Posted on 04/17/2009 12:02:53 PM PDT by AJKauf
During the recent Somali pirate standoff with U.S. forces, when American sea captain Richard Phillips was being held hostage, Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer confidently concluded that “the good news is that these [pirates] are not jihadists. If it’s a jihadist holding a hostage, there is going to be a lot of death. These guys are interested not in martyrdom but in money.”
In fact, the only good news is that Richard Phillips has been rescued. The bad news is that what appears to have been a bunch of lawless, plunder-seeking Somalis “yo-hoing” on the high seas is, in fact, a manifestation of the jihad — as attested to by both Islamic history and doctrine....
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that’s what I thought! This entire misclassification totally ruins the market value of the Arrrrr type of pirates everyone!
Our Muslim president probably didn’t want you to know.
Hey, the pirates are just “spreading the wealth”, not unlike our Democrat-run government.
Might not be interested in “martyrdom”, but they are going to find out what 72 virgins they will obtain when the ship owners blast them to bits. Hire Blackwater—do it now.
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