Many people – Americans, Europeans, Sunni Arabs — approved of the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Others did not, fearing an “escalation” or even a “war.” But even those Americans who disapproved of the targeted killing made sure to declare that Qassem Soleimani was a very bad man, responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands, including at least 600 American soldiers. There was one person, however, who stood out, not just for deploring the killing of Soleimani, but because she didn’t bother to state, as everyone else has, that Qassem Soleimani was a very bad man. Quite possibly she doesn’t think he was. Perhaps she sees him as a warrior for Islam. That person is Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. She has become known for the many inaccurate and outrageous things she has a habit of saying. We all remember when Ilhan Omar charged that the lobbying group AIPAC bought political support for Israel with donations (“it’s all about the benjamins, baby!”); she did not realize that AIPAC does not make any donations to politicians. She famously described the 9/11 attack as an event where “some people did something.” But she should also be remembered for what she has not said about Soleimani – that he was, at the time of his death, the most dangerous terrorist in the world, with many Americans among his victims, and was in the midst of planning other attacks on Omar’s fellow Americans. Everyone else thought it necessary to express that judgment, but not Ilhan Omar. She has yet to say a bad word about Soleimini, whom she neutrally described as a “foreign official.”
This is what Omar said just after Soleiimani’s death was announced:
Let’s not mince words: the assassination of Qassem Soleimani was an act of war undertaken without Congressional authorization, in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America,” said Omar in a statement, “Following the assassination, thousands of additional troops were sent to the Middle East in one of the largest rapid deployments seen in decades. This follows years of saber-rattling and threats of war against Iran by President Trump and his accomplices. We in Congress must exercise our Constitutional duty—and do everything in our power to stop another disastrous war.
The word “assassination” — which Omar uses twice – suggests to many minds something nefarious, a political crime. Lincoln was assassinated. Kennedy was assassinated. Crazed killers assassinate. But in this case, the man who was killed, Qassem Soleimani, was a criminal, the world’s leading terrorist, who was in the last stages of a series of attacks planned against Americans. Ilhan Omar spoke about “years of saber-rattling and threats of war against Iran by President Trump.” What is she talking about? The “years of saber-rattling and threats of war” have come from Iran, for the last forty years, directed at America and Israel. How many thousands of “Death to America” demonstrations have been held, how many occasions when sinisterly smiling ayatollahs threatened to destroy the Great Satan? Trump has not been “saber-rattling,” but has relied on economic sanctions to constrain Iran. He has recently shown great patience with the Iranians. Perhaps Ilhan Omar did not notice that Trump held back from retaliating when the Iranians shot down two American drones. Did she not notice that he held back, too, when Iran attacked Saudi oil installations? Are those the signs of a saber-rattler, threatening war? When it came to Soleimani, however, there was clear intelligence about an “imminent” attack that could only be prevented by taking out Soleimani himself. Trump had no choice. Ilhan Omar, so contemptuous of Trump and those she describes with malice aforethought as his “accomplices” — in contradistinction to everyone else, including those who opposed the killing — had nothing to say about Soleimani, not even a laconic summary such as “Soleimani wasn’t a great guy.”
Ilhan Omar was mad not because Trump’s action failed, but because it succeeded. First, the terrorist Soleimani was put permanently out of action. His plotting, scheming, murdering days are over, and he will not easily be replaced. Second, far from leading to “escalation,” much less to a “disastrous war,” as Ilhan claimed to fear, the Iranians understood that Trump was not like Jimmy Carter enduring the 444-day hostage crisis, and that they had better not test either Trump’s resolve, or his ability to inflict great damage on Iran. The Iranians huffed and puffed, but in the end, after all their threats, they only lobbed 20 missiles at two bases used by the Americans in Iraq. The Iranians gave the Iraqis a warning one hour before the attack was launched, knowing that it would be relayed to the Americans, giving our soldiers time to take cover in shelters. And the Iranians also made sure, it appears, that their missiles were far enough off the target so as not to actually hurt any Americans, while they could still be seen as doing something. Those attacks did not constitute an “escalation,” and as for that “disastrous war” Ilhan Omar warned about, it is less, not more likely, now that Qassem Soleimani has been killed. Had he lived, and gone through with the kind of attacks that the Americans feared were imminent, then there would have been a much greater likelihood of a major escalation. Trump has restored our deterrence. Now things have quieted down; Iran has had its innocuous retaliation, and defying Omar’s prediction, both the U.S. and Iran have toned down the rhetoric. Trump has made clear he does not want a military escalation, and has said he is now prepared to return to economic sanctions, tightened even further, as the most effective weapon against the Islamic Republic. But don’t expect Ilhan Omar to admit that Trump proved adept both at removing a mortal threat, and at containing the aftermath; her mind is made up: Trump is a saber-rattling islamophobic warmonger who needs to be stopped.
