Final Conflict-The Last American Journal of Eddie Johnson

                                                    Chapter 1
                                                Sunday July 4th
    It’s Sunday July 4th 2011, I have just returned home from church and the news is not good.  It has been over a year since the first attack on New York City and what little news we receive anymore seems to be all bad.  It happened on Monday April 12, 2010.  Since then the world seems to be on a course of total destruction with no way out.  Today our church was full of people praying for salvation.  I cannot help but question how many of the new faces have never prayed in the past.  Our minister asked us to pray for our soldiers, our country, and all free people seeking peace in the world.  I prayed for guidance for our leaders, wisdom for our leaders, and forgiveness of a world gone mad.
    Watching the news, which is the only thing on television these days, the situation is much the same today as it was yesterday.  The large flow of citizens fleeing New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C. has been stemmed since the President sent in the recently formed National Police Force.  The streets are still all but deserted and the people are hiding in their homes but the violence has been reduced to some degree.  Since the Censorship Act was enacted most of the news networks are broadcasting mostly the same news.  Local news is for the most part nonexistent.  With the United States joining the rest of the western countries in the World Internet Intelligence Monitoring Agreement the internet has been useless trying to obtain information.  With all of the government restrictions and the collaborations of the internet providers, people that are still able to afford them are simply afraid to even use their computers or internet service.  I try to understand the reasons for all of the crack downs and suspensions of some of our civil rights, but I cannot fully understand how we got into the position we are today.  Why we didn’t see this coming I will never understand.  I guess we were so politically divided as a people that it became easier to hide from the truth than it was to face it.  We could not admit that one civilization could hate another so much they would risk total annihilation of mankind. We could not grasp the danger of a radical religion that believed they were destined by God to conquer and dominate the world as a sign of the impending judgment day.
      Yes the signs and warnings were there but most of the western and European nations simply refused to see them.  At the end of his Sept. 19, 2006 speech before the United Nations Iranian President Ahmadinejad said: "I emphatically declare that today's world, more than ever before, longs for just and righteous people with love for all humanity; and above all longs for the perfect righteous human being and the real savior who has been promised to all peoples and who will establish justice, peace and brotherhood on the planet. 0, Almighty God, all men and women are your creatures and you have ordained their guidance and salvation. Bestow upon humanity that thirsts for justice, the perfect human being promised to all by You, and make us among his followers and among those who strive for his return and his cause.”  Most of the world paid little attention to this part of his speech.  A few people pointed out he was referencing the coming of the 12th Imam and the Islamic Prophecy of Global Islamic domination.  Not being aware of the Islam religious belief we did not understand that in the Islamic faith, the 12th Imam or Mahdi would be the ultimate savior of mankind. We were not aware his appearance was supposed to usher in an era of Islamic justice and force the conversion of the heathen amidst flame and fire to Islam.  According to Islamic religion the Mahdi would establish Islam as the global religion and will reign for seven years before bringing about the end of the world.  As I sit here today I must confess I have serious reservations on the future of mankind’s existence on the planet.