A Game of Chess

The actions taken on the War on Islamic Fascism over the course of the past several years, since the horrific actions of September 11^th, can be compared to a game of chess. Chess, a game of critical thought and strategy making, is a game that requires a player to surround the King on the board and prevent it from actually being able to move and get out of check, thus, putting the king into checkmate and the game coming to a successful end.

There are many strategies in which one can put into play to reach a successful checkmate. Yet, any part of any strategy in a game will entail the removal of an opponent’s key pieces from the board. Unlike, checkers though, it is not important to remove all of an opponent’s pieces in order to get a required checkmate with the game becoming increasingly difficult if removal of all pieces actually occurs, a stalemate happens.

Yet, how does this all apply to the War on Islamic Fascism and the strategy that Bush has taken on the War? It is because Bush is playing a wonderful game of chess. As stated in a game of chess the purpose of it is get the king into checkmate. The king in the War on Islamic Fascism is not Osama Bin Laden, nor is it Afghanistan or Iraq. No, the King in this game of chess is Iran, and it has always been Iran. Iran is the source country during the course of the last 30 years for the poison that brainwashes the Jihadist fighters that are willing martyrs for the cause spelled out by the religious leaders.

So, if Iran is the King that must be taken out and put into checkmate, why was it not the primary target? It lies in the strategy in a game of chess. In chess you don’t automatically attack the king, but put your pieces into key positions while taking out the opponent’s pieces. This first step was taken by Bush by the removal of the Taliban Government and putting Osama Bin Laden on the run into the mountains. Osama Bin Laden though an important piece, a knight, in the game of chess being played, he is not the most important piece and as stated to win a game chess the removal of all pieces is not a requirement . Afghanistan though is a key piece, a bishop, and it was necessary to remove the Taliban and free the people of Afghanistan and allow them the freedom of a government that will no longer be a tyranny.

The next move from the removal of the Taliban then was not to move onto Iran and try to checkmate the king. It is impossible to checkmate with only one piece, thus Bush made the next move in this game and took out another valuable bishop in Iraq. Iraq though never an ally of Iran, needed to be taken out as Saddam Hussien would have posed a serious threat in any attempt of trying to take out Iran. It would be folly to try to checkmate the King when there is a bishop in the corner ready to stop the checkmate from happening.

In any game of chess it is important to understand that it is not an easy game to play and difficulties during the game will always appear. It is no different in this game of chess as the opponents are sending out its various knights, rooks, and pawns into the two regions that have been taken over in attempts to reclaim these two key pieces in this game. Thus, before moving onto the king, the knights and other pieces in the game need to be dealt with in the two regions that have been captured. It is also important to protect the Queen from being taken away in this game of chess.

So what is the Queen in this game of chess? It is the freedom, liberty, and chance given the individuals to live a life as they see fit. For this is what this game of chess is truly about and why the knights and pawns of the opposing king are fighting so vigorously to reclaim the terroritories taken. It is the desire of the opponent in this game to have supreme control with brute force over the lives of other individuals. Once the kings oppsoing forces are dealt wiht by the Queen and the knights thus securing the board. It is onl then that the Queen's influence will be able to spread into the King's own terroritory, a terroritory that is hungering for the gifts the Queen is able to give. Then, this game of chess will truly be over and the King Checkmated, and checkmated the King needs to be for this game of chess is to dear to lose, for that will mark the end of civilization.