater”Redd.)

Moving on. President Bush recently announced that “This nation is at war with Islamic Fascists who will use any means to –to destroy those of us who love freedom…”

What fucking freedom? Certainly not the Constitutional freedom that we all previously enjoyed.

Ben Franklin once quipped that, (and I’m paraphrasing) “those who would give up freedom for security deserve neither.”

But here we fucking are, neither free nor secure. Folks running around throwing out their leave in conditioner and cucumber melon lotions cause Ahmed’nem got a point to prove. Fuck them, fuck that, and fuck all y’all that are that damn afraid that y’all are with them.

Let me clarify something, once and for fucking all (Can you tell that I am pissed?) Al Qaeda does not want to “destroy freedom.” (At least not in the “W” sort of way.)

First, when Al Qaeda blew up the towers, they did so for one simple reason – advertisement. It was the ultimate recruitment video. Let’s remember what Al Qaeda is people. Al Q is the “Black Panther Party” of the middle east. They are a non-governmental organization which seeks to advance a political position in the Middle East. Nothing more, nothing less.

Now Al Q’s position that it wants to advance is Militant Islam, or keeping it academic, governmental Islam. Make no mistake. And Militant/governmental Islam hates the United States, make no mistake about that either, but its goal is the advancement of Militant Islam in the Arab world. Not, as your President suggests, destroying the freedom of the USA. I am so thoroughly disgusted with the constant belaboring of the catch phases and buzzwords. Don’t be misled. Blowing up shit here is only worth while if it makes Al Q look bigger over there. Thus, the “plots” to blow up the Prudential Building in Newark (election day set-up) or the Sears Tower in Chicago (negro set-up) weren’t really plots worth while because nobody in Beirut has heard of the Prudential Building in Newark (If only because very few folks outside of Newark have heard of it, Sonny “Stating the obvious”Redd), and them Sears Tower niggas did it for $50K and some Timbs (I’m still mad ‘bout that).

Remember, Al Q is competing against other Islamic factions. There’s Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and I’m sure countless other random AK-47 toting posses of all shapes and sizes. Al Q has to remain relevant to attract recruits.

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See the connection? Gotta stay cool to reach the kids. Both here, and in “Jihad-Jihad” land.

If Al Q’s goal was to disrupt life in the US, a few truck bombs during rush hour, a suicide bombing at a mall during Christmas, a few commuter train bombing ala the UK and we Americans would be a quivering mess. Hell, we’d probably be interning every Muslim in the country by now. Not to say that that’s not indeed where we’re heading.

But consider for a moment Timothy McVeigh? Remember him? He blew the shit out of the Oklahoma Federal Building back in 1995. Well, do you remember, besides hatred for “niggers and jews,” why he wanted to blow up the Federal building?

I chose to bomb a federal building because such an action served more purposes than other options. Foremost, the bombing was a retaliatory strike; a counter attack, for the cumulative raids (and subsequent violence and damage) that federal agents had participated in over the preceding years (including, but not limited to, Waco.) From the formation of such units as the FBI's "Hostage Rescue" and other assault teams amongst federal agencies during the '80's; culminating in the Waco incident, federal actions grew increasingly militaristic and violent, to the point where at Waco, our government - like the Chinese - was deploying tanks against its own citizens.

Knowledge of these multiple and ever-more aggressive raids across the country constituted an identifiable pattern of conduct within and by the federal government and amongst its various agencies. (see enclosed) For all intents and purposes, federal agents had become "soldiers" (using military training, tactics, techniques, equipment, language, dress, organization, and mindset) and they were escalating their behavior. Therefore, this bombing was also meant as a pre-emptive (or pro-active) strike against these forces and their command and control centers within the federal building. When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operation, it is sound military strategy to take the fight to the enemy.
McVeigh's April 27, 2001 Letter to Rita Cosby

Let me get this straight, Tim McVeigh chose to blow up a Federal building because he felt that the government was taking away the rights of Americans. And today, we give away freedoms to ensure our collective safety from the Tim McVeighs of the world -- and no one else thinks this absurd?

So, today I ask you -- Do those who would give up liberty to purchase a little safety, deserve either liberty or safety?

What say you?