Money Quotes:
The West doesn’t have the power to change Islam; it only has the power to destroy it. .... We could just take out a few troublesome nations, kill millions, and irradiate Mecca so that the Fifth Pillar is invalidated. .... Every pilgrim a martyr. I don’t think we’ll do either; God help us if we do, but inasmuch as we have the capability, it’s an option.
Strong horse, weak horse.
There is another path, of course. Simply put: if a US city is nuked, the US will have to nuke someone, or let it stand that the United States can lose a city without cost to the other side. Defining “the other side” would be difficult, of course – do you erase Tehran to punish the mullahs? Make a crater out of Riyahd? These are exactly the sort of decisions we never want to make. But let’s say it happens. Baltimore: fire and wind. Gone. That horrible day would clarify things once and for all. It’s one thing for someone in a distant city to cheer the fall of two skyscrapers: from a distance, it looks like a bloody nose. But erasing a city is a different matter.
Everyone will have to choose sides. That would be one possible beginning of the end of this war.
A minimal-casualty defeat of the Islamists will require the help of Islam. I'd like to think that will happen on its own, without some exterior catastrophe to force the issue. For that matter I'd like to think I'll win the Powerball. Every time the jackpot goes over 200 million, I buy a ticket. Every time I lose. I'm always disappointed, of course. But never surprised.
Imagine if terrorists committed such a heinous act and did it in the name of the Pope or Judaism? Wouldn't the followers of those religions rise up and say in no uncertain terms that those individuals did not act in their name or on behalf of their belief? But what do we hear from the Muslim world --silence.
I admit, I kept turning off the radio during the Abi's (the Somali Muslims) call because he could only answer "Yes, however...." and I'm f*&^ing sick of "Yes, however..." a$$holes.
So because I kept turning off the radio I don't know if Hugh asked the one question that was begging to be asked: the elephant in the room - and I don't think he did -"WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
If Islamic leadership is sooooo great, and the USA is soooooo evil, why was Abi in Minnesota?
Why didn't he move back to his Somali paradise?
I'm giving Hugh the benefit of the doubt and assuming he didn't ask the question because it would have ended the conversation.
2. Thousands of terrorists, in multiple terror groups (Al Qaeda, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, etc.), sponsored in one form or another by over a dozen nations, bomb and kill innocent people over and over again and the world yawns, no condemnations are forthcoming from any Muslim official.There truly is very limited rejection of this type of barbarism.
Unfortunately, we are fighting by a set of rules. War is hell, as the saying goes. We need to take the gloves off and get our hands dirty. If beating up some terrorists gets the information we need to smoke these f*ckers out, then do it. If parading them around in women's underwear does the trick, fine.
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!
Get the info. Find the terrorists and kill them. Don't talk to them, don't imprison them, don't give them 3 squares and a pack a cigs...KILL THEM! PERIOD!
I can think of no other description than the one that Rush uses "Human Debris". They need to be wiped from the face of this Earth.