GAZA CITY (AFP) - Radical Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad has threatened to attack US interests to avenge any harm inflicted on its leader after the United States put a five-million-dollar price on his head."Any harm to the secretary general of Islamic Jihad will endanger American interests everywhere in the region," Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Jihad's military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, said in a statement Tuesday. -- from this article
"Threaten American interests"? They already threaten and do more than merely threaten American interests. The 278 Marines in Lebanon killed by Hizballah are not Americans who are "threatened" but dead. William Buckley, the C.I.A. agent in Beirut, was long ago tortured to death. The American citizens killed by Islamic Jihad are already dead, and many more would be dead were it not for the constant, unceasing detective work of the Israelis.
And yet these are among the people who are outraged that the Jizyah of aid to assorted "Palestinians" (the name given to the local Arabs who are the shock troops of the Lesser Jihad against Israel) should even temporarily be halted. And the world's press relays or repeats without comment the very idea that such a halt in completely undeserved aid, that is, a halt in this particular transfer of wealth from Infidels to Muslims, amounts to an "economic blockade" or "boycott." Since when does one’s choosing not to give assistance to someone or something become an economic "boycott" or "blockade"? As if the ten trillion dollars given to Muslim states in OPEC since 1973 were not quite enough.
If one chooses to no longer give a cent, say, to the university one has attended, because it has become obvious that that former staid but sober academic institution has inexorably become a grasping corporation with inflated salaries for its administrators, and with a teaching staff not entirely, but mostly full of self-promoters who, in the fields that matter most, are content to dish out to their semi-starved students the thin gruel of intellectual fashion, that is not an economic blockade or boycott. It is common sense. The universities are dominated by post-modern or post-colonial or post-somethingorother discourse about the Western world's putative mistreatment of 'the Other,' along with humorless and exaggerated complaints -- good especially for women on the make who are intent on riding this particular hobby-horse right to the top -- about the Wehrmacht-helmetted phallic hegemony of men. This is what has come of place you had long ago attended, the place you thought still existed (and that is something the Development Office of that university or college, the beating heart of it all, still wants you to think until they relieve you of still more of your allowance). It is what has happened to the place that you would still support, had it remained an educational institution dedicated, however imperfectly, mainly to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge.
No "blockade" or "boycott" there if you don't remember them in your will or give to them now. And no "blockade" or "boycott" of the "Palestinians" if we insist that they get their absurd handouts, which are inevitably to be used to conduct the Lesser Jihad against Israel (there is no evidence, none, to the contrary), from fellow members of the malevolent Umma, the Community of Believers, of Islam.
"Threaten American interests"? Any further attacks on the United States will lead to such a sea-change (now that the ground has been or is being prepared) in the attitude toward Islam, and toward those in our midst who carry within them that belief-system, and sole loyalty to it and to fellow Muslims, that the consequences will be great. Those consequences will begin with the creation of an atmosphere as intelligently hostile to the belief-system of Islam and its adherents, as the American public was hostile to the Nazis during World War II, or to Communists and Communist sympathizers and collaborators during the Cold War. Such an intelligent response has been slow in the coming, but as people inform themselves, and are able to make sense of all their dimly perceived suspicions and jumble of observations that merely require the explanatory theory that will make sense of the data already accumulated, and possess predictive value for the future, there will be no stopping them.
And those who think they can "threaten America" more than they do will have regretted making that assumption.
I'm not trying to split hairs here Hugh, but the two examples you used above (William Buckley and the Marines) were perpetrated by Hezbollah, not the Palestinians.
Doesn't take away from the thrust of your article, which was good stuff by the way (I particularly enjoyed your latest critique of the academy).
By the way, did you happen to read Chris Hitchens' latest offering about Robert Conquest?
I grew up on 'The Great Terror.' It certainly had more of an impact on me than any book I ever read. Yet, for all his anti-Communist credentials, Conquest's perceptions of the world are actually quite nuanced. Like you and Robert, he seeks to coalesce Left and Right in a "united front aganist bullshit."
