“Your honor, I am a Muslim and I wanted to be a part of the caliphate that is occurring or will be occurring in the Sham, the Levant and Syria.”
John Kerry is doubtless on his way to Chicago now to explain to Van Haften that the Islamic State caliphate has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.
“Man arrested at O’Hare admits to wanting to join ISIS,” by Chuck Goudie, WLS, October 20, 2016:
CHICAGO (WLS) — A Wisconsin man arrested at O’Hare has now admitted that he wanted to become a terrorist fighter and looked forward to spilling his blood “against enemies of Allah.”
When federal agents arrested Joshua Van Haften at O’Hare in April 2015, he was an ISIS reject. Van Haften had flown to the Syrian border to try to join the Islamic State terrorist organization, but was apparently swindled by middle-men who only wanted his money.
They dumped him on a dusty road, but his intentions were a federal crime that he admitted committing.
Joshua Van Haften, 34, of Wisconsin, was taken into custody by the FBI when he arrived in Chicago on a flight from Turkey.
This was the Promised Land for Van Haften according to federal prosecutors. They said the fact that he never got there doesn’t let him off the hook.
On Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Madison, he pleaded guilty to attempting to give material support to a terrorist group.
The Wisconsin native told the judge, “Your honor, I am a Muslim and I wanted to be a part of the caliphate that is occurring or will be occurring in the Sham, the Levant and Syria.”…
According to court records, Van Haften intended to travel into Iraq or Syria to join ISIS and was angry that he never made it, having to return to O’Hare Airport where federal agents were on hand to arrest him.
Mugshots of Van Haften have morphed from clean cut to unshorn and he isn’t just a budding terrorist. He is a convicted child sex offender and a teenage stalker who at age 17 pointed a gun at a man dating his ex-girlfriend.
Despite being raised in rural Wisconsin, the ISIS wannabe wrote on Facebook prior to his journey to the Middle East: “My password has always been ‘death to America’s new world order.'”
“In cases where it’s just a lone wolf, first of all, you stop that lone wolf from acting but you also deter others who might have a similar bent from doing the same thing. There’s value in that,” Soffer said.
Since Van Haften’s arrest his psychological state has been questioned. But government doctors said he was competent and Van Haften himself told the judge that he was not mentally ill….

BLC says
At least he’s honest.
Allan says
Someone didn’t read his god’s memo about lying to dirty infidels.
BLC says
Looks like he’s a convert. Maybe it takes a while to get taqiyya, kitman, tawriya and murana down to a science.
jayell says
I know all about taqqyia and kitman. What are the other two? Islam really amazes me. What do they seriously expect to achieve in real terms if they are spending so much time working out how to lie, deceive and cheat?
BLC says
Jayell:
Tawriya is creative lying or creating a false impression. Muruna is blending in.
Jay Boo says
Rejected by other low-lives. Wow! That has got to sting.
He is lucky to have been rejected early on.
His search for new Muslim ‘friends’ would only have ended with those new friends laughing at him behind his back while mocking him in Turkish or Arabic.
Angemon says
I guess there’s no honour among muslims – he should think of that experience as having paid his tax for stupid people…
Muhammad would be proud.
Allan says
How do you know that the middle men are Muslims? Maybe some of them are closeted atheists who need to make a living but who have a conscience, too.
Angemon says
Atheists don’t tend to live long in muslim-majority countries, especially if they start swindling muslims.
underbed cat says
Curious they dumped him on a dusty road near the Syrian border with no money…how did he get back to Chicago? It takes money to fly how did he find the means to return. Changing the population with hidden and not so hidden floods of refugees is a tactic to bring sharia voters to America, sharia is the glue of terrorism….as well as the supporting organizations that pretend outreach of tolerance but bring jihad which is terrorism.
Wellington says
Another total loser attracted to Islam. If this isn’t a pattern, then nothing’s a pattern.
gravenimage says
Yup–thugs, losers, pedophiles, violent felons–that’s who is attracted to Islam.
