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November 12, 2006

More from Las Vegas

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Bruce Tefft, Robert Spencer, and Harvey Kushner

Atlas Shrugs, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the America's Truth Forum symposium in Las Vegas, has some good material from that symposium, including video of some superb remarks by the incomparable Wafa Sultan (accompanied by vigorous nodding from me). Harvey Kushner doesn't look as blurry in real life as he does above.

I will do my best to write some more about the symposium myself soon, but the schedule is heavy this week: I'll be speaking at the Heritage Foundation and Restoration Weekend.

Posted by Robert at November 12, 2006 5:20 PM
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Not relevant perhaps but highly amusing , this is from a three part debate on FaithFreedom.Org
http://www.news.faithfreedom.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=24

Re: Straight from the heart of a British Muslim: titu miah (2006/10/12) Part II
Titu Miah wrote:
"Thousands of muslims were killed and forced to change there relegion by Spanish crusaders in South America."

Reply from Saved by Sina on Nov 02, 2006 - 01:40 PM.....
Kindly please give me a reference to find how did muslims end up being in south America before
Spanish Crusaders.

Thanks

Saved by Sina never received an answer !

Posted by: aladdinsane57 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 5:57 PM

The replies to this item reflect countless others
in various online newspapers and forums.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=415883&in_page_id=1770

Labour are going to receive a mauling in
forthcoming elections over thier stance on immigration , Iraq , crime and taxes.
The tide is turning...hello America !

Posted by: aladdinsane57 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 6:42 PM

The Baker Hamilton commission is the hope of many in Washington. James A. Baker III is a senior partner with Baker and Botts. His son heads the Washington Office.
Baker and Botts has extensive experience in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Russia including oil pipelines.

Baker and Botts is helping in the defense of one of the 9-11 lawsuits.

A set of links to their Baker Botts web pages and to articles in the Nation and MSNBC are
here
.

From MSNBC

"But in laying out their arguments, Sultan’s U.S. lawyers also presented highly detailed new evidence of the Saudi government’s role in funneling millions of dollars to a web of Islamic charities that are widely suspected by U.S. officials of covertly financing the operations of Al Qaeda and other international terrorist groups."

This is not intended to allege any impropriety or actual conflict.

Posted by: Old Atlantic [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 7:12 PM

Can anyone provide a little background here for us Brits? What is the Heritage Foundation and Restoration Weekend?

I know from the context that this important, so well done Robert and keep up the good work.

Dominic.

Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 7:35 PM

Watch your security, Spencer. To many of us, you are our national treasure.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 7:37 PM

Dominic,
Here is a link,
http://www.heritage.org/
Here is a Brit at the March 2006 meeting,
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21566

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 8:11 PM

I would think holding an event like that in the mecca of capitalism is somehow offense to muslims but I am good with it. Robert mix a little fun in with all that work and good luck at the tables.

Posted by: Ronin [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 8:20 PM

Robert, have fun in Las Vegas. Please be careful and watch out for your security. You are very iportant to a lot of us in looking forward to out future and the future of the United States.

You will become increasingly important in the future as the "Pelosi House" dreams up all sorts of things to "make nice".

Posted by: credit man [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 8:20 PM

From the Atlas Shrugs site I linked to this interesting article by Mark Steyn (author of “America Alone”) in MACLEANS.CA mag on Muslim demographics & the world’s future http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20061023_134898_134898 , which made the CAIR hit list
http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=archive&theType=AA

One should frequently consult this “Action Alert” page to see what is annoying CAIR, which gives email addresses for their minions to make complaints. I used the one for Macleans.ca to write them a thank you for the article, which I recommend.

Posted by: FM [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 8:27 PM

Kick some ass, Robert! Hahaha, you rule.

Keep spreading the truth, man. :)

Posted by: TheVoiceofTruth [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 9:08 PM
"Thousands of muslims were killed and forced to change there relegion by Spanish crusaders in South America."
In Islamic theology, all people are born Muslim. Their failure to follow Islam is a result of "corruption". Thus the statement is true, not from a factual point of view but from a theological one. Posted by: aynrandgirl [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 9:14 PM

Dominic --

Heritage has some very interesting lectures on its website in mp3, which are rather thoroughly hidden for some reason.

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/archive.cfm

Presumably Robert's talk will also be available at the above address in a few days.

Posted by: Dana [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 9:23 PM

Atlas Shrugs wrote on her website: "...more than a couple of speakers were contacted government agencies and by media (in one case CNN) to strongly recommend they not speak at this symposium."

This is disturbing.