"I'm not trying to split hairs here Hugh, but the two examples you used above (William Buckley and the Marines) were perpetrated by Hezbollah, not the Palestinians."*
--- from a posting above
Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Qaeda, a thousand other groups -- as an Infidel, their differences mean nothing to me, and should not to any Infidels. Solemn discussions of how they differ, or what they want, are ludicrous. Except insofar, of course, as here and there one group may be set against another -- say, black-balaclavea'ed bezonians of Hezbollah against black-balaclaved bezonians of Al-Qaeda, somewhere in Iraq, once the Americans get out of the way.
*Erratum
For "Palestinians" read "'Palestiniians'" OR
"'Palestinian' Arabs"
Absolutely!
I second that. Totally irrelevent whether they call themselves, 'Black September, jeamah Islamiyah, Al Quaeda/Al Schmaeda, Moro Liberation movement/Mudjaheddin/Taliban/Hizbollah-totally meaningless!
Its Islamic Jihad/the ummah against the rest of the world.
THEY believe in collective punishement and they prove it every time, and we fall for that 'can't tar them all with the same brush' nonsense and all that 'moderate' v/s 'radical'-Islam BS- Irrelevant. Totally irrelevant!
If one chooses to no longer give a cent...
Sorry Hugh; but I enjoyed sending this one out in any case:
[Company Letterhead]
Mr. John Doe, Chairman
Board of Directors
University of X Foundation
City, State, 12345
Subject: Request for Support
Dear Mr. Doe;
I have become concerned about the impact of the teachings of the Qu’ran and hadith on Western Civilization. In my opinion, the University is an ideal place to openly study and discuss the true meanings of these teachings and the impact that those who follow them is having, and will continue to have, on the world. It is difficult to face disturbing realities and the University should be a place where these texts are studied and ways for our Country to deal with them are developed.
In the meantime, allow me to contribute to Mr. [Dumb Professor]’s salary.
[Penny taped here]
Regards;
pez
Threats, again boastful threats. Such impudence! When will any nation thus threatened have the guts to slam them down--hard?
Marines killed in Beirut--we pull out (redeploy?). Mogadishu: Shoot down Blackhawk, we pull out (redeploy?).
You want to pull out (redeploy*)? Do so, but first leave the area as Rome left Carthage (after Rome finally ralized that they would continue to come back, as long as they existed).
Now, I am no fan of Rome, but you take examples that work from wherever you find 'em.
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*Should've been done in Iraq. Perhaps you can end wars by rebuilding the country you defeat--it worked in Germany and Japan, didn't it? Yes, but neither was a Moslem country. Both of these non-Moslem countries had suffered devastation far worse than Iraq: Russians in Germany, atomic bombs in Japan. Iraq was coddled by an idiotic policy right after "victory" was declared. Bestow "democracy" (one man, one vote) on an Islamic country? That brought us Hamas in the Arab-occupied territories of Israel. Is it that some people don't have the mental capacity to learn? Or is there a deal with, or a debt owed, to a certain Islamic entity?
I agree completely with Hugh. First, let them (the Palestinians, the Indoneasians of Ache, ect...) get their allowances from the Saudis, Qataries, Emaraties, Omanis and of course, their good friend Hugo Chavez.
Second, the mere existance of Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Hamas, Fatah, Al Qaeda, ect... is a threat to American interests and a danger to the region... and the world. I say $5 million... screw 'em! raise it to $10 million (hopefully more dead then alive) and a big "F.U." to Islamic "whatever".
Third, with regard to the 278 Marines in Beruit... I WAS THERE, I SAW WHAT THEY DID WITH MY OWN TWO EYES... We were there (with the French and Italians) under the action name "Operation Peace" and believe me, Hezbollah may have taken credit, but you can bet the bank that they had the assistance of all their co-religionist including Islamic Jihad, the miserable bastards (Nabi Berri's crowd) the lovers of crazy Hakim (the Druse) and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard "advisors" that where (are?) thicker then flies on you-know-what in the Baka.