Let’s remember Omar’s original tweet about the killing of Soleimani: “We are outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official, possibly setting off another war without Congressional authorization and has zero plan to deal with the consequences.” Soleimani is described innocuously as a “foreign official”; we are expected to overlook that he was no ordinary “official,” but a terrorist planning more murders; one commentator compared his killing to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. “Possibly setting off another war”? Didn’t Trump, rather, by his action make war far more unlikely, by making clear to Iran the new rules of the game? Trump, claimed Omar, has “zero plan to deal with the consequences.” It looks as if the President understood perfectly well that the “consequences” would be nothing more than a symbolic attack, because he knew he had clearly frightened the Iranians. And when the Iranian response came, it was clearly aimed at impressing the Iranian public, but at the same time, Iran attempted to limit or ideally, to avoid altogether, American casualties. Where’s that “escalation” Ilhan Omar worried about? Where, hysterical Ms. Ilhan Omar, is that “war”?
Juicy Fruit says
Yes, let’s not mince words; let’s just mince your neck which is what you want to do all Americans. You are not an American in any sense of the imagination. You will be voted out so someone in Sudan might like to have you around, but not the Americans; you are toast.
Sue says
Her family are war criminals who invaded Ethiopia and committed genocide against Ethiopian Jews. She and her family need to be tried for crimes against humanity.
mortimer says
Sue, we do not try ‘families’. We try an individual who has been caught by police in a crime. Governments send armies and airplanes to counter armed attacks. You are confusing different things. We do not practice ‘collective guilt’ which is what you are wishing to do.
Islam practices ‘collective guilt’ against the dirty kufaar, but the Islamic teaching of collective guilt is one of the things we are criticizing about Islam at JihadWatch.
dhans says
So if you don’t believe in collective guilt, then are members of the Nazi party bad? Why exactly did we prosecute people who were not directly involved in the atrocities? There does seem to be collective guilt when one self identifies with destructive ideologies.
somehistory says
Contrary to your comment, “crime families” have been tried in the U.S. for a very long time.
And if a person commits a crime and his family members hide him, lie for him, give him “aid and comfort”…”aid and abet” his crime, then they are also guilty of crimes.
You may recall the accounts here on this site of people in the country being “tried” for helping their terrorist sons by sending cash.
Families can be “tried.” And are. When all are guilty, all can be tried for the crimes committed.
gravenimage says
They are tried as individuals, not collectively. But there is nothing wrong with investigating the family of criminals. In fact, it makes sense and is not in itself discriminatory.
PRCS says
Correct, GI.
The term ‘crime families’ means involved ‘family’ members, not uninvolved ‘crime family’ family members.
They should, as appropriate, be investigated of course–for involvement.
That applies to deportations, too.
gravenimage says
Agreed, PRCS.
gravenimage says
By the way, I come from a family of petty criminals myself–but I would not mind being questioned if there were investigations of family members.
somehistory says
I read a report on that several months ago…that included photos of her father…and the facts of just how they changed their names to get into the U.S.
Dan Perkins says
I’d like to read that report – where can I find it?
PRCS says
Don’t know the validity of those reports, but here’s one from Gateway Pundit.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/stunning-report-david-steinberg-describes-ilhan-omars-8-instances-of-perjury-could-face-40-years-in-prison-or-deportation/
Carol the 1st says
Sue – for what it’s worth Snopes says that is not true:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omars-father/
gravenimage says
Actually, Carol, Snopes says that Omar’s father is living legally in the US, which is true, It has no information one way or another about what he may or may not have done in Somalia and/or Ethiopia.
