After 9/11, the President launched his war on terror, saying that you are either with us, or you are against us. The problem is this: Many people still do not know whether they are with him or against him! And he has only got himself to blame!
His war on terror is ill-defined, since he and his administration have failed to identify the enemy; and they have failed to bring the Americans, let alone the Europeans, along with them in great numbers.
In Bush, we have a leader of the greatest, most powerful nation in the world who is clearly not well-versed in matters relating to Islam. Indeed, he seems not to understand the faith at all - neither its tenets, nor its objectives, nor its means to achieve those objectives, nor its history of conquest.
George W Bush has become a master of verbal acrobatics; and he is given to speaking from both sides of his mouth at the same time! His words and his deeds are out of synch: on the one hand he takes his country to war; on the other, he entertains the very people whose ideology he is fighting against in the White House in an Iftaar dinner. That would have been similar to Winston Churchill fighting Nazi Germany by sea, land, and air and at the same time inviting all the Nazi sympathizers in the country to a Christmas dinner at Number 10! It wouldn't have made sense then; and it doesn't make sense now!
First of all, why does the President have to give priority to Muslims by inviting them to any kind of dinner? Does he do this for Jews or Christians or Hindus or Buddhists? I haven't found any reference to such dinners; so I somehow very much doubt that he does. So isn't this recently-started tradition of inviting Muslims to the White House as unfair as it is ridiculous?
President Bush is sending out mixed messages. On the one hand he speaks against the evil ideology of Al-Qaida; yet on the other hand mollifies the very people who extol the virtues of this ideology! For what Al-Qaida preaches is Islam, pure and simple! It's not Islam-lite, but Islam, the real thing!
Our leaders, both in the US and UK, can try and whitewash Islam as much as they like; but in the long-run, it will not wash white! The truth about Islam is getting out there, slowly but surely.
Islam has a long history of conquest and Islamization of nations. Indeed, each and every country that Islam enters and puts down roots, it eventually takes over. Witness Egypt, Syria, even Libya. What makes the President feel that it will be any different simply because it is America in the twenty-first century?
Now, if what the President really wants is for the US to be taken over by this alien faith, then he is going the right way about it, since I have heard that he is even spending the Americans' tax dollars on major Islamic initiatives. Were I to be an American taxpayer, I should be furious!
Has a war ever been so waged? I think not. Compare Churchill's leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Huh! There is no comparison! Churchill was a true leader - engaging, lucid of thought, clear in his objectives, tough in his stance! An orator of unrivalled ability, a tactician unsurpassed in modern history! These are the qualities which George W so sadly lacks. These are the qualities George W so badly needs!
Muslims have stated categorically that Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. Omar M Ahmad, the Chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, stated as early as 1988...
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.Then, Isma'il Al-Faruqi, a US Academic Theorist, stated:
Nothing could be greater than this youthful, vigorous, and rich continent [of North America] turning away from its past evil and marching forward under the banner of Allahu Akbar [God is Great].And if the President still doubts the real motives of devout Muslims (and even the less than devout ones!), then all he needs to do is read what the Ayatollah Khomeini said some years ago after the 1979 Revolution in Iran. He said...
We are at war against infidels. Take the message with you. 'I ask all Islamic nations, all Muslims, all Islamic armies, and all heads of Islamic states to join the Holy War. There are many enemies to be killed or destroyed. Jihad must triumph... Muslims have no alternative... to an armed Holy War against profane governments... Holy War means the conquest of all non-Muslim territories. It will be the duty of every able-bodied adult male to volunteer for this war of conquest, the final aim of which is to put Koranic law in power from one end of the earth to the other.'Do these sound like words emanating from the mouth of a follower of a religion of love to you? Do these sound like the words spoken by a tolerant man? Do these sound like the words of a man bent on coming to an accommodation with the non-believers? And aren't such words being spoken by many devout Muslims today?
