I'm not an academic. I don't write from a library or a classroom. I write from the gut, and my gut still remembers June 25, 1996. That was the day a tanker truck packed with approximately 28,000 pounds of explosives was detonated outside the Khobar Towers housing complex in Saudi Arabia, killing 19 of my brothers in arms (13 from my unit) and wounding hundreds more. The blast was so massive it was felt 20 miles away in Bahrain. The official reports call it a terrorist attack; the survivors call it a day that “did not produce three” heroes, but thousands of victims living with the aftermath. This was the bloodiest attack on Americans between the Beirut barracks disaster and 9/11, a brutal wake-up call that our enemies were actively at war with us, even if we refused to acknowledge it.
The goal of the attackers, who claimed responsibility in the wake of a similar bombing in Riyadh, was simple: to force the United States Armed Forces to leave the region. They failed to break our military's spirit, but they succeeded in planting a seed of understanding in my mind that has grown ever since. This writing is the fruit of that understanding; a layman's look at the conquer and control ideology that fuels such attacks, and the suicidal denial of the West that invites them to our shores.
New York didn't forget 9/11, but it has been brainwashed. The city, like the rest of the West, has been duped by the mainstream press and a corrupt political class into believing Islam is a “religion of peace.” It's not. It's a conquer and control ideology, and the evidence is right in front of us.
Less than 25 years after 3,000 Americans were slaughtered in the name of Allah, the same city government is hosting official Ramadan iftars where “Allahu Akbar”, the battle cry of terrorists, is echoed through the halls of power. American flags stand by like mute bystanders to this act of surrender. This isn't inclusion; it's submission.
And it's happening in the context of a constant, undeniable threat. Just days before this official celebration, authorities arrested ISIS-inspired terrorists plotting to bomb an anti-Islam gathering right near Gracie Mansion. The enemy is literally at the gates, and our leaders are rolling out the welcome mat for the ideology that fuels them.
The reason this is happening is that we've been fed a historical lie our entire lives. We rarely hear about the centuries of Islamic atrocities in conquered countries. We're not taught about how Muslim armies conquered two-thirds of the Christian world through brutal warfare long before the Crusades were even thought of. All we hear about is how bad the Crusaders were, framed as some unprovoked act of Christian aggression when they were a delayed response to 450 years of Islamic expansion. When politicians like Clinton and Obama frame 9/11 as “blowback” for the Crusades, they're promoting a false narrative that ignores 1,400 years of Islamic expansion. The West didn't start this conflict, and it's time we stopped apologizing for defending ourselves.
The Quran commands this conquest. Sura 9:29 tells Muslims to fight non-believers “until they pay tribute out of hand and are utterly subdued.” This is a blueprint for permanent warfare until the world submits to Islamic rule. But it goes even deeper. The Quran promises rewards for those who die in conquest, with Sura 4:74 declaring: “Fight for the cause of [Allah]; whether they die or conquer, we shall richly reward them.” This spiritual incentive, combined with the promise of Paradise for martyrs, has historically motivated Islamic expansion.
What's particularly telling is how the Quran's teachings evolved. The earlier “Meccan” verses tend to be more peaceful, while the later “Medinan” verses, revealed after Muhammad gained military power are far more violent and expansionist. Muslim scholars developed the doctrine of “abrogation” to explain this, teaching that Allah's later revelations override earlier ones. This means the violent verses effectively cancel out the peaceful ones. The Quran even criticizes Muslims who are reluctant to fight, condemning “hypocrites” who question why warfare was ordained for them, essentially saying there’s no valid excuse not to engage in jihad.
While some modern Muslims argue these verses only apply to defensive warfare, the historical record and dominant Islamic scholarship show otherwise. The traditional view held that offensive warfare to expand “Dar Al-Islam” (the domain of Islam) was completely permissible. The early Islamic conquests weren't accidents, they were direct implementations of these Quranic commands. This is why Muslim armies rapidly conquered vast territories from Spain to India within just a century of Muhammad's death.
The media whitewashes all of this while exaggerating every Christian sin from a thousand years ago. They sell us a fantasy version of Islam while demanding we feel guilty for our own civilization's history of self-defense.
This isn't just a New York problem; it's a preview of what's coming to cities across America. Look at Minneapolis-St. Paul, where a massive Somali refugee population has created enclaves so dominated by Islamic culture that law enforcement admits they struggle to penetrate them. The area has become a known recruiting ground for foreign terror groups like al-Shabaab, sending dozens of fighters back to Africa to wage jihad. The city's response? Electing a pro-Sharia, anti-Israel congressman who embodies the “America last” ideology.
Or consider the case of Epic, Texas, a small town that is making headlines when it was effectively taken over by a Muslim community that established its own private Islamic school and governance structures, isolating itself from the broader community and American norms. This is the Islamic model: create autonomous zones, apply pressure on local institutions, and slowly erode the host culture from within until it becomes unrecognizable.
New York voters chose this path. They traded security and American traditions for the warm, fuzzy feeling of “multiculturalism” even if that very multiculturalism erodes the foundations of our nation.
Until the silent majority awakens from this politically correct stupor, expect more of the same. More official Islamic prayers in the halls that should be defending us, more terror plots thwarted by the hour, and more of our symbols and safety sacrificed on the altar of inclusion. What's happening in New York, Minneapolis, and small towns across America isn't an accident; it's an invasion. Wake up, America.