Carol the 1st says
Yes, whatever her father did could have been easily ignored, covered up, or unknown. Sue didn’t provide any back-up and a quick search turned up Snopes. I was a little disappointed as nothing Omar would enable is likely to surprise anyone.
Westman says
Other than running down the US and it’s President, what exactly has Omar done as a congresswoman for the US?
80% of the Somalis in Sweden are on welfare. Omar’s personal life seems to be one of similar opportunism through a series of men that has culminated in the ultimate source of public dole; where paupers enter, interact with iinfluence seekers, and exit in wealthy style. One must appreciate her ability to rise this far. Those who pirate ships must be jealous, indeed.
Jeff Gonez says
She may as well be from another planet
mortimer says
Many Muslims are playing a hypocritical and self-contradictory game. They angrily denounce the ‘Great Satan’, the US, but at the same time they aspire to live in America with all of its freedom and prosperity.
Some Muslims are jihadists and many more are ‘half-jihadists’ who give half-hearted approval to jihad.
Some Muslims consciously practice ‘Baraa’, the hatred that Muslims direct against kafirs. Other Muslims only practice ‘Baraa’ in a crowd or mob and then go back to being nice the rest of the time.
David says
Muhammad did not have a very high opinion of ‘half-jihadis’. It is quite easy to whip-up a crowd of rabid muslims.
I thought it was Allah who is the Great Satan. He has all the characteristics, along with his buddy, Gabriel.
Baraa Obama (lol)
Infidel says
There is no jihadist power that Ilhan Omar doesn’t adore, no matter what the sect or ethnicity. I wonder how welcoming Iran is of Somalians, a completely worthless population
SKA says
Having lived some time in Iran I can attest that color based racism is ingrained in their culture.
gravenimage says
Yes–I have heard the same.
Infidel says
Oh yeah, and like the Arabs, they too believe in their own racial supremacy. Only thing that beats me is how they embrace a religion that gives that status not to them, but to Arabs. Yeah, even the Twelver Shi’a Islam – all those 12 imams are Arabs, not Iranians, although it’s been claimed that from Imam Hussein onwards, the imams were descendent of a Sassanid princess who Imam Hussein married (something that’s been historically disputed, and more likely Islamic triumphalism)
Demsci says
I like your line of thought, Infidel, and the comments here on it. See, I hope and think that in the Western Democratic Nations we finally totally move away from color-based racism.
And people of African descent should appreciate that and compare it with what some Muslims still do with color based racism. And look at how many Africans are in a country and allowed in..
Instead there is still a lot confusion among people of African descent and others about the difference of color-based racism (based on accident of birth) and religion based discrimination. As I see it religion, and prime loyalty to it and its leaders, is a choice. And religion can be anti-thetical to important laws and values of democratic nations.
Demsci says
Interesting point about this religion coming from outside into Persia. A state that already had more than a 1000 years of great civilization before Islam.
Even a berber man in Holland once said that berbers do not like Arabs. They only brought the religion he said, but after that did not do much good. I dared not say to him so as not to get into a heated argument, As we were friendly neighbors, that the berbers were stupid even to cling to that imported religion.
Demsci says
And by the same token; in Iran there was Elam, In the south west, civilized from perhaps 3000 BC. And of course in Iraq and Syria there were so many top of the world powerful civilizations from 3000 BC up to and including the Sassanid empire. I think Islam degraded that region, but that’s just me, or is it?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
As a resident in a congressional district adjacent to the one represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MN, I’m hoping that she’ll come out of the rest of her shell and publicly back Chauncy Lump, who just went viral when he was arrested by the FBI for threatening to murder President Trump in a Facebook video.
***
Sen. Warren condemned the termination of Qasem Soleimani because he was a senior government official. Well, Liz, take take the thought to its logical conclusion, and it follows that the Iranian government is a terrorist enterprise, cuz Qasem was maybe the most productive terrorist in history.
