The beginning of the end of Islamo-Terror-Fascists?

The massacre at Big Bottom marked the beginning of the end of Ohio Indian tribes

On January 2, 1791 25 Wyandot and Delaware Indians massacred 14 white Ohio Company settlers at Big Bottom located on the broad Muskingum River flood plain. The violence at Big Bottom caused a certain amount of shock, not only because of the wanton violence, but because the Wyandot and Delaware were thought to be “friendly” because they were signatories of a treaty signed at Fort Harmar in 1789.

The Indian “thrill of victory” was short lived. The massacre marked the beginning of the end for the Ohio Indian tribes. After the massacre, whites mobilized and opened a four year savage war that ended with Indians’ defeat at the hands of Major General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. After the crushing defeat, the Indians were forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville.

The reason that the Treaty at Fort Harmar failed, among other things, was the white man’s failure to understand Indian society. While certain Indians did fix their signatures to the Harmar treaty, those who signed, by no means, represented all Indian factions. In fact, today’s historians, for the most part, agree that the Indian Wars were inevitable. No treaty or compromise could accommodate the competing interests of both red and white men. War was the only answer.

That is were we stand in the Middle East. Two competing, irreconcilable views of the area – and the world – have collided. On the one side you have Islamo-terror-fascists. These terrorists would impress on everyone their worldview of 12th century Islamic law. There is no room for negotiation. There is no compromise. There is only their way or a beheading. On the other side is modernity and democracy in the Middle East. A world view of toleration toward all views as long as disagreements do not lead to beheadings, car bombs and suicide bombings of busses and cafes – the very tactics popular among the first group.

After years of low-level violence, similar to early Indian violence on settlers, Islamo-terror-fascists have finally gotten our attention. Our Ohio Indian wars teach us that the only answer to uncompromising violence is the destruction of those engaged in it. That is what is going on in the Middle East right now. We’re hunting Hamas, al Quiada and other terrorists that can only be dealt with at the point of a gun. Hopefully, just as the Big Bottom massacre marked the beginning of the end for the Ohio Indians, 9-11 marks the beginning of the end for the Islamo-terror fascists.