Radical Islam Appears to Be Spreading

ap ^ | 11-14-04 | BRIAN MURPHY

[Ichneumon]

Yes, I guess we woke up on Sept 11th and realized what Israel and the rest of the World has been aware of for some time.

The following political cartoon was published soon after 9/11:

[LibertarianInExile]

"Radical Islam Appears to Be Spreading"

That'll happen if you slice them thin enough.

Okay, that was a bad adaptation of an old joke...but I amused myself.

[Siamese Princess]

I guess that whole Ayatollah-hostage thing back in '79 wasn`t just an isolated incident. Thanks Brian Murphy for clearing this up for me.

The taking of the American hostages in 1979 was the first blow struck in the revived war between Islam and the West. It's a war that may last for centuries.

[cardinal4]

Islam sucks.

[weenie]

It's a war that may last for centuries.

The one thing that argues against it lasting centuries is that nuclear technologies already exist that in enemy hands would be used agaisnt Israel or the US today.

Whatever must be done, must be done now.

[No Blue States]

Spain was a Western Islamic capital although it is no longer. I WILL NOT see them stake out more empires in the West.

I share your sentiment wholeheartedly. And Im proud of America that the pre election OBL tapes and other empty threats did not make us cower like Spain.

[weenie]

Oops...

It's a war that may last for centuries.

[Siamese Princess]

It's a war that may last for centuries.

The one thing that argues against it lasting centuries is that nuclear technologies already exist that in enemy hands would be used agaisnt Israel or the US today.

Whatever must be done, must be done now.

You may be right. I was thinking of both the hot and cold wars waged between the Islamic and Christian worlds for centuries. They only sputtered out at the end of the 17th century because the West was so far technically advanced of the Turks.

[Clintonfatigued]

It's interesting that radical Islam is growing outside the Arab world. Within the Arab world, it seems to have peaked. In Algeria, people have grown tired of the civil war and it's massive killing.

[No Blue States]

Deport all Muslims from all countries. That's the only sane thing to do. But, of course, we won't. No country will. And so, the future looks pretty bleak.

I suspected that, there will be no quick fix or final victory and a long bloody war is assured along with the probability of escalation.

[weenie]

I hear you...

[razoroccam]

Nothing new. As I have detailed many times, a clash of religions is inevitable. Nukes or biological weapons, they will use them against us. First. And maybe last.

[weenie]

there will be no quick fix or final victory and a long bloody war is assured along with the probability of escalation.

It will be bloody and, unfortunately, deportation to an area within striking distance of Israel doesn't solve the problem.

...and this Christian American is fully behind Israel. As far as I am concerned, Israel and the Holy Land is as much as part of my country as my home state.

[weenie]

dang...is = are

[Gucho]

It's going to be a long haul and for the moment we have to stabalize Fallujah along with the civilians and Iraqi forces. Also same must be done in Mosul, Rammadi and the entire Sunni Triangle. Hopefully more well trained Iraqi forces come aboard. (one step at a time)

[No Blue States]

Take the issue of elections, for instance. What do you think of a voting system like the American one that gives a physician, an intellectual, an astronaut, an intelligent person and the head of the family, a vote that has the same weight as the vote of an ignorant, a fool, an idiot, an imbecile, a hippy, a bum, an unemployed man, who has no diploma, culture, or brains. What is this?!

So they are elitists too? The wonders never cease.

Therefore, it is our duty to globalize the world around Islam and call the world to join Islam: "you may warn the Mother of Cities and those around her." This means the entire world.

You know I probably could live with their futile belief of spreading their religion worldwide if it werent for their convert of kill clause.

[Mamzelle]

They're not awake--only sleepwalking. But the radicals now know that they should go after artists if they want attention...the world's heart breaks for their little artiste dieties, but not for 500 children murdered in Beslan.

[No Blue States]

Same here, NIMBY.

[Eastbound]

Definitely an internecene warfare going on all over the world. Only solution is to quarantine all of Islam and let them fight it out. The radicals will follow the moderates all over the world. Use them to establish communities in a country, then spring up and kill them and use their space, assets and resources as a base for terrorism against the host nation.

The old Trojan horse ploy. Seems to be still working after all these centuries.

[Fiddlstix]

The title should read: "Rest of the World Wakes Up - Welcome to the Party Pal"

Bingo!