Complete your thoughts and maybe you’ll have a shot at winning the nomination.
Westman says
Amusing APF. Warren can never be elected because of her acerbic nature – it’s Hillary 2.0
Hillary is the only almost-President I can recall whose popularity was still declining years after losing – among her original supporters. The acid and whining never stops.
David says
A P F: Is Sen. Warren a senior government official? Is anyone safe?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Liz is a senior gubmint official, but she and her cohort of like-minded senior gubmint officials are safe. Other senior gubmint officials (Trump, Pence, Flynn et al.) are maybe not so safe.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Chauncy Lump was arrested by the FBI for a video he put on Facebook threatening to murder President Trump entitled BlackMan vs. America. Rep. Ilhan Omar should show the courage to defend Mr. Lump on the floor of the House.
Rarely says
I suspect that supporting a treat to assassinate the POTUS is a serious Federal offence (treason?). That’s a line she dare not cross.
Rarely says
“threat” not treat. lol
Jayme says
Most would see attacking a embassy as a act of war.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Jayme*.
Emilie Green says
“Now things have quieted down; Iran has had its innocuous retaliation, and defying Omar’s prediction, both the U.S. and Iran have toned down the rhetoric.”
Innocuous retaliation? Well, true enough for us, but not for the people on that airliner that Iran shot down (likely because of Muslim incompetence; “Ahmed, how many times did I tell you, ‘Not the red button'”).
Much is being made of that incident, particularly about the 60+ “Canadians” on that plane. All in service to make Trump responsible for Iran’s incompetence.
So many Canadians, in the middle of Winter, touring the Mid-East, and touring, of all places, Tehran?
Well, here’s the real story, the story that the leftist press is hiding by using, repeatedly, the descriptor “Canadians.”
Canadians, eh? Not quite what you’re thinking. They’re not Red-Green types / or Tim Horton patrons / or fans of the Maple Leafs & Les Habitants. These “Canadians” would never be heard singing Michael Palin’s longed-for wish of being lumberjacks leaping from tree log to tree log as those logs float their way down the mighty rivers of British Columbia.
No, these “Canadians” so-called are really Muslims who’ve been given, foolishly, Canadian papers. They are Muslims first and foremost. And most decidedly, they are not Canadians in the heart. They were in Iran visiting family. They are as Canadian in the same way that trans-gendered males are women. Sprinkle fairy dust on whatever name you give yourself, and, voila, you are. That’s how it works in the loony, duplicitous worlds of the left.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-iran-plane-crash-leaves-families-communities-across-canada-grappling/
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Emilie, you’re making it hard for me to grieve for the fallen Canadians. Not that I’m an Islamophobe or anything like that….
Rarely says
E.G.
Canada is a country predominantly composed of immigrants and their descendants. Many recent immigrants (and some “not so recent) have close relatives and friends in their country of origin. Visiting those relatives/friends says absolutely nothing about their allegiances. To suggest otherwise is pure ignorance. It makes no difference if the country is our friend or enemy.
I am 4th generation Canadian and I never liked Red/Green, dislike Les Habs and detest the Leafs. I liked Tim Horton, a true gentleman but I abhor the coffee sold at Tim Horton’s.
AND I’m proud of it.
Rarely says
As for Ilhan Omar, she is what she is. Had she come out in favour of the action (assassination?) some JW enthusiasts might have had heart attacks.
yiyoya says
“The brush you use to paint all muslims is too wide. Good grief, there are even muslims in Israel’s armed forces. If Israel, of all countries, can accept muslims as full fledged citizens (approx. 18% of the population) on what basis should Canada deny them that?”
Why Israel allows Muslims to be Israeli citizens and allows Muslims to be in their military and government is Israel’s problem. Israel must know it’s playing with a demographic grenade. Certainly Israel is not about to allow a one-state solution knowing the demographics would destroy the Jewish state. Just because the Jews of Israel think they can safely play with a Muslim demographic grenade forever, doesn’t mean other countries are morally obligated to follow Israel’s foolhardy example. Myanmar learned that lesson the hard way.
