Robert - The "Modernists" and the "Secularists" are almost invisible to us. If it weren't for a very few people, such as yourself, we would have never heard of Warraq or any of the others that have almost been completely ignored by the mainstream press. Why are we not surprised by this as the press has generally betrayed us by their pandering to the Radicals of every stripe that are intent upon taking us over.

The "ideological reform" will not come if the United States insists on rebuilding the country with American taxpayers' money: for oil wells, roads, electricity grids, schools, hospitals, and those soccer balls for those doe-eyed children. It will come when Iraq descends, as descend it should, into sectarian and ethnic strife, when Chaos arrives, when the full failure of Islam, political, economic, and above all intellectual, becomes clear to a sufficient number of people, as it once did to Ataturk. Ataturk's reforms, which did not change Islamic doctrine, but tamed and constrained the practice (there is always a danger of relapse, which is why the "reformation" of Islam is an aim based on dreamy misinformation. Kemalism put Islam in a cage; he gave women the right to vote, he abolished the tarboosh, so that the rimless hat that made prayer easier would no longer be available, he cut the linguistic umbilical cord by outlawing the Arabic script and adopting the Latin alphabet (only among the Turcomans of northern Iraq does one still find newspapers in "Ottoman Turkish" -- a rare treat for some of the American Ottomanists among the soldiers there). And all of this could NOT have been done by the English.

The policy of disarming Iraq and removing a deplorable regime (but one which, it has to be said, was hardly a sport, but rather reflected the general tenor of Iraq, its people and their moeurs)was perfectly justified. Trying to keep Iraq together, using men, materiel, money, and political capital to do everything for the passive Iraqis (who whine continuously about how the Americans are "taking too long" to "re-construct" the country, and who have done almost nothing themsleves), including not only the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, the frenzied mobs of Fallujah, but also the assorted cheats and charmers (save for the Kurds and the sole Christian among them) making their business deals, who are in the inaptly-named "Governing Council," and that includes the man whom the Americans seem surprised to discover, at this date, is not exactly in their corner, that Baghdadian Vicar of Bray, the thoroughly untrustworthy and corrupt Adnan Pachachi, with his long history of sauve-qui-peut -- why, he predates the 1958 coup, and has been betraying those who count on him for a long time -- employed by Zayed in Abu Dhabi back in 1971, to help prepare the dossier against Saudi Arabia over the frontier question, he was in fact making secret overtures to go over to the Saudi side -- do the Americans know any of this? Do they care to?).

Let the polities of the Muslm world no longer be propped up by the foreign aid of Infidel states, the assurance that their excess populations may migrate, unhindered, to the Bilad al-kufr, and remain serenely self-assured that nothing serious will be done to diminish their oil revenues, which is part of the artificial life support system keeping the moribund Islamic world alive, allowing it to leap from its bed, run down those hospital corridors and down the steps, and out the door, and with enough energy left over, to throw a bomb or two at the perfectly-healthy and sane Infidel passersby, who were suicidally paying for that patient's emergency care.

Hugh - Thank you for your clarification of "what's happening now."

15 April 2004

Dear Hugh:

I am impressed with the quality of the writing that you apparently stream from your consciousness with no effort. I am also impressed with your erudition.

I suggest that you start your own weblog. Your views deserve a wider audience. I am sure that you are aware of the life of Benjamin Franklin. He single-handedly had a dramatic impact on the world solely through the power of his writing. In Ben's day, it cost a lot to set up a newspaper and publish it. In our day, it costs almost nothing. You should learn from Ben's example, especially now that changing the world can be done on the cheap.

With myself and the other people who read Jihadwatch (except for the Muslims who are monitoring us and Jihadwatch), you are preaching to the converted. You need to reach out to a broader audience. Actually, Robert Spencer or Daniel Pipes are better examples of how to reach wider audiences in this day and age than Ben Franklin. You have to combine lecturing, publishing books and placing articles in popular newspapers or magazines with your own website and weblog.

With all due respect, you are wasting your erudition, time and passion by posting on Jihadwatch's website.

Here is a plan of action for you:

1) set up your own website and weblog;

2) write and place as many articles as you can with popular newspapers and magazines (either online or off) and always ensure that your website and weblog are advertised at that time;

3) write books that also direct people to your website and weblog;

4) start lecturing publicly and ensure at that time that people know of your website and weblog;

5) ensure your website and weblog are constantly updated with your current articles and any other information that you want to share with people.

Instead of reaching a few thousand people, you could soon be reaching millions. I am very concerned that you are wasting your time and energy on posting on Jihadwatch, etc.. We are fighting a battle of ideas here. The pen "is" mightier than the sword! I am fighting as hard as I can (anonymously as I have promised my wife that I would not put her or our family in danger) for Western values and Western civilization. I will not be going to my grave without having done my utmost to save this wonderful and beautiful creation that is Western Civilization.

You are smarter than me and a better writer than me. Please do not waste your time posting. We are at war with Islam. Please take actions that are more effective and have a greater impact so as to win that war.

Ecrasez l'infame!

bunch of illiterate ham tossed.....!!
hugh e mentat.....ouvrez vos grande oreilles..ecoutez ca ...!!WE WILL CRUSH CRUSADERS AND ZIONISTS ....INSHALLAH..!!!!(long live to u sheikh , we love u all..!!)

is that a garbled message from outer space just above this post?

to mentat99: agreement with your sentiments about hugh. however, we all like him interacting with us here. i am of the opinion that millions will be reading jihadwatch soon anyway, so he is in the right place already.

Hey everybody!-just look at the graffitti artist calling people illiterate! i've heard of revelling in ignorance but this is ridiculous!