Posted on 04/20/2013 10:04:59 AM PDT by IbJensen
The entire storyline of the two men responsible for the horrible terrorist attack during the Boston Marathon has me completely stunned. These two radicals, picked a very public event and a location they knew would be filled with people, including children, and decided they wanted to kill Americans. Yet, in all the coverage, the phrase all media avoided like the plague, was the one that was the most obvious and readily known: they were Islamic extremists.
First here's a little bit of history just to refresh the minds of the media and those others out there who think these very public acts of terror are somehow NOT motivated by a religion whose extremist wing is hell bent on destroying America:
* 18 April 1983 – The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, Beirut, Lebanon by the Islamic Jihad Organization, 63 dead, 120 injured
* 26 February 1993 – World Trade Center bombing, in New York City. 6 killed.
* 7 August 1998 – United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. 224 dead. 4000+ injured.
* October 12, 2000 - USS Cole bombing at a Yemen port. 17 American sailors were killed, 39 injured.
* 11 September 2001 – 4 planes hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda hijackers: two planes crashed into World Trade Center and one into the The Pentagon. Nearly 3000 dead.
* 22 December 2001 - Richard Reid attempted shoe bombing on American Airlines Flight 63
* 11 September 2012 - On the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th attacks in the United States, Islamist militants killed 4 and wounded 7 in the Benghazi U.S. Consulate attack
Just talk a look at the expanded list to see what's been going on around the world over the past few decades.
And yet, when the reports started flowing in following the terrorist attack in Boston, it appeared the media all followed a two-step process.
* Step 1 -- Blame a far right, white, extremist man or Organization
* Step 2 -- Keep quiet about the real background of the bombers
Let's look at Step 1. As I watched the initial coverage, I switched back and forth between Fox and CNN. At one point on CNN (and this was on the day of the bombing when the only thing that was going on was replaying the bombing videos over and over again), Wolf Blitzer was talking to a guest who brought up the idea that it could be a member of a white supremacist group. He brought this up simply because, "We've been hearing about that in the news a lot lately."
As reported in Politic.com, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell blamed the NRA for delays in the Boston Marathon investigation. MSNBC's Chris Matthews immediately tried to link the bombing to a far right group.
I could go on and on, but let's move to Step 2. NO ONE, not even Fox News, was reporting that these guys... these terrorist bombers... were Islamic extremists. Why? Is it politically incorrect to identify them for what they are?
It was quite amazing on Friday when GOPUSA ran it's lead story with the headline: One Islamic Bomber Dead, One on the Run; Boston Suburbs Locked Down. It was amazing, because some people actually wrote in and complained that we used the word "Islamic." Some accused us of spreading rumors. Others blamed us for "poor reporting." And why? Simply because they hadn't heard it anywhere else.
Here was my personal favorite by one reader: "Hey dumbass, he's not islamic, but he was russian."
There's so much I could say about that one sentence. I guess this guy doesn't know the difference between a religion and a nationality.
The fact is that even while most of the media were silent, the information was EASILY available. They guys were Islamic extremists. One posted a video with an "Extremist Religious Prophecy Associated with Al Qaeda" on YouTube.
All of this information was out there, and yet even conservative web sites avoided the obvious.
I guess the media was just too upset that it wasn't a freaked-out white guy. Instead, it's one more chilling example, just like we saw in Benghazi, of a strain of humanity that is clearly inhuman.
Also omitted (in no particular order)
1) Assassination of Meyer Kahane
2) Murder of Hasedic child when some raghead decided to shoot up a school bus full of kids on the Brooklyn Bridge.
3) Murder of tourists on observation deck of Empire State Building
4) Attempted bombing of LAX
5) Foiled attempt to blow up subways, tunnels and the Statue of Liberty.
No one should be afraid to state the obvious.
An iron crescent has descended across the media.
IMHO, a Fundamentalist/Extremist Muslim believes that his God demands that he either convert or kill the Infidel, and he is actively striving to obey his God.
A Moderate Muslim believes that his God demands that he either convert or kill the Infidel, but he has not yet had either the means or the opportunity to obey his God.
I prefer "Mohammedans." It's extremely politically incorrect, because it means "followers of Mohammed," rather than "submission."
They hate it, too. So I prefer it.
Not a phrase I’m completely comfortable with. I prefer “DEAD” islamic extremist.
Ozone has banned the words jihad and terrorist. He doesn’t want us talking bad about his brothers.
I’m not afraid to say it. However, the phrase seems a bit redundant. Where are the moderate Muslims who condemn the Boston bombing? It’s pretty creaky-crickety from their neck of the woods. Sure would like to have some validation that there are moderate Muslims.