Self-preservation is the first moral principle of a free society, and the first political duty of a free society’s government to it’s freedom loving citizens. There is no moral obligation to commit national suicide to save Muslims from Islam. Let the Muslims save themselves if they wish to by rejecting the death cult of Islam. The West does not need them nor their death cult religion.
Emilie Green says
“Visiting those relatives/friends says absolutely nothing about their allegiances. To suggest otherwise is pure ignorance.”
My suggestion is that you spend some time reading Islamic texts, and reading/listening to what Muslim preachers (Sunni/Shia), both current ones and ones from the last 1400 years, say about where Muslims are required, according to their Qur’an, to place their allegiances. If you want to shortcut this research, just stay on this website and use the search function to locate the many posts by both Robert and Hugh found which cite Islamic chapter and verse on this point.
Rarely says
I repeat: That many were visiting relatives/friends in Iran does not say ANYTHING about their allegiances. The brush you use to paint all muslims is too wide. Good grief, there are even muslims in Israel’s armed forces. If Israel, of all countries, can accept muslims as full fledged citizens (approx. 18% of the population) on what basis should Canada deny them that?
BTW at least some were Christians as evidenced by a Santa Claus doll found among the debris. There were also a lot of students whose ethnic/religious background is unknown. It was not a plane load of jihadists or potential jihadists. The Ukrainian crew, for example, was likely all Christian. A little empathy for the “collateral damage” would not be out of place.
Too much is unknown and, sadly, this is likely not the end of the repercussions of the events last few days. It would be naïve to believe that.
gravenimage says
Rarely seldom has anything critical to say about Jihad, but he is proud of hating the coffee at Tim Horton’s? Priorities, I guess…
Rarely says
Lol. FYI. I’m as anti-Jihad as anyone.
gravenimage says
I wish this were the case, but Rarely has a pretty equivocal posting history here.
Rarely says
GI.
At no time have I ever posted anything supporting jihad or mass muslim immigration in any way whatsoever.
gravenimage says
Lots of whitewash of the Jihad threat.
Rarely says
No whitewashing by me of “the muslim threat”. I do ask some hard to answer qs about such things as Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech. These are meaningless rights if they apply only to those who agree with me (or you).
underbed cat says
What about the Ukrainans muslims, were they on the plane, or were they Russian Ukrainians. Human life and the many children on board were taken vs Soleimani and his crew who could have plotted a similar event. Citizens are not off limits for Islam terror events, even when they are muslim, it is the terror they want people to see and fear. Disgusting. No doubt it was not just incompetance to send this plane in harms way, unless they were unaware of the missiles, highly doubt.
E T says
I wonder if Khomeini wanted someone on the plane exterminated. He would not care if there were 175 or 500 innocent lives lost. Let’s see the passenger list.
Carol the 1st says
underbed cat
BBC News has an article today. The man responsible for the unit that took down the plane was Brig-Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh. Supposedly an operator had mistaken the plane for a cruise missile, tried to contact but after ten seconds and no answer opened fire. Hajizadeh added that a request had been made for a no-fly zone in the area before the incident but this was rejected (reasons unclear).
The article continues: “In fact, it appears the Iranian strikes on US bases did not affect operations at Imam Khomenei International Airport on Wednesday morning. Flight PS752 was the ninth to take off after the strikes, according to Flightradar24.”
[Yes, the NINTH!!] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51047006
Infidel says
Emilie
Good point you made. I too was wondering how so many Canadians were there in Iran, when Americans avoid the place like the plague. What you describe certainly explains it.
Another thing that struck me is that given the sanctions regime, and that Ukraine ain’t Russia trying to skirt the sanctions, how are there Ukrainian Airlines connections from Kyiv to Teheran? Since Ukraine considers the US and ally and Russia an enemy, shouldn’t they be more on the US page in maintaining sanctions on Iran? Now, after 176 people are dead, they’re demanding that Iran punish the guilty and apologize and compensate, but really, Ukraine? What was it that you were getting from Iran that you couldn’t get anywhere else?
