"Destroyer"

The Houn appears before a Congress of thieves, standing atop an oak lectern inside the capitol chambers. Men and women stop, frozen as the day they would die. 

"A horrible sect of our Great Religion spreads a message of folly among its parishioners. No doubt, one can trace this sect's motivations back to secular audiences known for using illicit substances at music festivals. But alas, the issue remains. I shall attempt to cleanse the reader of their influence. I speak of course, of War and our Religion.

They spout the following: Christianity is a faith of peace [pause for angry cry], Christians are to turn the other cheek, Christians have to 'justify' violent action. Bah! They say the Gospel refutes the past. They say it reverses the glory won in battle by the Israelites of old. They say that modernity deserves a Christian Church that preaches non-resistance.

To be sure, this is not one sect, but several. One claims non-resistance, another justification, one preaches 'realism'. But let us be clear: none of these routes will lead us to victory. There is not a single iota of truth within these theories. In fact, the true evidence of their treachery is all too apparent with a closer look into each. 

To Non-resistors: I ask, what will you do when Satan begins chopping down your door? Nothing of course! You will let yourself be overtaken. You will let yourself become a victim. The Good Book cannot save those who will not save themselves. One cannot flounder peaceably in matters of life and death. This is the way the world ends.

To Justifiers: Show yourself! Jump atop this very stage so that I may look at you. What will you do when the circumstance cannot be justified? What will you do when your own dogma restricts your answer? You have attempted to make exceptions, you have understood the folly of the former. Yet you create a rigid doctrine that will serve only to restrict. Your failing will be the endless debate your theory produces. 

To Realists: You follow in the footsteps of H. Kissinger. These footsteps are great and perilous. But above all, they are terrible. In truth, you have been willing to do what is necessary. You have been willing to fight the world in all its evil. But your fault is greater than all the others: Incompetence. I have never met a realist that knew what they were doing. I have never met one who could fully commit to the ramifications of their beliefs. 

Listen! All ye who subscribe to these snake oils. You may properly require a solution. Fear not, for when have I failed in provision? My solution is brash. It is simplistic, and consequently, beautiful. And so, I shall provide it in first person:

I am the Destroyer. I am the sword of my religion. I decide where to fight and when to fight. No one offends me, they merely attempt to defend themselves. For my sphere of influence is the earth. All who live on this earth are subject to the strength in my arm. I do not distinguish between friend and enemy. My mind is America, my heart is my Religion. My appendages serve both. 

Christians are not restrained any more than atheists in questions of warfare. In fact, with the Divine at their shoulders, they are permitted far greater liberties. We need not 'justify' our fights with philosophical squabbling. Our name is our justification. Perfection has its benefits. This is America, this is God's country. We go with God into the savage regions of the world. Our intentions are irrelevant.

So, with every great act of violence cry: "God wills it!" Carry the knowledge that the Book does not restrain you, it empowers you. Toil not over the theories of Thunderheads [Yoder, Niebuhr, Augustine]. As I have said before: discard them and embrace truth."

There were no survivors.