The Islamic Hydra

The American Thinker ^ | 4-13-04 | Rachel Neuwirth

[veronica]

Day after day, fanatic Arabs/Muslims murder "the infidels" and proudly profess their noble goal of spreading Islam and ruling the world. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, now --- perhaps hundreds of millions later--- are driven by this ideology. Could a world-wide Islamic hegemony usher in peace and prosperity?

Despite the Muslim world's natural resources and vast territory, they are but a notch above the African Sub-Saharan expanse in scientific, intellectual and humanistic achievements. This is a shameful indictment. But shame, humiliation, guilt and responsibility are not readily acknowledged by the Arab/Muslim world. Thus, we typically see the "3-D Response"... Deflection, Deception, Denial. The misery of the "Palestinians"? Blame Israel. The lack of success and prosperity? Blame America. The failure of Islam to "deliver the goods?" Blame the West.

And so Islamo-terror continues unabated in Iraq, Indonesia, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Madrid and elsewhere. There is no end in sight. Islam, the so-called "Religion of Peace," is fast becoming a breeder of hatred and an incubator of willing foot soldiers. It has neither boundaries nor limits. Nor is there any semblance of humanity in their brutality. The beating and hanging from a bridge over the Euphrates River of four lifeless, mutilated charred American civilian bodies is the latest graphic and indelible testimony of their inhumanity.

CIA director George Tenet told the Senate Intelligence Committee last month:

The steady growth of Osama bin Laden's anti-American sentiment through the wider Sunni (Muslim) extremist movement and the broad dissemination of Al Qaeda's destructive expertise ensure that a serious threat will remain for the foreseeable future, with or without Al Qaeda in the picture.

Gen. Henri Bentegeat, head of France's armed forces, recently spoke in Paris and called Al Qaeda a "hydra with several heads." He also said: "If we catch one head there will be others."

Some of the many "heads" of this international Arab/Islamic hydra include such notables as Osama Ben Laden, Yassir Arafat (Israel's “peace partner”), Abu Sayyaf (Philippines), Abdel Aziz Rastisi (Hamas), Sheikh Muhammad Nasserallah (Hizb'Allah – the party of God) and Moqtada al-Sadr (Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric and Hizb’Allah-Iranian front man in Iraq). These and many other lesser known figures are supported and lionized by untold millions. Some might say that Islam has two faces. In reality, it boasts as many faces as the hydra has heads! We are all becoming acutely aware of the so-called "radical Islamic." But is there such a thing as a "moderate" or "secular" Muslim? Or is it merely a matter of the number of degrees "cooler" they are compared to the boiling hot radical center? Bear in mind the not-so-humorous definition of a "moderate Palestinian:" An Arab who would murder Israel's Jews moderately!"

Don't be misled into believing that "moderate" voices can be heard from public relations propagandizing groups such as Salem al Marayati's American Muslim Public Affairs Committee, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and many other American Arabs/Muslims. They have two-fold agenda: destroy Israel and Islamicize America.

Time and again President Bush has promised that American will not falter and will stay the course. But does he fully appreciate that, like that multi-headed hydra, the course should be multi-directional? As noble as it may be to attempt the introduction of democracy to those who have neither a clue of what it really is nor an inkling of how to sustain it, the real mission must continue to be, first and foremost, the elimination of those who incite, encourage and deliver the kind of barbaric Arab/Muslim/Islamic terrorism witnessed in Fallujah.

A tit-for-tat response is woefully inadequate. Just ask the Israelis! Instead a hard lesson must be taught, in my opinion. Flatten Fallujah. Scorch Southern Lebanon and her Hizb'Allah thugs. Give Arafat the same one-way ticket recently issued to Sheikh Yassin. Melt the sword of Islam before it truly hangs over all of us like the the Sword of Damocles!

[Stopislamnow]

Some truth. And finally someone I can agree with about islam.

[DooDahhhh]

Hear,Hear!!!!!!!!!!

[Shaun_MD]

If the world does not come together and unite against these
animals, We will be delivering future generations into a new dark age. God forgive us if we don't stand up to it.