Carol the 1st says
They were Ukrainian Russians. If they’re considered an ally to US surely that didn’t influence the strike? The flight was apparently the ninth one to take off after the strikes. I wonder what mix of people was on the earlier planes and where they were headed?
Carol the 1st says
Oops – it seems only eleven passengers were Ukrainians. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine.
Christopher Watson says
Does she remind anyone else of The Emperor in Star Wars? Yeah, me too.
StacyGirl says
Time for her to change that diaper on her head. It’s full.
DazzleMe says
Very good StacyGirl!
JHL says
Omar’s commitment is to Islam, not to the U.S. Constitution.
James Lincoln says
JHL,
Exactly.
Everything that Omar says should be evaluated through that lens.
And everything that she says or tweets, etc., are entirely predictable.
Demsci says
I’m sure of it too, both consciously and subconsciously (brainwashed as a child).
gravenimage says
Spot on, JHL.
E T says
“Non-Muslim’s have absolutely no right to seize the reins of power in any part of God’s earth nor to direct affairs of human beings according to their own misconceived doctrines. if they do, the believers would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and make them live in SUBSERVIENCE to the ISLAMIC way of life.” Syed Abul Ala Maududi, founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami political party.
“Once Muslims come to power, they will never allow infidels to rule over Muslims”. sheikh Ahmed Badran
Yasmine Taeb, lawyer, is running against Virginia’s minority leader in Northern Virginia’s 35th District. She worked with CAIR , Arab AM Muslim Council, and The Democratic Think Tank for American Progress, lobbies for Muslim causes.
Jeff Fort aka Abdul Malik Ka’bah Is spending 168 years in prison domestic terrorism. Co-founder of the Black P Stones Gang and founder of El Rukn, he was making a deal with Libya, for 2.5 million dollars he would commit domestic terrorism.
His daughter, who was also a gang member and converted to Islam, is now running for the Democratic Party for the 1rst Congressional District in Illinois.
Nihad Awad founder of CAIR, recently said at the CAIR, 25th Gala in WASHINGTON, DC, “A strong CAIR equals a strong community. a strong community will produce a strong, confident and successful Muslim. So I’m telling you tonight we are going to work in the next years, inshallah (God willing) to elect at least 30:Muslims in Congress. this number equivalent to our size and our potential as American Muslims including at least two Muslim Senators.”
In addition Awad envisions Muslim judges, including a JUSTICE ON THE SUPREME COURT. “Islam isn’t in America to be EQUAL TO ANY OTHER FAITH, BUT TO BECOME DOMINANT.”
Southern California Imam, Sirag Wahha said, THERE IS NO AMERICA. THERE IS ONLY ISLAM.”
Minnesota, Hamas-linked individuals fundraising Abubaker as-Saddique Mosque attendees joined Al-Shabaabin Somalia Cabdulaahi Faarax, Al-Shabab’s recruiter, suicide bomber, Farrah Beledi and spoke at mosque. The mosque was hosting lectures via satellite from radical cleric, Shaif Mohamed Umal in Kenya.
The Muslim Brotherhood hoods memo stated they are engaged in “a kind of Grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western Civilizations from within and advancement of the Islamists political cause in America.”
Ilhan Omar, while speaking at a CAIR Conference, about 9/11 smiling, said “ Someone people did something.”
Evil has infiltrated many areas of the world, it MUST be removed.
underbed cat says
Agree. How did we get here oh yeah, Islamophobia and hook, line and sinker dems/ far left. Truth is hate speech……not intelligence.
GreekEmpress says
Mohammad Arif (D) is running for US Senate in Arizona, the seat currently held by Martha McSally.
gravenimage says
More and more Muslims are trying to make this power grab.
underbed cat says
So fragile and small but one who knows killing a Islamic terror strategist leader by a non muslim is killing without right according to sharia law, no matter how many deaths he plotted, that is not a crime according to sharia only muslims can kill another muslim if it promotes Islam as a victim or they do not act like muslims.
The leaders of Islamic countries will never abide a treaty…..even if they accept the money to do so,again it is against sharia law.