“Due to being totally intimidated by the fear of being hunted down and slaughtered and thereby willing to compromise our morals and ethics, no statement of negative inflection will be issued concerning a certain Mideastern religion of peace.
BGood....Ross
Quran 9:33 ISLAM WILL PREVAIL OVER ALL RELIGIONS
THE FOUNDER OF CAIR HAS TOLD US PLAINLY OF ISLAM’S OBJECTIVE IN AMERICA:
“ISLAM ISN’T IN AMERICA TO BE EQUAL TO ANY OTHER FAITH, BUT TO BECOME DOMINANT. The Koran ... should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth. Everthing we need to know is in the Koran. We don’t need to look somewhere else.”
OMAR M. AHMAD, CHAIRMAN OF CAIR, the mainsteam Muslim advocacy group.
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Every “moderate” Muslim is a potential terrorist. The belief in Islam is like a tank of gasoline. It looks innocuous, until it meets the fire. For a “moderate” Muslim to become a murderous jihadist, all it takes is a spark of faith.
Ali Sina
Or “Due to being controlled by our Saudi Masters, this news has been censored.”
I’m not afraid to say it. If your a Muslim and believe the Koran then you are a member of a terrorist death cult.
It is not a religion and should receive the same respect in the USA as the Branch Davidian cult only I would be more kind.
I do not want to burn all their women and children and useless men like the lezbo Reno did but, every single one of them must be deported to the Islamic cesspool of their choice. I’d even support a one time deportation tax if it would help get them out of the country immediately.
They contribute nothing to our society except to give the government an excuse to violate our 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Amendments.
How heart warming it is to see the country rally around the headchoppers and excuse their crimes.
We seriously need to change our immigration policy and on a personal level make life for Muslims already in America unfriendly and unwelcoming.
Islamic. Islamic Extremist. But I repeat myself.
They’re busy telling their people not to be ashamed of their religion.
Yep, the only thing so called moderate muslims ever say after one of their own attack us is that they are afraid of "backlash", as if there has ever been any "backlash" after one of their murderous attacks.
Terrorists from Mideast countries are entering the US from Mexico......their swarthiness gives them a pass to masquerade as Mexican illegals
The Mexican border has become the staging area for (1) global terrorists (swarthy Mideasterners who pass for Mexicans), (2) the criminal latino uderworld, (3) Third World lowlifes, (4) drug cartels, (5) impoverished latinos hoping to win the "border lottery" in the US and the like.
And US politicans are looking the other way. The word is out---"come to Mexico to infiltrate the US. It's open season to conduct your dirty deeds."
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Mexican drug cartels swarming into the US (read below) already have financial arrangements with Hamas and Hezbollah, and will be empowered to expand those partnerships via The Schumer-Rubio amnesty bill. It’s a small step from blanketing America w/ marijuana and heroin to aiding and abetting Hezbollah operatives. To these hardened criminal, the profit motive rules, no matter the source.
NY POST EXCERPT--- Mexican cartels dispatch agents deep inside US - spread into non-border states
CHICAGO (AP) — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the US border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States — an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits. If left unchecked, authorities say, the cartels' move into the American interior could render the syndicates harder than ever to dislodge and pave the way for them to expand into other criminal enterprises such as prostitution, kidnapping-and-extortion rackets and money laundering.
Some cartels even have Mexican operatives fill out job applications before being dispatched to the US, Riley added.
In Mexico, the cartels are known for a staggering number of killings — more than 50,000, according to one tally. Beheadings are sometimes a signature. So far, cartels don't appear to be directly responsible for large numbers of slayings in the United States, though the Texas Department of Public Safety reported 22 killings and five kidnappings in Texas at the hands of Mexican cartels from 2010 through mid- 2011. Still, police worry that increased cartel activity could fuel heightened violence.--SNIP--
In Chicago, the police commander who oversees narcotics investigations, James O'Grady, said street-gang disputes over turf account for most of the city's uptick in murders last year, when slayings topped 500 for the first time since 2008.
Although the cartels aren't dictating the territorial wars, they are the source of drugs. Riley's assessment is stark: He argues that the cartels should be seen as an underlying cause of Chicago's disturbingly high murder rate. "They are the puppeteers," he said. "Maybe the shooter didn't know and maybe the victim didn't know that. But if you follow it down the line, the cartels are ultimately responsible."
SOURCE http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/mexican_cartels_dispatch_agents_ZsKwR5wQCvQvpBXnejs1TJ
PC thought and speech kills.
P4L
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