"This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground"
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Invoking “God’s help” does more than signal piety. It launders a political objective through divine sanction, turning a strategic desire into a sacred obligation. That move narrows moral space: opponents become not just adversaries but impediments to God’s will. The phrasing “the real matter” is a rhetorical trapdoor, yanking the audience from any practical debate into a single, purified end-state: “the extinction of America.” Not defeat, not withdrawal, not policy change. Extinction. The word is chosen for its species-level finality, the kind that rejects coexistence as a category error.
“God willing” performs a second function. It offers plausible deniability (the speaker isn’t claiming personal power) while still issuing a promise. The final image - “it will fall to the ground” - is deliberately physical, almost cinematic, translating an abstract “America” into something toppled, humiliated, reduced to rubble. As a cleric, Omar isn’t just speaking to enemies; he’s disciplining his own camp, steering followers away from tactical disagreements and toward an absolutist, theologically fortified horizon where compromise reads as betrayal.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Omar, Mohammed. (2026, January 16). This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-not-a-matter-of-weapons-we-are-hopeful-123921/
Chicago Style
Omar, Mohammed. "This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-not-a-matter-of-weapons-we-are-hopeful-123921/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-not-a-matter-of-weapons-we-are-hopeful-123921/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.