[Savage Beast]

Deflection, Deception, Denial do not cloud the minds of the Islamic world alone. They also cloud the minds of American "Liberals" and European Leftists. Considering the murky thinking of so many people, the amazing thing is that the world is not in worse shape than it is.

[MrB]

Paging the resident Islam apologist...

[Travis McGee]

We're going to find out, sooner or later, if Abdul will pray, to a glowing crater.

[Savage Beast]

...and to make matters worse, American politicians recklessly employ deflection and deception in their ruthless grab for power. We saw an excellent example of this in the recent interrogation of Dr. Condoleezza Rick by members of the 9/11 Commission. Whether because of deception, deflection, or denial, journalists of the American Newsmedia routinely serve their propaganda, either willingly or unwillingly, as accomplices or useful idiots.

[NCPAC]

Bullseye!

We are not engaged in a war on terror, no matter what our esteemed leadership says. This is a "take no prisoners" war with (Radical) Islam and it is for all the marbles. Therefore, we should TAKE NO PRISONERS.

[Cloud William]

Gen. Henri Bentegeat, head of France's armed forces, recently spoke in Paris and called Al Qaeda a "hydra with several heads." He also said: "If we catch one head there will be others."

It is not Al Qaeda specifically that is best compared with a Hydra, it is Islam in general.

Hercules killed the Hydra as the second of his Twelve Labors. The secret? As each head is lopped-off, the neck must be immediately cauterized to prevent re-growth of the head.

That certainly suggests an obvious course of action.

[Redbob]

"they are but a notch above the African Sub-Saharan expanse in scientific, intellectual and humanistic achievements."

They are but a notch above the Cro-Magnon.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

This lady is insane. But then so many Freepers are these days when the proposed victims of mindless campaigns of mass killing are Islamic.

You don't win by wiping entire peoples off the planet, folks. We're the GOOD guys, remember?

[Redbob]

But perhaps I've done an injustice to Cro-Magnon man...

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

They are but a notch above the Cro-Magnon.>>

If so, which I doubt, comments like yours prove they have lots of company.

[jpsb]

You defend murdering terrorists? You are no better then they.

[Cronos]

American Arabs/Muslims

Dumb author of the article. So, she includes Arab Americans like Shannon Elizabeth, Yasmeen Bleethe, General John Abizaid as being terrorists? These are Christian Arab Americans. The danger is caused by the latter part -- the Mslim Americans and is caused by the cult NOT by person's ethnicity.

[AFPhys]

This lady is insane. ... You don't win by wiping entire peoples off the planet, folks. We're the GOOD guys, remember?

Given your response here, I assume that you must have a viable alternative - I mean viable for everyone, not just the Islamists.

What is it?

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Better intelligence. More money on the ground. Bribe whoever necessary. Don't replace prime infantry with national guardsmen when there's firefighting to be done. Increase the size of the Army to deal with the need overseas instead of sending 50 year old car salesmen. More and much, much better linguists.

And patience. Lots and lots of patience. And know that we're going to lose kids in the mean time. There's a word for it; it's called 'war'.

And when we actually DO isolate REAL terrorists (not just people who might look like they could be terrorists) capture only those we need to interrogate the rest and send the rest to Allah for their 72 virgins.

But for God's sake don't shootemallandletGodsortemout. Deserve victory!

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Better intelligence. More money on the ground. Bribe whoever necessary. Don't replace prime infantry with national guardsmen when there's firefighting to be done. Increase the size of the Army to deal with the need overseas instead of sending 50 year old car salesmen. More and much, much better linguists.

And patience. Lots and lots of patience. And know that we're going to lose kids in the mean time. There's a word for it; it's called 'war'.

But for God's sake don't shootemallandletGodsortemout. Deserve victory!

[Uncle Miltie]

"A tit-for-tat response is woefully inadequate. Just ask the Israelis! Instead a hard lesson must be taught, in my opinion. Flatten Fallujah. Scorch Southern Lebanon and her Hizb'Allah thugs. Give Arafat the same one-way ticket recently issued to Sheikh Yassin. Melt the sword of Islam before it truly hangs over all of us like the the Sword of Damocles!"

Sooner or later, Bump.