Here yet again, the jihadis seem to be the last people to get the message, taken for granted universally among the political and media elites in the West, that they have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. Perhaps Pope Francis will head to Kabul soon to explain to the Taliban that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran have nothing to do with violence.”
“Islamic terror groups celebrate fall of Afghanistan on social media,” by Samuel Chamberlain, New York Post, August 17, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The recapture of Afghanistan by the Taliban has been greeted with jubilation in the dark corners of the worldwide cyber-jihad, as supporters of al Qaeda and other terror groups exult on social media about humiliating the United States.
On Monday, the day after the Afghan capital of Kabul fell with barely a shot being fired, pro-al Qaeda social media accounts published an unsigned statement congratulating their Taliban “brothers” on the stunning military victory.
“Afghanistan is Conquered and Islam has Won,” read the message, translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
Similar statements emerged from Hamas, which welcomed “the defeat of the American occupation on all Afghan land,” and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which hailed what it called “the liberation of [Afghani] land from the Western and American occupation”.
The gloating began weeks earlier, with the South China Morning Post reporting last month that the hashtag “the year of running away” was being added to messages in al Qaeda-supporting channels on the encrypted app Telegram as US forces accelerated their withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war….
Frank Anderson says
Pope Francis will be remembered as Ayatollah Francis in history. He cannot be as utterly clueless to islam, its goals, teachings and history, as is necessary to make the statements he continues to make. My many treasured Catholic friends are in a state of horror at his betrayal of Christianity to brutality and slaughter. I respectfully suggest to all that this needs to be addressed, whether spoken or written, in clear terms that are appropriate for someone of immense power and influence who is doing his very best to destroy the society he is supposed to lead and protect. The “blind man” parable should be repeated often.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
@ Frank. Cannot say much as a practising Catholic except to say: May God Bless you always.
Frank Anderson says
M. I have many friends who go to many churches and synagogues. I try to learn at every opportunity from all sources. I don’t think I have a label that fits me; but that does not stop me from treasuring the many friends who stand around me and give me strength. We share a common Father.
GreekEmpress says
I share the same sentiments as Malcolm.
God Bless you from another (Eastern Rite) Catholic.
Frank Anderson says
G.E. I have been a dead slab of meat on an operating table for about 2 hours. Before that surgery, I operated on the assumption that I would not wake up. While dead, I dreamed of a conversation with a gentleman I had known distantly from high school forty years plus earlier. That was an amazingly comforting talk that I remember little more. It took 11 years to find his name, locate him and tell him how much he helped me that day. He was not one of my close friends that I would imagine to be at the “top of my list”, which makes him all the more remarkable. Out of the hundreds and thousands of people I have known, why him? The point is WE are blessed with every breath. One of many lessons I learned while I WAS welcome in the Jewish community is that the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Jesus loves us all, and wishes for ALL who call upon Him as Father, success, freedom and life.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that account, Frank.
john smith says
Thank you for sharing your story with us Frank.
James Lincoln says
Frank Anderson,
We meet all kinds of people in our lives. And some may appear to be, at the time, merely “passing acquaintances”.
Sometimes it’s just one thing that the “passing acquaintance” says or does that, consciously or unconsciously, can have a profound impact on our lives.
So glad that you were able to track down – and thank your high school “acquaintance”.
So glad that you had survived the surgery.
Very best wishes – and God bless.
Frank Anderson says
James of all the people who were much closer, why this person came to me at that time will remain a mystery. He is an outstanding graduate of the high school, of Annapolis and an enormously successful person in life and industry. I cannot remember ever talking with him while in the military school. One for the books? Frank
Elizabeth Lawson says
Disgusting and simply horrifying on both human and political levels. This disaster is the culmination of ‘playing with the extreme Left’ which is what the Democratic Party has become – it’s not ALL Biden’s fault, In recent years, the US has become the bastion of a multiplicity of ‘rights’ causes – the consequences of this tearing apart at the very fabric that unified all citizens, has resulted in not only a ‘me first’ posture, but violence, rioting and even murder to exact a price for perceived insult, denigration etc. The underpinning of all/ most of this discontent and its cultural expression is classic Marxism. Countless organisations have sprung up to protect rights – to protest their unequal treatment by any/all in the country. If these same people were to examine their hallowed rights in any totalitarian country, they would rightfully be horrified. It’s my guess that many kind and well meaning US citizens do not know that they are being used by people to subvert and destroy their own country – a very sad conclusion. Why else would they have voted for Marxist Obama and Joe Biden – to say nothing about Democrat Communist Party? It sure wouldn’t have been characterized as such back in Jack Kennedy’s day.
