Al Qaeda Favors Democrats

Hey, everybody. Here's some food for thought as we approach this Tuesday's election.

Check out the following link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49T76620081030?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

To summarize its content, Al Qaeda wants to see the Republican party humiliated in this Tuesday's election. Take a step back and think about that for a second, and you can quickly deduce that their statement would align Al Qaeda with the Democratic Party. In other words, if you're going to vote a Democratic ticket (Obama/Biden) this election, then Al Qaeda supports your choice. Choose your candidates accordingly.

In other news, it looks like the U.S. military has struck an Al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitation cell in none other than Syria last weekend. The Syrians, who are pretty well versed in terrorist operations, were quick to label this attack as a "terrorist" attack on the part of the U.S. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other, in my opinion, but it could be said that, "it takes one to know one". According to Syria's account of the incident, we killed only innocent civilians in the attack.

I think it's safe to say that our military doesn't waste the time or the resources, let alone risk the lives of its people, to launch attacks against women and children. In other words, if we're going after some particular target, rest assured that there's a reason we're attacking it. There will undoubtedly be high-value targets in the crosshairs, not just a bunch of innocent farmers. Our nation has lost countless brave soldiers, men and women, at the hands of the Syrians. I'm pleased to see a little payback, particularly on Syrian soil. It's been a long time coming.

Meanwhile, our military has continued to launch sporadic missile strikes inside Pakistan, which I also think is a long time coming. I can't stress enough how much anti-American sentiment springs from Pakistan. We will always be lowly infidels to them, no matter which political party holds the reigns after this election day. Dig into the news once in awhile, folks, and see what's happening in Pakistan. It should concern you, and greatly.

But if you prefer ignorant bliss, then by all means put Obama in the White House. Put your fingers in your ears when you begin hearing about terrorist threats overseas, and start yelling "la la la la la la" to drown it all out. How adult of you. Obama will try to make nice with everybody, even his supporters in Al Qaeda. And they'll be laughing at us all the way until the moment of detonation.

I'm not looking forward to "change" like that.

No Respect

I noticed a news blurb about some John McCain supporters that were lambasting Barack Obama, inferring that Obama is a Muslim and a Communist. They were outdoors at some sort of McCain rally, handing out a cleverly designed bumper sticker that read, "Obama For Change", where the "C" in "Change" was an Islamic crescent, and the "G" in "Change" was a hammer & sickle. It was their way of jabbing at Obama to "help" McCain's cause.

Frankly, I don't care about the whole "Obama is this" and "Obama isn't that" argument. I don't suspect him of being a Muslim or a Communist. I just think he's a clueless dipshit. He's a smooth talker, though. At least he likes to think he is. He gets pretty proud of himself when he gets up in front of an audience. Here's the thing, Obama fans: being a smooth talker does NOT make one a great leader. It just means he had some good speech classes in college. Heck, I had a few decent speech classes in college too, and I can assure you that I'm definitely not fit to be President of the United States.

Anyway, I watched this i-Reporter style video of these McCain supporters trying to both endorse McCain while trying to spout off about Obama being a Muslim and Communist, and various Muslim Republicans in the crowd (yes, they apparently do exist) began to surround these people and spout back. Naturally, it got ugly and the Muslim constituents in the crowd got pretty upset and a few claimed that they were going to switch their vote to Obama based on the behavior of these somewhat radical McCain supporters. It should be noted that the McCain campaign did NOT appreciate the message these radical and supposed McCain supporters were sending, and the campaign does not share their opinions. Anyway, the "offended" Muslims are perfectly in their right to choose to switch their vote, if they see fit. That's what democracy is about. They were apparently too offended to acknowledge that the McCain campaign did not share the opinions of the instigators, but that's neither here nor there.

Here's my point, though. I found it interesting that someone was exercising their freedom of speech in the classic American way (trying to sway people's votes), and it ended up being the MUSLIM folks in the crowd who ended up getting so unreasonably offended and who raised the tensions in the situation. Sure, the instigators may have been off the mark with their allegations against Obama, and sure they were saying things offensive to Muslims (and Communists). That's a given. But the thing is, those instigators had the RIGHT to do so. They were NOT exhibiting violent behavior; they were only speaking their minds. The Muslims in the crowd had the option of ignoring them, or voting against them. Rather than do either, they got up in the faces of the instigators and became confrontational. The instigators weren't confrontational. Again, they were only speaking their minds. It wasn't until the Muslims showed up that things got confrontational.

