Posted on 09/03/2006 2:23:22 PM PDT by knighthawk
In a statement today, Al-Qaeda's American rep, Adam Gadahn (né Adam Perlman, whom the FBI seeks "in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States"), has this to say:
If the Zionist crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants like Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Michael Scheuer, Steven Emerson, and yes, even the crusader-in-chief George W. Bush were to abandon their unbelief and repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our brothers in Islam."
So, Al-Qaeda wants me and my "sword" (a reference, presumably, to my computer keyboard) to join its efforts. My response to Gadahn:
I note your offer for me to change sides in the current war. But I am faithful to my own religion, to my own country, and to my civilization. I will do my part to defeat radical, totalitarian Islam and to usher in the emergence of a modern, moderate, and good-neighborly Islam in its place.
By way of postscript, Gadahn praises three Westerners: Seymour Hersh, George Galloway, and Robert Fisk. This is in keeping with Osama bin Laden's praising William Blum.
Ping
Help! Who is William Blum?
add michael moore to the praisees, whether stated or not.
"Modern, moderate, good-neighborly Islam???"
Ain't no such thing.
If a man is defined by his enemies, Daniel Pipes is my hero.
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/WhyTerroristsHateAmer.html
Ah, a nut that asserts that the US deserved various terrorist bombings because we didn't permit the Palistinians to take over Lebanon, Saddam to take over Kuwaitt.
It is all clear to me. The reasons why the terrorists attack is Blum doesn't take his Thorazine.
How about this response? Nuts!
Not exactly "beat their swords into plowshares"
ISLAM, the religion of hate, murder, rape, subjugation and pedophilia.
enter into the light of IslamThey see colors. They see lights. They hear voices. They are nuts.
“Between 1945 and 2005 the United States has attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes... In the process, the U.S. caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).
"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine" (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).
He is as lovable as his friend Noam Chomsky without the partial redemption of substantial scholorship in an unrelated discipline to political thought.
Which way is Meggiddo and where is my swordbearer?
Islamics are beating their swords into Katyushas, anti tank missiles and nuclear weapons
ISLAM, the religion of hate, murder, rape, subjugation and pedophilia.
Down through the centuries
Still waiting to hear from the "heroes" of Adam.
*Crickets*
Their swords are already turned against the enemies of God.
From Wikipedia FWIW:
In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower.[1] In a May 22, 2006 article entitlted, Come Out of the White House With Your Hands Up, Blum wrote, "Since the bin Laden recommendation, January 19, I have not been offered a single speaking engagement on any campus . . .This despite January-May normally being the most active period for me and other campus speakers."
I would not take this "invitation" lightly. In Islam, you can't just start waging jihad. First you have to invite the people to Islam, if they refuse then the head rolls. This nut job could just be talking smack, but if he is serious in his belief of Islam , all those mentioned should take heed.
So, you disagree with Pipes, and you agree with radical, violent Islamists (that theirs is the normative, indeed the only, Islam).
But maybe you could refrain from personally propagating enemy propaganda (not to mention relegating crucial allies to "unperson" status) at least so long as we're at war?
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