Jayme says
The RCMP is increasing security around Ottawa part of this they are bringing in elite tactical officers now to make this even more interesting is this was requested by people at the high level in the gov.
Mr. Cohen says
Melanie Phillips (a columnist for
The Times of London) said:
Major General Qassem Soleimani — the man responsible for a vast infrastructure of global slaughter and oppression, and with blood on his hands from American and British soldiers, as well as Iranians, Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis, Jews and others — was described in The New York Times after being annihilated by an American drone as “universally admired.”
SOURCE: The perverse Western mourning for
Qassem Soleimani by, 2020 January 9
https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-perverse-western-mourning-for-qassem-soleimani/
===================================
Melanie Phillips (a columnist for
The Times of London) said:
“Democrats who had hailed the extra-judicial killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011 as a personal triumph for President Barack Obama, now claimed absurdly that killing Soleimani was unconstitutional.”
SOURCE: The perverse Western mourning for
Qassem Soleimani by, 2020 January 9
https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-perverse-western-mourning-for-qassem-soleimani/
Merri-joy says
Revoke Ilham’s citizenship and those of all Muslim’s in the USA & Western countries and immediately repatriate all Muslim’s to Islamic country of their choice as per Dalai Lama’s suggestion in 2019!
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
A guy can dream, and dreaming is a good thing even if one is wildly optimistic. So I get up, get a cup of coffee, and read your post. Thank you cuz I love the sentiment, but don’t hold your breath.
Btw, what you suggest is the only viable solution to this mess, let’s not forget that.
DazzleMe says
Absolutely, make ALL MUSLIMS LEAVE!
tgusa says
I don’t know about the rest of you but I always look to Somalians for their intellectual prowess.
Carol the 1st says
There’s at least one exception – Ayaan Hirsi Ali!
gravenimage says
Spot on, Carol.
Huh!?! says
Now why has she not been deported? Nancy Pelosi cannot possibly have that much power to stop that event.
gravenimage says
Ilhan Omar On the Warmongering Trump and the Killing Of Qassem Soleimani
…………………..
How *dare* any of you filthy Infidels take action at Americans being killed? Bad dhimmis!
somehistory says
This moslim lying creep, doesn’t know or understand the Laws of the U.S. or what is “Constitutional” regarding killing a criminal. (or anything else) Mr. Trump did not need her approval…or pelosi’s or schiff, or schumar, etc. to do as he did. He didn’t invade another country…or even threaten to.
She keeps opening her big ugly mouth and proving what a moron she truly is. moslims have no sense of needing to change, to learn, to grow…they feel that whatever they believe is right, whatever they may be saying about whatever subject…they know it all. In her case, as in most cases when moslims talk about American Law, they show profound ignorance.
Furthermore, she has no “fellow Americans.” she is somali moslim through and through. She hates Americans and is only using the “law” to further the interests of islam and her own pockets.
Rarely says
Freedom of Speech is a wonderful thing except, of course, when I disagree with the speaker. Then: KICK ‘EM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
gravenimage says
No one is censoring Rarely here. What claptrap.
Rarely says
While we’re on the subject exactly how do you feel about Freedom of Religion? Now don’t hold back.
gravenimage says
I( am for Freedom of Religion up until the point where it violates our laws, as the Constitution supports, as I have said here many times.
The implication that if one is for freedom of religion that one ergo has to champion Jihad and brutal Shari’ah law is *quite* false. The Constitution and Bill of Rights is not a pact for destroying the very values it champions.
Demsci says
Well said, Gravenimage. Perhaps it is difficult to formulate it precisely, but there are reasons that there should be borders to freedom of religion in a democratic nation.
The 5 pillars of democracy are: Fair elections, rule of law, separation of church and state, freedom of speech and as much autonomy for the person as possible within the law.
We know that prescriptive, literal Islam is against all these values or principles. But perhaps we pretend that Muslims are supposed to take Islam DESCRIPTIVE only, I’m not sure, it is such a taboo to discuss it to it’s logical end, it seems to me.