Commons says
If our political and religious leaders are blind to true Islam and Jihad doctrine of Islam, we have to prepare to protect ourselves and our loved ones from Jihad. The point that needs uttermost emphasis is that Jihad is a bloody confrontation with infidels; it is war waged with the spirit of aggression; and more often than not, it is a war of deception and subterfuge.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
Just had a quick look at some of captured weaponry General Milly left behind besides the major stuff like 158 Black Hawk helicopters, will post a link.
What caught my eye was a Taliban with a captured auto rifle with a trijicon acog with/ acss aurora reticle & rmr red dot. That should cost dollars 2 500. I believe thousands were left behind.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-seize-u-s-weapons-in-afghanistan-stockpiling-helicopters-guns-and-trucks-11629470916
Frank Anderson says
M. When I worked in a gun shop many years ago, a prospective customer came in and wanted to buy a cheap handgun to leave in his truck, in case it was stolen. I asked him what if it were stolen and used to kill you or someone you care about? Would you be more careful with an expensive pistol than you plan to be with a cheap one? I had no intention of selling him either until he convinced me it would be treated like it is worth the value of a human life. Like the Fast and Furious fiasco of the Obama/Biden/Holder administration, only at least 300 time worse, these “lost” firearms will kill hundreds of thousands or even millions.
gravenimage says
Yes–this is insane. All American ordnance should have been removed or destroyed.
Shirley Ann says
It appears that General Milley & his WOKE MILITARY Tucked their tails between their legs & Sneaked out of Afghanistan, Crying about leaving their “Interpreters” behind them, but leaving a Beautiful GIFT of enough Military EQUIPMENT, for their “Interpreters” to give to their Muslim Bros in the Taliban. My View of a WOKE Military.
Inspired Infidel says
I also noticed the ” top of the line ” trijicon rifle optix. Americans fought many times to protect our freedoms. One muslim in America is one too many. Let them fight their own battles in their own countries.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
@ Frank. Gun safety is imperative always.
CogitoErgoSum says
The government the U.S. was supporting was completely Islamic. We in the West should not be supporting Islam in ANY way. I think it’s good that the U.S. failed in its mission since that mission was completely wrong. It seems bad that the Taliban are now in control but I believe that the evil that comes from them will make it all the more likely that they we will be fighting them again soon enough – and we will be smarter about it next time and ultimately achieve victory. Do not despair.
gravenimage says
CogitoErgoSum, I’m not sure what victory would look like in a country that is 100% Muslim.
Lion heart says
Iraqi Muslims and Egyptian Muslims were celebrating the catastrophic terror arrack of 9/11 by distributing candies in the streets of Iraq abs Egypt out of joy and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq and I remember that in Iraq back then and Muslims even so called moderate Muslims were happy for that 9/11 attack and yet our Canadian government wanna take in 20000 Muslim Afghani interpreters who worked with the Canadian forces! To do what ? To kill Canadians abs raping nonMuslim white girls !! as Iraqi Muslim interpreters have stabbed the Americans forces by snitching on them to their fellow Islamic terrorists through texting them about the whereabouts of the American military convoys so that they would ambush the Americans and kill as many Americans as possible while sparing the lives of their fellow Muslims and I worked with the us army back then and warned many American soldiers not to hire any Muslim because they would betray the Americans once they get the Chance as they betrayed their fellow Iraqi Christians even their longtime Christian neighbours after taking Islam seriously the fall of Saddam’s bloody regime.
gravenimage says
Grimly agree, Lion heart.
Lion heart says
Gravenimage: yes man ! I raised awareness among many fellow Canadians about Islam and thank God many beloved me but we still have a long way to go to educate the rest of Canadians about the Evil of Islam and there is an Ex-Muslim psychiatrist called dr waffa sultan who once said in Arabic “ Even if we were to slap the westerners very hard on their faces , yet they would not wake up “ and she means by that as she explained it that no matter what effort we make to expose Islam to the west , they’re would be still many of them don’t believe that so I other words they are in a coma not even sleeping regarding the danger of Islam and Muslim refugees to the West .
Bob Thorpe says
This is now the start of renewed terror attacks on the Christian west by the evil of Islam.
Isis, and other crazy killer groups now have a safe haven from which to operate.
Peacelover says
..and Biden is directly to blame for this and a whole lot more.
gravenimage says
Muslims celebrate online: ‘Afghanistan is conquered and Islam has won’
……………….
Note they are not saying that the Taliban won.
So much for the idea that all Muslims oppose the Taliban…
john smith says
Thank you for sharing your story with us Frank.
Frank Anderson says
J.S. what I write here is true. This is my “message in a bottle” to a person I never mention and with whom I have not spoken since Christmas Day, 1994. We have both the right and duty to choose who we include in our lives.
OLD GUY says
Islam will and always wants to celebrate the death and destruction of Christians across the world. They want total domination of the people of earth, and are spreading through out the world with a migration invasion of the western countries.