Posted on 05/15/2008 6:23:16 PM PDT by Barbarian6
To better understand the Quranic basis of jihad as practiced by extremists without sifting through a library of interpretations, you should read one book above all others, says Lt. Col. Joseph Myers.
“The Quranic Concept of War,” by Pakistani Brig. Gen. S.K. Malik in the late 1970s, isn’t much studied in the West.
But it should be, Myers said, if America, and more specifically, the U.S. military, wants to gain a better understanding of the enemy in the war on terrorism...
..."I think the significant strategic shortcoming or failing in the war on terror is that we have not gone through the strategic, doctrinal analysis of the enemy, we haven’t distilled and elaborated his threat doctrine."
Q: If you could speak to the members of Congress or members of the federal government, is there anything they could do about that situation?
(Excerpt) Read more at cqpolitics.com ...
Idiot Neo-Cons like Bush lump in Secular Saddam, Shiite Iran and Atheist Kim Jong Il with SUNNI terrorists (The actual perpetrators of 9-11).
“Axis of Evil” anyone?
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So Korean missiles in Iraq and Iran are just coincidental?
Call me a simpleton, but I don’t think one needs to read a book to know what they’re all about:
They want power to the point where they can dominate anyone that interferes with their desires.
Only one way to deal with them: kill them wherever they crawl.
Okay, you're a simpleton. Perhaps the oldest and most basic of all military maxims is that one should understand the enemy.
His intentions, his capabilities, his motivations.
The greatest generals always fought the enemy and in particular his leadership, not his weaponry. See R.E. Lee. The surge has worked, to the extent it has, largely because of changes in tactics based on a better understanding of how the enemy operates, not because of increased manpower applied in the same old inefficient way.
9/11 happened because we didn't understand this enemy, and therefore drastically underestimated him.
I hate the term “War On Terror”.
Terror is a tactic.
An honest term would be Global War to Eradicate Islam Before Islam Eradicates Us. World War Four, if you like.
I just saw Reuters headline that said “House blocked Iraq war funding, and makes schedule to bring troops home.” The Appropriations Committe gave Bush funding afterwards, but set June 2009 to change troops from combat to training the Iraqis and support. Now some GOPs added extra spending to the New Funding and it could cause Bush to veto. He’ll have money for about a month for troops according to Reuters article. I just don’t see any FIRE in the GOP this time around, and without being fired up to win look out!
The horses rear-ends won’t even wait for the election.
Nancy Pelosi at the helm of a sinking ship...she thinks she’s President, and isn’t waiting. These dem BUZZHEADS will destroy National Security in America.
Bush can’t even visit Israel without the mad dogs foaming at the mouth to get into control. Obama saying he’ll sit down with Ajminajab in Iran is like trying to make a deal with the devil, and knowing in advance he’s lying through his teeth. What a chaotic disaster this bunch will make.
No this is the last war, and when all nations draw up against Israel you will see Jesus split the eastern sky and it will all over but the bloodshed. Rev 19:9-21
Of course holiness will have been gone since Jesus came as a thief to take home the church, and since we are with him in robes of righteousness and indestructable bodies WE WIN!
Rev 16:15,16
"Secular Saddam" was giving sanctuary to SUnni and Shi'a Muslims who killed your fellow citizens while at the same time paying bounty to jihadists for the heads of Jews and Americans.
“Obama saying he’ll sit down with Ajminajab in Iran..”
They share the same religion and philosophy — why shouldn’t they sit down together? Isn’t that a given?
“An honest term would be Global War to Eradicate Islam Before Islam Eradicates Us.”
Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is not a war against Islam but only against jihadists and they are only the minority. There are 49% jihadists abd 51% who silently approve. Together they make up the ROP.
“Rommel... you magnificent bastard, I read your book! “
This one of the oldest maxims in warfare. One of the reasons that the Pubbies are in such a mess is that the neocons lead Bush into Iraq without any plan for what to do there after the relatively trivial matter of getting Sadam out was done.
Another princpal of war is that it will take a lot longer than you think it will and carries with it the danger of bankrupting the treasury.
Why oh why oh why did the Pubbies go to war without a plan? It destroyed Bush's presidency (he sacrificed all for the power to expend blood and treasure in Iraq) and is destroying the Republican party.
Remember, "It wasn't over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!" Who needs to worry about such minor details as our enemies' characteristics.
You know, like how we wasted all our effort fighting the Germans differently from the Japanese...after all, they were allies, so why didn't we just use the same strategies?!?
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I’m sure they had a plan, it just turned out to not be a very good one.
Plans are much more easily concocted a few years after the fact. Numerous books have come out recently with the authors claiming that if only their advice had been followed everything would have been wonderful.
Let’s leave aside the fact that many of their plans directly contradict each other. How can anyone state with assurance that things might not have turned out even worse had these prescriptions been implemented?
Bye Bye!
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Hey, Kat: the Dems have been lacing some of the war fundking legislation with additions for illegal aliens amnesty. The MSM will not publicize that fact: a quick look at NumbersUSA.com will give you the details.
I know the Dems tried it earlier today with the AG funding bill.
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