Again, it appears that we Americans can no longer speak our minds. So much for our Constitutional right to free speech. I guess only Muslims can speak their minds and object to things. They seem to reserve the exclusive right to be offended by everything, and the exclusive obligation to violently protest against everything. I guess we Americans can no longer live by our own Constitution anymore. We're apparently subject to Sharia law now. I wasn't aware of the disbanding of our Constitution, but apparently the Koran now holds more sway in this nation than our Constitution. I'm tired of always having to "respect" Islam, when Islam respects nothing at all. Islam doesn't even respect itself. It's a despicable cult of brainwashing, and it's only purpose is to perpetuate misery. I don't know that I've ever witnessed a happy Muslim, have you? The only time I ever seem to see happy Muslims is when there's a dead American corpse underneath their dancing feet.

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing Muslims whine about how they're so "oppressed" by Western culture. Here's the deal, Muslims: your culture is completely incompatible with Western culture. This is why I cannot understand why any Muslim would even want to live in this country. We stand for everything that Islam is not. Freedom, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- these are American ideals. None of them exist in the Islam I've always seen. I see only death, coercion, threats, terror, intolerance, anger, hatred, and absolutism when I see Islam. I see double standards when I see Islam. I see a swath of pissed off men who, if you could ever possibly sit them down and have a civilized conversation with them, probably couldn't even tell you what the hell they're so angry about in the first place. They get into their massive mobs, take on the mob mentality, and burn flags and people in effigy. Some clever Dane decides to print a political cartoon and instead of Muslims just objecting to it in a civilized fashion, death threats and fatwas are immediately issued. What the hell is that shit?
Rest assured that the pro-McCain "instigators" I mentioned above at the McCain rally have probably received countless death threats from Muslims by now. Why? For expressing a political opinion?

There's a reason I'm spouting off my opinions against Muslims so blatantly here in my blogs. It's because they need to learn to taste their own medicine and take a tongue-lashing now and then. I'm tired of hearing how I'm supposed to respect Islam, and tiptoe around them and not express any opinions that might offend them. Why shouldn't I? Are they going to issue fatwas and death threats against me? Fine, let 'em come. I've got a fully loaded clip of hollow points for any Muslim motherfucker who thinks he's gonna threaten me. If Muslims can dish out their anger and their hatred, they'd best be prepared to eat it too. I'll deal it right back, because unlike most cowardly Americans, I refuse to capitulate.

Until I see Islam dish out respect and tolerance for those in the human race that don't share their twisted ideology, I refuse to dish out any respect or tolerance for Islam. It's not deserving of any if it cannot dole it out. You have to give respect to get it.

Another foreign relief worker was murdered in Afghanistan this week. She was killed by Taliban insurgents because she was "preaching Christianity". She was there to help and serve the disabled in Afghanistan. She was no threat to anyone. But she dared to speak up in support of her faith, and was promptly murdered for her trouble. She was mowed down by machine gun fire from a passing motorcycle. Yeah, those Islamic jihadists are surely a bunch of brave bad-asses, aren't they? They shot down an unarmed woman who was there to help the disabled. I'm not sure how she was a threat, other than she held a different (and better) religious ideology than theirs. Yes, we infidel Christians are terrible people for helping the disabled. That, like everything else, must be some sort of horrible affront to Islam. I just don't understand how Islam seems to thrive so much on misery and suffering. It must be mandatory in the Koran to make everyone around you suffer (or die).

I read a quote from none other than Colin Powell this week. In reference to the allegations that Barack Obama is a Muslim, Colin Powell responded, "What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?" I'll answer that one, Colin. Yes, there is.

Bet Your Life....

Today I saw some interesting news headlines on CNN.com.

The first that caught my eye was the one that read, "Taliban Split With Al Qaeda, Seek Peace". That one should catch anybody's attention. Think about the implications of that statement for a moment. The Taliban, from whom our multi-national forces are coming under attack daily in Afghanistan, and against whom we're counterattacking, have suddenly decided to "divorce" themselves from Al Qaeda. Apparently, the article claims, the Taliban want to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Afghanistan. The Saudis have apparently brokered a meeting, which reportedly took place in late September, between Taliban delegates and Afghan delegates to kick-start what is expected to be a very long series of peace talks. This would be a HUGE shift in the way things are going in that region.

