Ramadan-a-Ding-Dong: The Fretting Has Already Begun (Goldberg File!)

National Review Online ^ | October 24, 2001 | Johan Goldberg

[Timesink]

Celebrate Ramadan - Serve Pork!

[jb54tx]

the saga will continue! kaboooooooooom!

[San Jacinto]

Now, I know that bin Laden and al Qaeda aren't truly representative of the more than 1 billion Muslims in the world.

Naw, only about 880 million of them.

And, they discovered that al Qaeda operatives intended to murder the Pope when he visited Manila...

But not during Ramadam, of course.

[Illbay]

Jonah Goldberg Rocks!

[The_Republican]

I think something ironic is taking place. Both the people of "Islamic world" and "West" want to have inter-civilizational war, but Govts. on both sides are resisting. Historically, it has always been other way around.

I don't understand why are Bush and Blair so unwilling to carry out all out war on Islam, even though this is perfect opportunity to do so. Pakistan already has so called Islamic bomb, and Iran is feverishly working to develop their own. According to CIA estimates, within a decade they will be able to acquire technology to lob it across the pond, and then maybe the opportunity of having public opinion behing inter-civilizational war will be lost.

[apackof2]

Bump

The point is that the people we are at war with -

Exactly!

[CathyRyan]

Ramadan-a-Ding-Dong...Special Forces calling.

[Poohbah]

Putting aside the unfriendliness required to blow up the airplanes and the CIA, killing the Pope is a really bad thing to do. As Eddie Murphy pointed out years ago, killing the Pope lets you skip the long lines and go straight to Hell.

More to the point, and I think I'm on safe ground when I say this: It is really, really insensitive to the religious sensibilities of Catholics. In fact — this is a stab in the dark, mind you - but I think it's just about the most offensive thing you can do to Catholics.

Jonah, you been takin' lessons from Mark Steyn? Great lines there.

"This is Mustafa al-Bodette for Ramadan Inn. We'll leave the muzzein on for ya'."

[Pamlico]

Can not disagree with anything Goldberg wrote. Speaking of pork, just before we kill osama, his throat needs to be stuffed with hot dogs, straight from Manhattan. He needs to be fully aware of what is in his mouth before the trigger is pulled. Let's Roll!

[Slyfox]

Well, one such person is Abdul Hakim Murad, a colleague of 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi "Play With" Yousef. In 1995...

Even after torture was employed Murad did not spill his guts until the Filipino's had some guys
interogate him that were impersonating the Israeli Mossad. Then he started singin' like a canary.

Mossad sounds pretty good to me. I also think we need to unload a whole convoy of wild pigs
in Afghanistan. Complete with subcutanous tracking devices.

[APBaer]

"stuffed with hot dogs, straight from Manhattan. He needs to be fully aware of what is in his mouth"

Aware? Even Dr. Quincy can't tell what's in a NYC hot dog.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Goldberg rocks the casbah!

[Pamlico]

Now that's funny. I used to fly into DFW on a regular basis and when I was waiting for a flight back home home, I would down a beer or two at an airport bar called the Skybox. The only food the bar served was Hebrew National hot dogs and chips. Shiner Bock and a Hebrew dog was my lunch/dinner on many occasions. Ah, the memories. BTW, my last words to osama would be "this is a Hebrew National hot dog in your mouth and this is a Colt .45 in my hand..."

[APBaer]

My uncle, a banker, had a substantial loan outstanding to a *Very* large sports concessionaire,
secured by inventory of meat. The FDA ( or whatever) declared the meat unfit for human
consumption (Oh,Oh, collateral) but said that if it were pickled in brine it could be served as hot dogs.

Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the park....

[billorites]

"Ramadan-a-Ding-Dong"

Yeah, and I bet Jonah doesn't like to be called "husky."

[edayna]

I think an appropriate question would be to ask whether our enemies would attack us on Christmas (which has 12 days, right?), Lent, Easter, Passover, July 4th, All Saint's Day, etc, holidays either religious or patriotic. Yeah, they would.

As far as our country, which has supposedly separated church and state, is concerned, they are at war with us, not our religion. If we are not at war with Islam, then it should not matter what religion the enemy practices. Bomb before, during, and after Ramadan. If we don't, they will.

[meenie]

One of the tactics that should be used is to send in enough airborne troops to open up a base of operations at one of the airfields in Afghanistan two or three days before Ramadan. Then see who continues the war.

We need to get in some heavy artillery into the war. A battalion of eight inch howitzers in one hour will deliver more explosive in an hour than an entire day delivered by air at a fraction of the cost.

[jrherreid]

As Eddie Murphy pointed out years ago, killing the Pope lets you skip the long lines and go straight to Hell.

What level do you end up on?

[It's me]

I think an appropriate question would be to ask whether our enemies would attack us on Christmas (which has 12 days, right?), Lent, Easter, Passover, July 4th, All Saint's Day, etc, holidays either religious or patriotic. Yeah, they would.

When was Elian abducted by the FBI? Wasn't it on Easter? Or was it Holy Saturday?

[Accountable One]

On November 15 we drop the "Shama Lama Ding Dong - Rama Dama Big Ass Bomba"