Sometimes the Terrorists Win

When Scott Roeder walked into the Lutheran church in Wichita, Kansas and murdered Dr. George Tiller, it was an act of terrorism.

Now, I am often accused of hyperbole but let me explain. A terrorist by nature of his or her name is intent on instilling "terror" for whatever agenda they may have. In Roeder's case that agenda was to close the Women's Clinic where George Tiller worked. His tactic was to murder Dr. Tiller to instill sufficient fear to force the clinic to close.

It worked.

Women's Health Care Services Inc. is permanently closeing and the family issued the following statement, "Notice is being given today to all concerned that the Tiller family is ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic."

This is the kind of statement that comes in response to one thing, fear. Scott Roeder successfully freightened the family to cease all activities related to the clinic. That is a prime example of how terror can work.

From his jail cell when told of the actions of the family, Roeder said, "Good". What's worse is that according to a report on CNN, Roeder said he is "feeling good," and getting encouraging letters from people around the country, many of whom he does not know.

This is a prime example of how terrorism works, it creates fear in its victims and encouragment for other potential terrorists. Sounds a lot like Islamic extreamists doesn't it?

The lesson of this tragic story is this:

If we fail to treat the violent and violence advocating foes of abortion as terrorists they will continue and more death will occur. We can look forward to more bombings, shootings and other terroristic acts until the authorities stop treating anti-abortion groups with kid gloves. If they advocate violence, they are terrorist groups, no different than any other.

It's time we got serious about radical fundamentalists of any religion when they cause death and destruction.