In an only partial democratic England the Catholics were from 1558 (death of Bloody Mary) until 1830 discriminated against. For openly preferring loyalty to global Catholicism versus loyalty to nation. I imagine that large scale Catholic immigration was also not allowed then.
An ideology like Nazism, that openly is against democratic principles, since the war, is not allowed to participate in elections in Germany.
These are borders to freedom of religion, ideology, although being part of it was/ is not persecuted/ prosecuted in and of itself, whereas being part of Christianity was and is being persecuted in some states.
Rarely says
I am pleased to see the concepts of Freedom of Speech and Religion injected in the overall comments.
There are legal limits to Freedom of Speech (most often used example is that a person can’t shout “FIRE” in a packed movie theatre) which tend to evolve with the times.
Freedom of Religion is another matter which has fewer limitations. When a preacher tries to incite his/her flock to violence, for example, the right does not protect him from prosecution regardless of whether his/her religion advocates that. There should be more investigating and prosecuting in this area. Similarly the right should not be granted to those applying to enter the country, as immigrants or otherwise. Hence the need for proper vetting. These rights are applicable to those physically inside the geographic area only. Immigration/refugee policy should not be affected by them.
My opinion only.
Carol the 1st says
On the subject of religion the article below is a little worrisome. It states that Interfaith Initiatives have become ubiquitous in American life with community religious leaders expected to come together to *discuss their similarities and minimize their differences*.
The article continues “But these efforts become a hindrance when they are used to ignore and disguise extremism and hatred, rather than expose and combat it”
The writer uses the Richardson Interfaith Alliance, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth as an example. In the article hardliner imams tone their words down (soothing to kafirs) but are really saying the same old things – their “interfaith” partnerships, seem to give them some protection and cover as it were.
Islamic Extremism and Interfaith Dialogue in Texas
https://counterislamist.org/islamic-extremism-and-interfaith-dialogue-in-texas/
James Lincoln says
Re: Omar…
I just finished a vacation at the AFRC Armed Forces Recreational Center “Shades of Green” in Orlando, Florida. Enjoyed a wonderful time with my wife and daughter…
As previously posted, I retired from the United States Navy after 26 years of active and reserve service. I was VERY lucky, I suffered NO serious injuries. As a deployed flight surgeon to the Middle East, I wasn’t considered to be a front line “combat vet”, with the most danger to me being aircraft mishaps, mines, and IEDs.
Some of my “shipmates”, particularly the ones on the “front lines” were not so lucky. Some lost limbs, and some lost all. In the lobby of the Shades of Green we saw a significant number of young military veterans with lost limbs – and were either wheelchair-bound or fitted with prosthetics. Many of their injuries were the direct result of initiatives carried out by Qassem Soleimani.
To think that Omar, a United States Representative, is a muslim who literally supports the most despicable people in the world, like Qassem Soleimani, makes me want to vomit.
CogitoErgoSum says
Over 50 Iranians dead from stampede at Soleimani’s funeral and 176 killed on an airliner mistakenly shot down by Iranian military. I am very impressed indeed. Oh yes, give these people nuclear weapons by all means (so they can blow themselves up).
Carol the 1st says
Is it sacrilegious to think of “The Eye of the Needle”?
Trudeau gave one of his very creepy funeral orations in Alberta the other day. It almost matched the histrionic one he gave at his father’s funeral.
notnolib says
Can Minnesota retroactively sign on to Trumps EO permitting States to opt out of refugee settlement?
Does anyone know if Omar is a pious muslima, or is she sporting a cli’toris like a common street wh’ore.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Liberalism is a form of stupidity. Minnesotans pat themselves on the back about many things, especially for their Minnesota Nice, but are these self-worships justified? I look at Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MN and that question is answered. Having her there is not only self-destructive and dangerious, it’s just plain stupid.
CLem Kadiddlehopper says
I will be glad when the 2020 Elections are over Omar & the other 3 Pigs will be out of office & out of the public eye
gravenimage says
I hope so.
E T says
She was put there by the Muslim Brotherhood hoods don’t ever let her tell you any different. We have 10 Muslim Brotherhood Members of Parliament in Canada, Thanks to the diversity king, Justine Trudeau.