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Ideological Formula of Victory in Total Terrorist Warfare
by Boris Tiraspolsky
 

General definition of Victory is one of the most enigmatic questions in the very young Theory of Modern Terrorist Warfare. Although, the Theory is still in an embryonic stage, and awaiting a military theorist with a talent of Karl von Clausewitz, obvious difficulties in characterizing Victory could be immediately noticed by any observer of ongoing battle with Terror. Continued...

The truth of the matter is that no one ever unquestionably defeated Terrorism and freed the Mankind of Terror in the modern History of our Civilization. In contrast, Terrorism, by hook or by crook, always survives. Moreover, Terrorism never stops to grow, expand, and succeed. Currently Terrorism has evolved into the World Power of Islamic jihad, and it threatens the Mankind with a level of destructions closely resembling the horrors of the Book of Revelation. 

According to exceptionally “useful” ancient Greek mythology, the Terror was long before creation of the Man. The Terror was before creation of the Light and Darkness. The Terror was even before creation of the Earth. Most likely, the Terror is a result of the very first collision between Chaos and Emptiness occurred before Times and Existence. As the result of that obscure collision was the birth of the Terror that like a shadow follows the entire History of the Mankind as the presence of the Great Fear in hearts and minds of all Men. 

As one may reasonably say, the Terror and the Man are creatures representing two opposite Cosmic Origins. The Terror is a powerful Immortal child of Chaos and Emptiness, and the Man is a vulnerable mortal child of Humanity. Therefore, one may also logically assume, that all attempts to achieve a clear cut Victory in battle the Terror is a hopeless exercise in futility. Consequently, the Man will be always living under the Great Fear of total annihilation in his heart and mind, and the Terror will be ruling and eventually destroying the entire World.

Almost three thousand years ago great ancient Greek poet Homer unfolded the sad truth about battle between Mortals and Immortals. In his “useful” poetic epic the Iliad, Immortal Powers win battle against the mortal Man. Homer, however, gave a word of hope to his Posterity. Homer’s optimistic message is that in order to survive in this Eternal Battle the Man does not have to always appease and surrender to Immortals. It is possible to acquire powerful divine properties that make the Man superior to Immortals.  

We should leave appeasing the Terror to our enemies - Islamic jihadists. That’s what they actually do by blowing themselves up and killing innocent people for a sake of “the Pursuit of Happiness“ they want to get in their Paradise. We should try to identify those precise powerful properties making the Man capable of withstanding battle with Terror. What are they? To find an answer to this vital question one needs to open the most “useful” book of all - the Bible, and read the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis 1:26.  

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”.  

 
The breath taking words of Genesis 1:26 point out to precise properties that make Man superior to any Entity in the Universe. Man is made by the Creator, as a masterpiece of His Divine Art. The Creator made man in His own image to reflect Himself. But man also made by the Creator, as an Actor of His “useful” Performing Art. Man is made after the Creator’s likeness to act in the Power of Creator’s Divine Will.  

The Creator equally endowed all Men not only with unalienable Rights of mortal Life, Liberty that could be taken away from Men, and “the Pursuit of Happiness” that may be used to annihilate Civilization. The Creator also equally endowed all Men with unalienable Responsibility to promote the Progress of His Divine Will with the Power of Perfect Esthetics of His Art, and Absolute Ethics of His Name. Therefore, one may ascertain that Absolute Ethics and Perfect Esthetics are those precise properties making the Man superior in battle with Terror.  

One may take away man’s Life. One may deprive man of Liberty. One may stop man from “the Pursuit of Happiness”. But no one can ever take away from man unalienable Responsibility to promote the Progress of the Creator’s Divine Will applying Creator’s Absolute Ethics and Perfect Esthetics in every day life.  

Let’s identify Creator’s Absolute Ethics with Greek letter Alfa, Creator’s Perfect Esthetics with letter Omega, the Terror, or rather the Great Fear, as Terror’s manifestations in hearts and minds of the people with letter Epsilon, and name Victory with letter Delta. Let’s also make a logical assumption that all divine properties omnipresent and constantly available to the man‘s Victory. Now, we get the Ideological Formula of Victory in battle with Terror:  

Delta(const.) = (Alfa + Omega) > Epsilon

The Ideological Formula of Victory clearly identifies man’s superior properties of Absolute Ethics and Perfect Esthetics, as necessary to maintain the Will of the Nation in battle. It also defines Victory in total terrorist warfare, as the constant of excessive presence of Absolute Ethics and Perfect Esthetics in everyday life of Men.

The sum of these superior properties along with endowed by the Creator Responsibility to promote the Progress of His Divine Will, can certainly overpower the Great Fear in hearts and minds of people, turning the Man - mortal child of Humanity - into Immortal Victor of Terror.