Posted by: Josephine [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 9:42 PM

Robert Spencer - thank you for tipping your hat to Atlas Shrugs. She's a relentless warrior in this, the fight of our lives, and like YOU she does all she can to expose the TRUTH about this so-called "Religion of Peace".

You are a true hero and possibly the bravest person I've ever known and your work and this site is a wealth of information.

If the rest of America would discover you and hear the warnings you provide, we could unite and speed up the victory over the evil radical Islamists.

The Democrats just don't understand who we are facing and they indirectly caused the jihadist assassins to kill over 100 troops in October just to use the "Count-up to 100" as a way to get more votes for Democrats.

Now that the Democrats have won, Al-Qaeda firsts says "This is a victory for Iran and Al-Qaeda, and then says they will not stop Jihad until they burn down the White House"

What do we have to do to get the Liberals to understand who and what we are facing? And that the only way to defeat them, is to do it via superior firepower, we must destroy them before they destroy us. Plain and simple.

I will take your advice to heart (what you said on the video interview with Atlas) about what we, the individuals, can do... It's easier said than done, but we must try, because so many of us want to do SOMETHING....

Thanks again for ringing the warning bells..

Posted by: Richard Davis [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 10:21 PM

I urge those who have never visited ATLAS SHRUGS blog to please do so.

She is THE BEST looking, hardest-working and hardest-hitting TRUTHTELLER in the blogosphere and her VLOGs are outstanding.

Posted by: Richard Davis [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 10:32 PM

She sure is,
Does she write her stuff in that Supergirl outfit? I like to think so, the faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound Atlas Shrugs.

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2006 11:55 PM

I've been watching a very interesting Remembrance Day series on WW I on the Discovery Civilisation channel. Part IV was called "Jihad".

Until now I wasn't even aware that the Germans collaborated with the Turks in WW I. Maybe Hugh can comment on Oppenheim actually motivating the Turks to call a jihad in order to destabilise the British Empire.

I guess I should read more history books... On the other hand all the WW I trench killings etc. has been depressing enough. Oh, well. I guess I need a rest.

Posted by: disillusioned_german [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 12:11 AM

"comment on Oppenheim actually motivating the Turks to call a jihad in order to destabilise the British Empire."
-- from a posting above


See both scholarly works, such as Vahakn Dadrian's comments on the role of Germans in the Armenian massacres of 1915 on, and those deemed more popular, such as Peter Hopkirk's "Setting the World Aflame." If you google "Max von Oppenheim" and "jihad" plenty should come up; look especially for an article by Wolfgang Schwanitz, but there's all sorts of stuff. The idea was simple: have the Ottoman government issue a fatwa against the Allies (England, France, and Russia) as oppressors of Muslims, and hope especially that it would rouse Muslims in the Middle East and in India. It wasn't very effective, but in those days the Muslims were without the OPEC trillions, without means of mass dissemination of material (no Internet or satellite television, no videocassettes or audiocassettes, no television, no radio, mass illiteracy), impoverished (no ten trillion dollars in OPEC money), as there is plenty of money, and the means of dissemination and whipping up Muslim masses, and groups, and indiividuals, are all over the place.

The Jihad was declared in 1915; for various reasons the copy possessed by the American State Department was kept secret, off-limits, until the late 1950s. I don't know why. There are many such puzzlements and mysteries. Perhaps no one in the Department understood its significance, and therefore why it might matter. Jefferson and Madison and Adams and William Eaton would have understood. But those were differnt people, of an altogether different mental formation, than what we have today -- have, for example, as members of Baker's Iraq Study Group.

Posted by: Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 1:10 AM

"Germany to file charges of "war crimes" against Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials for crimes against humanity at Abu Gharib and Guantanamo Bay.

Yeah, there definitely are two codes of behaviour.

One for muslims. One the rest of us.

We infidels are expected to never step out of line, always be gentle, humane, and treat muslims with white, kid gloves...at all times and no matter the situation.
muslims say infidels are dirty dogs, and we validate them by agreeing with them.

muslims, on the other hand, are allowed every atrocity, every disgusting, vile act of indecency and this is explained away as just a part of their nature and their religion.

The world has gone mad."
Posted by: americaningermany
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Agreed. The double standard on what you just wrote is sickening. I've been thinking about it a lot myself, and based upon your recent posts, it seems that you and I think exactly the same about certain issues.

Hell, I'll even write an article about it someday if I care enough.

Posted by: EliasAlucard [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 3:22 AM

"Thousands of muslims were killed and forced to change there relegion by Spanish crusaders in South America."

Posted by: aynrandgirl at November 12, 2006 09:14 PM
In Islamic theology, all people are born Muslim. Their failure to follow Islam is a result of "corruption". Thus the statement is true, not from a factual point of view but from a theological one.

