Posted on 02/25/2006 2:13:58 PM PST by RWR8189
It's happening here in the U.S. too; just read all the bizarre apologies for of "moderate" islam in defense of Bush and the P & O deal and it becomes frightenly clear we have now taken the French avenue of appeasement with islam.
No kidding
Indeed.
The liberals think the Third Caliphate is a scare tactic used by conservatives to maintain power. When they figure it out, it will be way too late.
I'm as anti-Islamist as anyone.
But, hell, we need allies to win this war. The UAE has been solid for us all along. There's no reason to piss on them. This is simply a cynical Democratic game that a bunch of Republicans have fallen for for racialist reasons.
If we're going to wage all-out war on Islam, fine. Let's do it. The draft and nukes and all. But if we're not going to, then we need to make compromises and so forth.
More to the point, we're at war. Our President needs our support, not our whining. If you've nothing useful to say, I suggest, you can best serve the nation by keeping your damned mouth shut.
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To those who have taken sides with the pro-DPWorld/UAE contingent of status quo government bureaucrats, enjoy this sweetheart deal. Now you can lie in bed with the dirty "jihadists" who helped sponsor 9-11, who supported the Taliban-Al Qaeda for years, who gave cover to Osama Bin Laden and who gave refuge to terrorists for decades. People need to wake up and understand that "jihadism" is alive and well throughout the ME. Including, in the UAE.
The UAE is not a solid ally. They require our presence to protect them from Iran. They have taken some positive steps but we would be fools to treat them any differently than any other Muslims, who can reasonably be presumed enemies unless proven otherwise. The UAE is an autocracy and one coup could turn it into a Taliban-like enemy overnight. The people of the UAE by and large hate us, and not one would be convinced of our good will by permitting their autocratic government to conduct this business.
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For victory in our new worldwide War on Terrorism...
..all we have to do is follow the inspiring 9/11 Example already set by...
The Man Who Predicted 9/11: RICK RESCORLA, ..R.I.P.
http://www.RickRescorla.com
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
...So shared former CIA Director JAMES WOOLSEY shortly after the Attacks of September 11, 2001.
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If the West would only wake up and take a lesson from the Australians. Their leaders have come out with incredibly straight talk to the muslims..."Accept our way of life or go home". I wish President Bush would show some spine and
make that kind of declaration! Don't hold your breath!
The "chickenhawk" slur is mean and a cheap shot. But isn't it a little offensive to read this lisping girlyman questioning anyone's "nerve"?
"The liberals think the Third Caliphate is a scare tactic"
And many leftists think a Third Caliphate would be just great. They despise the United States and the West and would love to have a powerful ally that feels the same.
Let me fix that for you Bill...
"The Bush administration leads the West. If the West seems to be on its heels, it is because the administration seems to be on its heels. The fact that the left is utterly responsible, and some of the right is silly, is no excuse. "
Sad but true. I see it here in my school, where those who are supposed the most liberal in support of free expression, speech, and human rights are the ones the least willing to fight. I astounded a senior today with the litany of terror attacks, starting with the 1970 hijackings and the 1972 Olympics massacre, and she just stared at me with wide-open eyes and a look like, "Why didn't they teach me this in history class?"
My own observation is that the West, like Islam, has a death cult. In Islam, the death cult goes by a number of names and affiliations, but basically followers commit suicide, kill anyone they can, and voice antisemetic, anti-American ravings. The Western death cult is socialism, which also goes by a variety of names and affiliations, but basically followers venerate equality to the point of totalitarianism, oppress and debase anyone they can, and voice anticapitalist, antisemetic, and anti-American ravings. After all, the socialists have murdered 50 to 100 million so far - a figure that makes the Islamists look like pikers.
(Tsk, tsk, tsk. Lost for a theme he resorts to the Charge of the Light Brigade.)
Somebody's splashing on the British Sterling a mite too liberally, sir.
Towel off and carry on!
A shameless plug if I've ever seen one.
OK I'm listening, where's the examples other than two of the nineteen were from the UAE.
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