Terrorism And War
By Acie Cargill
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This is a collection of 52 journalistic poems inspired by the rise of terrorism in the world and the war against it. Terror seems to be an effective technique for technologically unsophisticated combatants to have a chance of defeating a superpower like the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia. In the terror discussed in this poetry book, it is predominantly used by Islamic jihadists against the Western world, which includes the Israelis.
Their fighters include bombers, both suicide bombers and roadside bombers, and brutal, dedicated militants who fight with guns and grenade launchers. They assassinate their enemies and fight pitched battles with armed forces. Their fighters are usually well-trained and fearless. They are unafraid to die for Islam and expect to be rewarded with eternal paradise.
The poems in this book describe some of the major terror players like Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Shamil Basayev, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. Many battle scenes are described, some terrorist attacks, American military heroes, and some American terrorists. There is some background material for promoting understanding from the terrorist side.
Of course, not many non-Muslims are very sympathetic to jihadist causes because of the destructive violence and murder propounded by the terrorists, especially against innocent women and children and non-combatant men. Terror’s effectiveness corresponds to the shock value of the event. It seems like many attacks are vengeance for perceived slights against Islam or punishment for what the jihadists see as our moral degradation and our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants.
We have a long ways to go to settle these differences. Probably generations of struggling and an abundance of misery. Maybe the most effective weapons against terrorism are education and an attitude of sincere reconciliation. It can be done.
Acie Cargill
Acie Cargill is a poet, a songwriter, and a prose writer. He studied poetry with USA Poet Laureate Mark Strand and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. He studied novel writing with Thomas Berger, who wrote Little Big Man that Arthur Penn made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman in the lead role. Cargill also studied journalism with instructor Jean Daily. His work is a synthesis of all these styles.He is a member of American Mensa and formerly edited the Mensa Journal of Poetry. He also is a member of the Grammy Association, The US Quill and Scroll Society.Cargill is a vegetarian, a former physician, a musical performer on a variety of instruments, an environmental activist, a lecturer, medical reviewer, a lover, a cannabis user, and a seer.
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Terrorism And War
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Acie Cargill
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This is a collection of 52 journalistic poems inspired by the rise of terrorism in the world and the war against it. Terror seems to be an effective technique for technologically unsophisticated combatants to have a chance of defeating a superpower like the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia. In the terror discussed in this poetry book, it is predominantly used by Islamic jihadists against the Western world, which includes the Israelis.
Their fighters include bombers, both suicide bombers and roadside bombers, and brutal, dedicated militants who fight with guns and grenade launchers. They assassinate their enemies and fight pitched battles with armed forces. Their fighters are usually well-trained and fearless. They are unafraid to die for Islam and expect to be rewarded with eternal paradise.
The poems in this book describe some of the major terror players like Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Shamil Basayev, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. Many battle scenes are described, some terrorist attacks, American military heroes, and some American terrorists. There is some background material for promoting understanding from the terrorist side.
Of course, not many non-Muslims are very sympathetic to jihadist causes because of the destructive violence and murder propounded by the terrorists, especially against innocent women and children and non-combatant men. Terror’s effectiveness corresponds to the shock value of the event. It seems like many attacks are vengeance for perceived slights against Islam or punishment for what the jihadists see as our moral degradation and our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants.
We have a long ways to go to settle these differences. Probably generations of struggling and an abundance of misery. Maybe the most effective weapons against terrorism are education and an attitude of sincere reconciliation. It can be done.
About the Author
Acie Cargill is a poet, a songwriter, and a prose writer. He studied poetry with USA Poet Laureate Mark Strand and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. He studied novel writing with Thomas Berger, who wrote Little Big Man that Arthur Penn made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman in the lead role. Cargill also studied journalism with instructor Jean Daily. His work is a synthesis of all these styles.
He is a member of American Mensa and formerly edited the Mensa Journal of Poetry. He also is a member of the Grammy Association, The US Quill and Scroll Society.
Cargill is a vegetarian, a former physician, a musical performer on a variety of instruments, an environmental activist, a lecturer, medical reviewer, a lover, a cannabis user, and a seer.
Table of Contents
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1. Suicide Bombers
2. The Taliban
3. Predator Drones
4. Osama Bin Laden
5. Al-Qaeda
6. The Pathans / Pashtuns
7. Pakastani Madrasa
8. The Burqa
9. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
10. Afghanistan
11. Osama Bin Laden's Escape from Tora Bora
12. Battle of Wanat / Afghanistan
13. Attack at Mumbai by Pakistani Terrorists
14. Haqqani Network
15. Battle for Marjah
16. The Suicide Attack at The CIA FOB Chapman
17. SSgt. Travis Twiggs / PTSD: The War Within
18. Ssgt Robert Miller / Medal of Honor / KIA Afghanistan 2008
19. Death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman / Afghanistan
20. The Battle of Combat Outpost Keating/ Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
21. Wardak Chopper Crash
22. Thanks Guys / Coalition Soldiers/ Kandahar
23. Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
24. The Ambush at Ganjgal / Kundoz / Afghanistan
25. Maulana Fazlullah, Radio Mullah / Swat Valley/ Pakistan
26. Soldier's Goodbye
27. The Assassination-Suicide of Nizar Rayyan
28. Iran Deterrence and Détente
29. Shamil Basayev / Part 1 Chechnya
30. Shamil Basayev / Part 2 Terrorism in The Caucasus
31. Shamil Basayev / Part 3 Moscow Theater and Beslan
32. Shamil Basayev / Part 4 Elian Ersenoyeva
33. Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber
34. Oklahoma City Bombing / Our First Terrorism
35. The Tsarnaev Brothers / Boston Marathon Bombing
36. Columbine / Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
37. ISIS
38. Mindanao
39. Hamas
40. Major Nidal Malik Hasan