"Since when does one’s choosing not to give assistance to someone or something become an economic "boycott" or "blockade"?.
.....exactly!! however, there are those out there who believe we should be "helping" ....ugh... Why would you give bullets to the guy with the gun and this is the guy who wants to kill you.....Let him get his money from someone else....
Hugh,
I want to alert you to an article in Turkish Daily News: "Pierre Loti at the height of controversy", Wednesday, February 14, 2007
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=66178
Ahmet Genc, mayor of the Eyup district in Istanbul and a member of AKP, wants to change the name of an are called "Pierre Loti Heights" to "Eyup Sultan". Eyup Sultan whose tomb is said to be in the Eyub district is the local name of the sahabi Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, one of the companions of Muhammad. The article in fact says: 'Eyüp Sultan, a holy man and disciple of the Prophet Mohammed, was buried near the site in 1458 and his remains are in a mausoleum known as a “Türbe.”' According to Islamic sources Abu Ayyub al-Ansari fell in the first Arab raid against Constantinople under caliph Mu'awiyah. He was buried outside the city where his tomb is supposed to be now.
It is interesting to note what a resident of the area says: 'A young shopkeeper, Kadir Yıldız, 20, thought the whole matter was a national issue, disagreed with Sener. “This is our place and our culture. We are a nationalist community. So the name Eyüp Sultan is more appropriate for the heights,” he said.'
Now, how an Arab who died there hundreds of years before the Seljuk invasions can be related to Turkish nationalism is interesting to note.
Radical Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad has threatened to attack US interests
And the Bosnian Muslim who shot up that Mall in Utah was just a coincidence...
Assalamau Laikum all,
Peoples, we have been here before (and doubtless will be here again).
Mr. Fitzgerald talks about holding back monies. Well my question is ...if it's your money ...then why do you keep giving it (my opinion...nobody is more deserving than Allah's chosen).
Would you put money into a bad investment knowingly?....ofcourse not!
But clearly your administration thinks it is a very worthwhile investment.... Why is this?
They are infedels too ..with the very best information available to them...think tanks, military intel, satellate imagery, etc.etc. and yet they behave like impecable beings...act like a muslim charity would, well I say more power to their elbow. I will not condone ANY violent acts on the part of the PALS or any muslims for that matter...but losing livilyhood and entitlement to a fair settlement should happen.
perhaps JW lulls the readers here into a false overall picture...perhaps you begin to hate on isolated incidents as opposed to the overall picture.
Alhumdullia, keep an open mind!
I will gladly pay for the diesel petrol needed to run the Israeli bulldozers across Gaza and into the Sinai.
I will also pay for the diesel petrol needed to run Israeli bulldozers down the hill to the frontier with Jordan.
Anything else I'm beginning to have issues with, including the money for the upkeep of Stepford Wife Sec. of State Rice and her machine.
" Absolutely!
I second that. Totally irrelevent whether they call themselves, 'Black September, jeamah Islamiyah, Al Quaeda/Al Schmaeda, Moro Liberation movement/Mudjaheddin/Taliban/Hizbollah-totally meaningless!
Its Islamic Jihad/the ummah against the rest of the world.
THEY believe in collective punishement and they prove it every time, and we fall for that 'can't tar them all with the same brush' nonsense and all that 'moderate' v/s 'radical'-Islam BS- Irrelevant. Totally irrelevant!
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at February 14, 2007 09:06 PM
ABSOLUTELY !!!!
MAY they ALL PERISH foreverforever LET US Live Happily and Peacefully For EVER !!!
I am also willing to help in whatever way possible, money included.
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But learn to live with them and learn to keep the violence at a low ebb, we cannot.
Posted by: Weizman at February 15, 2007 06:06 AM
BRILLIANT JUDGEMENT !!!
No bilge like coexistence tolerance rrridicculous ahimsaa....
KILL THEM ALL RUTHLESSLY
IT IS THE MOST SACRED OBLATION
***AS(H)WAMEDHA YAAGAMM***