BLC says
Muslims find a lot of their converts in jails.
gravenimage says
*Very* true, BLC. Islam is spread in our prisons. That’s why Robert Spencer refers to Muslims receiving prison sentences as “[x-number of years] of prison da’wa”.
Ashley says
Note: Caucasian. Blue-eyed.
Looks a tad like a burned-out hippie to me…and I really have no issue with burned-out hippies.
Clearly a convert. Perhaps a tad “touched” but he stated he was sane and admitted his allegiance to the Caliphate cause.
“Joshua Van Haften”…his family must be mortified.
These sort of vermin walk among us…
Sam says
“These sort of vermin walk among us”
There are “normal” looking enemy members all over the place. Have you talked about Islam to your liberal friends recently?
gravenimage says
Not a big fan of burned out hippies, but most of them are not running off to the Islamic State to murder Infidels. I’ll take burned out hippies any day of the week.
James Wills says
I thought his hair had slipped.
Champ says
“Looks a tad like a burned-out hippie” …
LOL!!! 😀 😀
Ashley says
🙂
Upon closer examination, he does have “that” lump on his forehead.
I doubt he was banging his head for a hit of weed or smack…
Clearly a convert…
Champ says
“Since Van Haften’s arrest his psychological state has been questioned.”
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Here we go again …
gravenimage says
Very true, Champ. Even though he has stated he is sane, the state may still deem him mentally incompetent.
Michael Copeland says
“I wasn’t insane or post-traumatic, nor was I forced to do this Act.
The attack was justified according to Islamic Laws and the Islamic Religion.”
Abdulhakim Muhammad (Carlos Bledsoe)
Little Rock killer, Arkansas.
gravenimage says
Your honor, I am a Muslim and I wanted to be a part of the caliphate that is occurring or will be occurring in the Sham, the Levant and Syria.”
………………………….
And what does *that* entail? Crucifying boys who run afoul of Ramadan, behading aid workers, and using Infidels as sex slaves–as well as his spilling his blood “against enemies of Allah”.
It should come as no surprise that Joshua Van Haften–I wonder what his Muslim name is?–is also a convicted child sex offender and someone who used violence against a man who failed to consider a girl to be his property.
mortimer says
Quote: “I wanted to be a part of the caliphate”.
Absolutely, and why would any Muslim not want to be part of the caliphate. The caliph is mentioned in Sharia law as the central authority in Islam.
Islam is a POLITICAL SYSTEM. Every Muslim has a duty to follow the caliph and TAKE OVER THE WORLD?
Every single Muslim has a duty to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
davej says
Mental illness and criminal activity go hand in hand with Islam because this is a crazy criminal cult.
If the political ideology of Islam was criminalized and the hate speech of the Koran was banned would that reduce the attraction to would-be converts?
Possibly not but at least the facts would be on the table. And presumably we could stop teaching it in prisons.
Mr. Farton says
He looks like a reject in general. Dumb ass.
Eric Jones says
This guy looks like a horror movie extra.
Eric
Carolyne says
I shudder to think what might be crawling around in that beard. Yuck.
octaneman says
” When federal agents arrested Joshua Van Haften at O’Hare in April 2015, he was an ISIS reject. Van Haften had flown to the Syrian border to try to join the Islamic State terrorist organization, but was apparently swindled by middle-men who only wanted his money.”
Let this be a lesson to all you jihadi wannabes, ” Jesus left Chicago” lyrics is not supposed to be in the Quran.
Sam says
Wisconsin Muslim admits wanting to join the Islamic State: “I am a Muslim and I wanted to be a part of the caliphate”
They keep on misunderstanding the religion of peace over and over and over again. Why cant they just learn the real Islam which teaches love, understanding, women and gay rights, peace by following the perfect man prophet Mohammad? Mind boggling.