NBC Terror Expert on Paris: This Seems To Be Ratcheting It Down, Not Ratcheting It Up

RealClearPolitics ^ | January 1, 2014 | RealClearPolitics

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On MSNBC this afternoon, NBC terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann said the terror attack in Paris today seems to signal terror organizations are "ratcheting it up" and not "ratcheting it down."

Kohlmann was very doubtful that these terrorists who had an elaborate escape plan are connected to any major terror group like al Qaeda and ISIS.

"It is not clear these individuals are operating under orders or guidance or instructions from anyone, other than what's in their own heads," Kohlmann surmised.

Later in the segment, Coleman lamented France has a "historical problem with Islamophobia."

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2900835/Crowds-gather-central-Paris-solidarity-murdered-Charlie-Hebdo-journalists-slogan-Je-Suis-Charlie.html

Many pictures at link from AP (cant post)

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What is he the International Terrorist League scorekeeper? Does he edit the Guinness Book of World Terrorist Records?

Obscure talk of "ratcheting it up" versus "ratcheting it down" is beside the point when 12 people -- including some very prominent people -- who were alive yesterday are dead today in a day-time attack in the middle of one of the world's largest and most famous cities.

I don't want to play scorekeeper either, but it seems like he's looking at the whole thing in the wrong way.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. the title contradicts the body of the text.

What’s with that ..????? It’s just the incompetence of NBC ..??

[mojito]

Let's see:

In just the past few months we had Muslims murdering in these western cities:

Toronto

Sydney

Paris

And the more Muslims murder, the more the multiculturalists and the progressives hyperventilate about how Islam is really the religion of peace, but that these poor Islamists are driven mad by a naughty US foreign policy.

And so of course they turn to murder in the name of their filthy loathsome god and his child rapist prophet.

[lavaroise]

Islamophobia is when someone is afraid to criticize islam, not the reverse.

[workerbee]

He's looking at it the same way Obama and all apologists for Islam look at it; i.e., "This isn't Islam, or real Islam, or coordinated/organized Islam, and most certainly not devout Islam... it's just lonely, misunderstood folks who happen to be Muslim."

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But the crowd will do nothing except
burn candles and whimper.
They should be tearing down mosques.

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WHY MUSLIMS ARE VIOLENT

This is pretty straight forward folks. There are peaceful Muslims, but there is no such thing as peaceful Islam. Violence is not an aberration in Islam—it is DOCTRINE. Dozens of passages in the Quran exhort Muslims to hate or kill or terrorize infidels (non-Muslims) wherever they find them. For examples, see Suras 2:190-193, 2:216, 2:244, 3:56, 3:142, 3:151, 4:56, 4:74 (beheading), 4:76, 4:84, 4:89, 4:91, 4:95, 4:104, 5:51, 5:32-38, 7:96-99, 8:12-15 (beheading), 8:39, 8:57-60, 8:65-67, 9:5, 9:14, 9:20-30, 9:38-41, 9:73, 9:88, 9:111, 9:123, 17:16, 18:65-81, 21:44, 22:18-22, 25:52, 33:60-62, 47:3-4 (beheading), 47:35, 48:16-17, 48:29, 61:4, and 66:8-12. These are the passages that jihadists quote in defense of their horrible atrocities. Unlike the Old Testament, violence in the Quran is mostly open-ended, that is, not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding events.

While there are a couple of passages that Muslims point to that might suggest peaceful solutions (Suras 2:256, 29:46, 41:34), these are overwhelmed by the violent ones. Indeed, the peaceful passages were abrogated by the violent ones—because the violent ones were written later, after Muhammad’s move to Medina (from Mecca). Anyone who wants to commit acts of violence has perfect justification for doing so from the Quran. There is nothing in the Quran comparable to Jesus’ teachings to “turn the other cheek” and to “love your neighbor.”

You can look these passages up for yourself. Below is a site that has three translations of the Quran side-by-side. (Note: English translators of the Quran sometimes try to soften the true Arabic meaning of some of these passages. For example, to “fight” really means to kill in Arabic.)

http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran

In addition to the Quran are the hadiths. These are collections of sayings and actions of Muhammad. Indeed, Muhammad was one of the most violent men in history, setting the example for all Muslims to follow. See this link:

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm

For more information, see our Faith Facts article:

http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/christianity-vs.-islam

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