Posted on 09/12/2022 4:53:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The September 11, 2001 jihad terror attacks were twenty-one years ago, and Americans have moved on. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) was widely ridiculed and even reviled a few years ago for breezily characterizing 9/11 as the day when “some people did something,” but she has had the last laugh: the coverage of the attacks every year is a study in avoidance, with the establishment media focusing on anything and everything besides the motivating ideology and goals of the attackers. As always, the media’s favorite preoccupation is the persistence of Muslim victimhood: every 9/11 anniversary, we’re inundated with stories about how Muslims suffered on that day, and continue to suffer, from racist and unwarranted suspicion that has made their lives in America, a land to which they came with so much hope, a veritable living hell.
Another conspicuous omission is coverage of the persistence of the threat of which 9/11 was one manifestation. Most Americans assume that that threat, insofar as it ever existed, has passed, and no longer need trouble anyone. Recently an emailer taunted me by informing me that I was “very 2005,” and I got the point: sounding the alarm about the jihad threat at this late date? Really? It would seem passé to me also, in this age of the confidently advancing authoritarianism of the Left, to tout the global jihad as a threat to freedom today, were it not for the fact that there are still jihad terror attacks every day, more than I am able to report on. And for another reason as well.
What many people who are well aware of the menace the Left’s thirst to crush dissent poses for free people everywhere, fewer are aware of the reason for the persistent fact that puzzles so many people: why Leftists are generally so contemptuous of Christianity and determined to snuff it out, while so welcoming and even obsequious toward Islam. The answer lies in their shared tendency toward authoritarianism and totalitarianism. A hadith puts into Muhammad’s mouth the saying, “You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin.” (Bukhari 9.93.7142) This statement has become notorious because of its casual racism: the most outlandish ruler Muhammad can think of, and the one who appears to be least worthy of obedience, is a black man. Overlooked, however, is the absolutism of Muhammad’s statement: one must obey the ruler even when the ruler appears absurd and unworthy of obedience.
How convenient such a statement is for those forces in the world today who wish us to accept the Left’s absurd rule today, with all the reality-denying claims that go with it: men can become women, drag queens belong in primary schools, the ridiculous dementia patient in the White House is a competent and capable leader, and all the rest of it. Throughout its history, Islam has lent itself to authoritarian rule, with Turkey being the sole example of a secular republic in a majority-Muslim state, and a poor example at best, as modern Turkey was founded upon an explicit rejection of political Islam, and now Turkish secularism is rapidly eroding under pressure from its Islamizing president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
It’s understandable, then, that those who wish to crush all opposition to their rule would see that crushing religion itself is impossible, but that one religion above all the others will give them a docile, obedient population, as long as its own freedom to grow is respected. No problem there, as far as the Leftist political elites are concerned; they’re happy to foster Islam’s growth in the West, so as to break down the free societies they hate so much and complete their victory over the Judeo-Christian tradition that has given the world such inconvenient notions as the irreducible dignity of every human person. So the propaganda media establishment gives us endless stories of the benign and beneficial aspects of Islam, and of the victimhood of Muslims at the hands of white, racist, Christian “Islamophobes,” and the magnificent contributions of Islam to human civilization. It’s all meant to quiet resistance to their mass migration agenda, as well as ultimately to their crushing of the freedom of speech. And it’s working well.
As a result of all this, 21 years after 9/11, most people assume that sounding a warning about the jihad threat is as unwarranted and in poor taste as sounding a warning about imperial Japan would have been on December 7, 1962. But by 1962, imperial Japan was a dimming memory. The jihad, with help from its powerful Leftist friends, continues to advance. That advance will eventually become clear to everyone who dismisses and denies it now, but by then, there will be no time for reconsideration or recriminations.
I watched for mention of islamic jijad in the 9/11 remembrance ceremonies this weekend and I did not see any discussion that had any substance. Many have forgotten.
Don’t be discouraged, MtnClimber. There are just as many or more that have not forgotten and never will.
Because even back then, there were that many people who wanted to watch Entertainment Tonight or Oprah Winfrey and lived and died by their March Madness picks. And they went back to those lives shortly thereafter.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The globalists are happy with anyone who shares their ultimate goal of our destruction. Once that has been attained, they will turn on each other as they abandon and oppress others they temporarily partnered with. Racial minorities, gays and unions will be in their crosshairs as well.
He was soft on crime and sleeping with the enemy. He continued to bring large numbers of Muslims into the country even though they are enemies of the Republic.
That treason was part of the reason 9/11 never meant much to a large segment of the population. And also the reason our slogan "Never Forget!" only lasted a couple of weeks.
Was traveling part of yesterday, 9/11 is an obvious one to remember; I don’t believe I’ve seen anything yet on the 10 year anniversary of Benghazi. I know the attack doesn’t overshadow what happened on 9/11, I’m just kinda surprised to see or hear very little mention if it yesterday.
“Our border is safe and secure.”
...Kamala Harris V.P. of The United States
“As a result of all this, 21 years after 9/11, most people assume that sounding a warning about the jihad threat is as unwarranted and in poor taste as sounding a warning about imperial Japan would have been on December 7, 1962. But by 1962, imperial Japan was a dimming memory.”
So true and appropriate statement! After only 4 years the US completely conquered Japan; but after 21 years we still are on the DEFENSIVE with Islamic ideology! By 1962 we had productive commerce with Japan and it seemed like the war was ancient history. Not so on both counts concerning Islam.
What a nightmare re Benghazi. What a damn shame and what a blemish. May God bless the families of the needlessly lost heroes.
I remember that day when I lived in Los Angeles. Even then there were liberals on my block sympathizing with the Muslims. That was one of many reasons why I moved 150 miles away. And possibly farther soon.
Many have woken up and realize it was an inside job.
"Secure the borders? Ah heh heh heh! That's racist!"
When the 2nd plane hit, I grabbed the first VHS tape I saw and started recording the news that terrible day. I recorded 18 straight hours of news as it happened and played them every anniversary. Over the years, the tapes began to degrade and the first tape was an old one that was practically worn out to begin with. I burned them all to DVDs about 10 years ago and have tried uploading them but they are huge files. Yesterday I was able to finally get the first 13 hours on my YouTube channel by live streaming and I’ll get the rest soon. Let me know if you want a link.
Yes, please send me a link. You can post it here in case others want the link too.
911 was the culmination of 8 years of the Clinton crime family putting fundraising and pocket lining ahead of national security. And we had the indoctrinated crying and protesting when they failed to re-install the Clintons back into the White house in 2016.
We were attacked over and over and over and over by Islamic terrorists yet terrorists were allowed to not only waltz into our country, but incredibly also take lessons on how to fly a jet. Good to see the FBI and CIA were on their toes back then as well. Trump doesn’t return a library book and they are right on his ass, hero security guard Richard Jewel has his life destroyed for saving lives, David Koresh and 79 of his followers were murdered, but NINETEEN foreign Islamic terrorists were able to organize, prepare and train completely unmolested INSIDE the United States.
Do not try to wake Freepers up about 911. They saw those planes cut through steel girders to disappear into a building and you aren’t going to talk them out of it. 😆
Every time I travel by air, I Remember. I remember the failure of GWB, or his complicity, as I wait to be violated by TSA. I remember.
The generation which never saw 9-11 happen has gained ascendancy. It is a generation for which history began last week.
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