What an absurd concept that all humans are born
muslims.
When were the Aztecs and Toltecs converted to
whatever religion involved the worshipping deities such as Quetzalcoatl from Islam ?
Ah , Quetzalcoatl was actually Allah !

Posted by: aladdinsane57 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 5:01 AM

"If you do write that article, would you mind sharing it with the EU Nationalist.org
or webmaster@dutchnewz.com

The webmaster wrote and asked me to write something, and quite frankly, I don't trust my abilities to do that, but I'd sure like to help them out.

They would really appreciate the contribution."
Posted by: americaningermany
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Sorry, but I'm no Nazi (or "nationalist" if you will, I'm just Catholic). If I ever write it, and you like it, quote me and give credit where it's due. But as it looks like right now I don't have time for it anyway.

Posted by: EliasAlucard [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 7:21 AM

tgusa/

Thanks.

Dominic.

Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 7:41 AM

Dana/

Thank-you, also.

Dominic.

Posted by: necessitasnonhabetlegem [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 8:11 AM

Alladinsane57,

Astute observation. Quetzalcoatl was indeed Allah. Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec snake god...hmm...any relation to the old serpent, Beelzebub or Mr. Scratch? It is not a coincidence that at the zenith of the Aztec civilizations prestige and power there were sometimes as many as 10,000 humans being sacrificed in one day, (especially after a battle where the losing side ended up being the victims.)

This "god" of the Muslims demands a sacrifice of blood everyday, as we see in the endless articles and links here regarding typical Islamic behavior. And like the Aztecs who made excuses for human sacrifice to the gods, going as far as to say Quetzalcoatl actually was opposed to it, their "taqqiyah" only helped to further institutionalize the practice.

Like the Aztecs, the lives of those who oppose Muslims have little value, except what can be used to strengthen the position, or further the cause, of Islam. It's interesting to note that after the introduction of the Blessed Mother into Aztec society in the form of Our Lady of Guadalupe by the Spanish padres, human sacrifice ceased to exist within 3 1/2 years. Could we possibly learn a way to combat this pernicious foe we face by doing the same?

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 8:59 AM

An earlier poster made the comment "... the world is going mad". All I can say to that is "AMEN". The Baker & Botts group is populated with people that have their lips superglued to the arab's posteriors, that are at best neutral on Israel (and most are openly hostile) and, in my considered opinion, do NOT have the best interestes of this country in mind. They are CFR "one-worlders" (Scowcroft is probably the worst in that regard) and will sell this country down the river. Another poster noted that the Baker & Botts is helping in the defense against one of the 9/11 suits - they are on the side of a SAUDI that has direct connections to the financing of jihadi groups all over the world! Isn't it just ducky that one of their people is about to become the US Sec. of Defense?

Bush 41 was a foreign policy disaster for this country - as bad or worse than Clinton. Now all the Bush 41 retreads are back. I fear very much for this country and the overall war on Islamofascism. With "friends" like the Baker et all we sure as hell don't need any enemies - the enemies are within the gates.

Robert, in your considered opinion, what (if anything) can be done at this late hour to head off this disaster in the making?

I fear that Limbaugh is right when he said last Wednesday (right after the announcement of Rumsfeld's "resignation") that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

Robert, one other thing - please be careful (and I mean that in the personal security context).

Posted by: BillBowen [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 10:20 AM

Well that Nationalist site seemed like a nazi site judging by a quick glance, but I don't know.

Posted by: EliasAlucard [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 11:31 AM

When Christians were illiterate, Islam spread "for 700 years, until it had mastered the Balkans and the Hungarian plain, and all but occupied Western Europe itself," almost destroying Christendom "through its early material and intellectual superiority."

Posted by: Ramon [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 12:23 PM

Well Ramon, it's good that you as a muslim finally admit it: Islam was spread with the help of the sword.

Posted by: EliasAlucard [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 12:43 PM

Allah is not to be confused with the Aztec god Quetzlcoatl (who despite being portrayed as a serpent was not in favor of human sacrifice). In fact, I think that Mormons make the case that he was actually Jesus visiting the new world. The Aztec god that most resembles Allah is Huitzilopotchli. This god demanded, and got, the death of thousands of people.

Posted by: former liberal WF [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 1:57 PM

-former liberal WF,

The latter used to wear the skins of those sacrificed to him, if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Eisenhund [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 2:53 PM

Thanks for the input, Hugh... you really are a "walking encyclopedia" :-)

Posted by: disillusioned_german [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 13, 2006 5:04 PM

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