However, knowing the Taliban as I do, I'm trying to figure out the angle here. Supposedly, the fugitive Mullah Mohammed Omar (the clerical figurehead of the Taliban, and one of the USA's most sought-after terrorists), has apparently decided to suddenly distance himself from Al Qaeda. Even the notorious Afghan warlord Gulbadin Hekmatyar, known for shifting his allegiance to whichever way the wind blows, had a representative at the talks, along with a few other relevant but unnamed parties.

My interpretation on this development is this: it's a ploy. I suspect the Taliban and/or Al Qaeda are trying to get their people close to the Saudi monarchy for the purposes of assassination. Al Qaeda has always wanted to eliminate the Saudi monarchy -- they've made no secret of that. A few "good-will" talks up front would allow Taliban representatives to get into the "inner circle" with the Saudis and feel out their security measures, and when they've assessed the weaknesses, a proper assassination can be mounted. The Taliban have used this tactic before in the days just prior to September 11th. The leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, known as the "Lion of Panjshir", was assassinated by a couple of Al Qaeda agents posing as press. They began conducting a mock interview, and the cameraman had stowed massive explosives inside his "battery belt". When they successfully established trust with Massoud and his security people, and began conducting their "interview", the bomb went off and killed several people there, including Massoud and the bomber. A similar tactic could be underway here. If I were the Saudis, I'd be making damn sure that any Taliban delegates are thoroughly screened by keen security people. This screams of a plot to me.

I hate more than anything to be a pessimist and a naysayer, but I do consider myself a realist. Believe me, nobody would be happier than me to see the bloodshed end in Afghanistan and peace take hold. But let's just say that the Taliban isn't known for its honesty or good intentions. Any offer of "peace" from the Taliban should be taken with a grain of salt, heck, a MOUND of salt, in my opinion. I'll be watching this development to see what comes of it. I smell a rat. An offer of peace from the Taliban is like an offer of tasty treats to a mouse from a professional exterminator.

The other headline that caught my interest had to do with the disputed region of Kashmir, which lies between Pakistan and India. This region has been claimed by both Pakistan and India, and several wars have been fought between the two nations over the territory. Tensions have been high in this area for a long time, if you've followed your recent history. Here's the latest. It would appear that some land had been set aside for a Hindu shrine to be constructed. A massive Muslim demonstration soon followed, because as we've seen historically time and time again, Muslims can't seem to tolerate or get along with anybody. The closest thing to "government" in the region apparently caved to the pressure from the Muslim demonstrators, and rescinded the offer to allow the Hindus to construct their shrine. Then, the Hindus responded with demonstrations of their own, and all kinds of violence soon followed when violent Muslims butted heads with the Hindus. Indian security forces have had to move in and impose curfews to keep demonstrators and/or separatists from killing one another.

You'll note that the whole reason for this particular uptick of violence is once again on the shoulders of Muslims, the most intolerant and violent of the religions. They demand their way on everything, and give no quarter to anyone that is not a Muslim. This is my recurring gripe with their "faith". It's completely intolerant of any other faith or any other point of view, and it is intolerant to the point of violence. If Muslims are so into peace and tolerance, how come we never see that in practice?

Extremism like this must be stamped out, or we're all in for a rude awakening. Peacemongers can oppose warfare all they want, but a wise person once said, "Let him who desires peace prepare for war." Freedom isn't free. We westerners can extend all the peace offers we want to the Muslim world, but until I see something on their end to indicate they'd be willing to reciprocate, I'd just as soon kill them. In terms of co-existence with Muslims, all indications I see in the news every day point to the fact that THEY WON'T HAVE IT. I say kill 'em all, and let God sort 'em out. Their inexplicable desire to kill me (and you) means that their lives are forfeit. If we can eradicate the extremists, maybe the Muslims left standing can attempt to show us their supposedly peaceful and tolerant religion. I'd be willing to bet that there won't be any of them left standing, since I feel they're all inclined to band together in their mission to wipe US all out. In my mind, moderates in Islam are only a nudge away from extremists. I truly hope I'm wrong on that. But I'm not willing to bet my life on it. Are you?