We need a blunt conversation because I’m seeing that Americans still aren’t mentally prepared for the threat already here on our soil. Look at the public conversation around Nidal Hasan. People get caught up in the terrorist, the ideology, the politics. They’re MAJORING IN THE MINORS and missing the most immediate question. Are you prepared to fight for your life against someone who is fully prepared to die killing you? That should change everything about how you think about the threat. There are trained fedayeen attackers and suicide bombers on American soil. I’m not getting caught up in a numbers debate, but it’s far from zero. They intend to attack Americans where they live, work, and play. The current pause to the largest terrorist plot is a blessing that too many are squandering. You need to mentally prepare for the possibility that you could face someone who has already happily accepted death as the price of killing you. People are going to die. But when it happens, will it be you or them? You need to think about that possibility before you’re standing in front of it. You may not get a warning, a second chance, or time to process what’s happening. Be smart and use this time wisely.

If you understand the caliphate plan, you know a lot of terrible things are intended to happen long before 2050 to establish it. The plan also includes a period of peace before the next phase of expansion into the West.