Farrakhan Warns of Armageddon if US Retaliates

CNSnews.com ^ | Sept. 17, 2001 | Marc Morano

[Temple Drake]

CNSNews.com) - Minister Louis Farrakhan has warned President Bush that declaring war on terrorism could "trigger the war that would end all wars, the war of Armageddon."

Farrakhan is the leader of the black Muslim separatist movement Nation of Islam and the architect of the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.

In a speech Sunday at a Chicago mosque, Farrakhan implied that U.S. foreign policy is to blame for last weeks terrorist attacks on Washington and New York. He called on American officials to summon "the courage to look at the foreign policy" and asked if the policies have "produced this danger and hatred toward America."

He described the events of last week as a "dark hour in American and world history." He defended the Palestinians celebrating in the streets after the terrorist attacks because they have "sustained injustice since 1948," which refers to the year Israel became a state.

"They dance in the streets not because they have no feeling for American life, they dance because they wanted America to feel what they feel."

According to Farrakhan, the terrorists that struck America are the product of "despair and hopelessness."

"This is what causes children to strap themselves with bombs. They care nothing for their lives. They want others to feel the pain of what they live with everyday."

He then accused the American government and media of unfairness towards Muslims. He noted that convicted Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh professed to be a Christian, yet the U.S. did not fear all Christians.

"Even though his crime was the most horrific committed up until that time, no one said Christian Timothy McViegh, they just said Timothy McVeigh," he noted. He called McVeigh's actions "un-Christian like" and he declared the attacks last week on the US to be "un-Muslim like."

He said Muslims throughout the world have no quarrel with the citizens of America, only it's foreign policy. He believes these are policies "that the American people know nothing about."

"A better foreign policy of America would defeat terrorism forever in the world," he declared.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I disagree, I think that this is the beginning of black and whites, or whatever color becomming just Americans, and this major jerk and all the others will be screaming into a hurricane.

[aculeus]

Go to your spaceship Louie.

[Sabramerican]

You can find Farrakhan's identical views here on FreeRepublic from the usual anti-Semitic, anti-Israel crowd. Nothing new except that now you all see them for what they are and how far their hate reaches.

[BlueLancer]

Bring it on, Louie ... I just spent my tax "rebate" on a new pistol and about $200 worth of assorted ammunition.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Since you understand the terrorist mindset so well, can you explain their reasoning behind the previous attack on the WTC?

I would think that it would require no great understanding to see terrorist objectives.  Firstly, the classical terrorist uses weapons of terror to force their targets to divert precious resources to combat fifth columnists.  Secondly, they reduce their adversary's ability to fight by destroying key resources, and by inducing a paralysis of action.

Added to that, the mid-east terrorist tries to force his target into a well-defined action that would unite the mid-east and alienate the target from the mid-east.  In this case, the U.S. has to move very circumspectly, since any rash act on our part would inflame the very passions we should desire not to.  Very possibly the more moderate factions of the Arab world would be overthrown, then instead of a handful of terrorist mid-eastern nations, we get stuck with nothing but terrorist nations in the mid-east.

Right now, with even Iran condemning the attacks, we have an unparalleled opportunity to see if we can't pull off a diplomatic coup by not reacting in the way that the terrorists expect.

Let us go to the Arabs and ask them for their help in solving this problem.  Let us not use the "big stick" treatment first, but only if the Arabs cannot, or refuse to do so.  Think what would happen if we could make peace with Iran and Iraq and totally isolate the Taliban regime.  How long do you think that they would survive with their support cut off from the Arab world?  From what I understand, the Talibanites are only slightly less vicious than the Khmer Rouge.

Let us not go to war gladly nor hastily.  Let us go (if we must) reluctantly and with sorrow in our hearts that we have to go at all.

[BobfromMichigan2001]

AppyPappy: Why didn't you add the fact that your post would be #47.

That's right! 4 + 7 = 11.

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Don't forget that 11 x 47 + the number of years Mohammed spent in the desert = the height of the Masonic temple in ZOG, aka, The Washington Monument. ROTFL.

[Bobby777]

oh so Nation of Islam leader Farra-CON wants the USA to sit back and accept this? Hey, Farra-CON, why don't you vacation in Afghanistan this week?

[Bobby777]

How many black Americans have to die before Louie finds something worth condemning in Muslim terrorists?

excellent point ... wake up and smell the Farra-CON ...

[goldstategop]

Chicken Lou Little defending Islamist Nazis? Yeah I can see its perfectly appropriate coming from the same fella who called Judaism in terms I woudn't mention on FR. He seems to think mayhem and mass murder in the name of religion is justified huh? I am sorry Lou Little was not on one of the planes with the hijackers and every one else who was killed was down here. I don't think he likes this country great deal and it would have saved us the sight of him whining how oppressed he is to be a Muslim...

[spectre]

You are correct! If Farrakan were an average citizen, the FBI would already have been at their door-step! How serious are we about cleaning up this country?!!

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[MissAmericanPie]

Can we start with the major network news media?

[rintense]

I was thinking the same thing.

[hollyweed]

I believe Tim Mcveigh was agnostic based on his prison interviews?

[DeaconRed]

Hey Fairy CON:

You need to read the Bible. Just like your brother REV Al who said Mary & Joseph were homeless.
Armageddon is where GOOD overtakes EVIL. After evil ruled. Well we had 8 years of EVIL rulling. Now it is OUR turn.

[Spin]

I was wondering what his real name is. What a geek.

www.DeclarationofWar.org

[DeaconRed]

"I believe Tim Mcveigh was agnostic based on his prison interviews?"

Well he knows the truth now. However it won't do him any good. His punishment: He got a glimse of Paradise, and that is his hell, living in eternity knowing what he could have had! ! ! ! ! !