Come on, Mr President! Get real! Start reading! Start learning! And then start leading! Start leading your country - and the rest of the West - to victory! I repeat the words of Sir Winston Churchill:
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British Empire [you insert American 'Empire'], no survival for all that the British Empire [American 'Empire'] has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.So come, Mr President: Get with the story! Your (our) beloved America is in grave danger of going down the slippery slope. Not even Nazi Germany was such a threat for America. There were relatively few Nazis resident in the US at that time. You have a real challenge on your hands now, Mr President! Rise to it! Start thinking clearly! And most of all: Start changing your strategy! The current one is not working, since even if you do somehow manage to bring more than a semblance of democracy to the Middle East - which is very doubtful - you are in danger of losing it at home!
Soft-focus wars, Mr President, with no clarity of vision, just do not work. Sharpen up your focus! State your objectives clearly! Inform the people of the dangers that your country and the West face, and then you'll find that the people will be with you. You will be entitled to claim the aid of all! Change the setting from soft focus to clear focus. Then you'll reap the rewards by making the rest of us far happier, far safer, since then we will all understand. And then we really will be with you, not against you!
©Mark Alexander
8 comments:
Brilliant! This is a complete, "on target," and absolutely truthful statement of the challenge we face in the western world --- and all in a few paragraphs.... Bravo!!!!
Assalm-Alaikum!
You seem to have quite a lot of knowledge about the Bush regime and previous tyrants...Good for you.
I completely agree with your viewpoints and I think your doing an excellent job of spreading Islam,Keep it up. :)
Assalm-Alaikum!
MashAllah,You seem to have quite a lot of knowledge about the Bush regime and previous tyrants...Good for you.
I completely agree with your viewpoints and I think your doing an excellent job of spreading Islam,Keep it up. :)
Mark,
This is an excellent piece! In one article, you've made the same points I have spread out over several postings.
The recent Ramadan dinner at the White House infuriated me. And I couldn't help recalling that both Clinton and Bush entertained the so-called moderate Alamoudi. And where is Alamoudi now? Serving a 23-year sentence on terrorism-related charges. Alamoudi wasn't so moderate after all! He was laundering money to fund Palestinian terrorism.
CAIR is a very powerful group in the United States. Recently, they succeeded in getting a radio host fired and in establishing workplace concessions to Muslims. On their web site, CAIR brags of all their "accomplishments," which in truth whitewash Islam and promote the Islamification of the United States.
AlwaysOnWatch:
Glad you liked the piece. I agree with your viewpoint entirely. Moreover, like you, I find it disturbing indeed that Muslim lobby groups can get chat-show hosts such as Michael Graham sacked for saying the truth about Islam. This is a sinister development which does not bode well for the future of the free world!
It beggars belief that the powers-that-be are allowing this to happen. What, for example, IS Bush thinking about?
When Bush said the words "You are either with us, or you are against us," most Americans felt heartened and saw possibilities for strong leadership to confront Al-Qaeda. It was, in fact, the strength of GWB's leadership against terrorism which got him re-elected.
But does GWB understand Islam? As a Christian, he believes that all religions are inherently good--or at least that's my read on him. I think he believes than anyone with religious faith is more in tune with American values. He surrounds himself with Christians, the most notable exception being Norquist, who is, as far as we can tell, a recent convert to Islam. But GWB's recent mention of the caliphate was somewhat of a breakthrough. I have noted that his comment about the caliphate didn't get much attention here in the media.
I also add here that if GWB knows what Islam really is, he wouldn't want to announce it because such an announcement might inflame the entire Muslim community in the United States.
However, GWB is known to be a wily Texan. He can be two-faced, smile on the one hand and be plotting something else with the other hand. He enjoys "playing dumb" when it keeps his opponents off balance. He also knows that declaring war on all of Islam is a military impossibility unless nukes are employed. But those who know him believe that he will indeed launch nukes if he feels there is no other choice.
Lately, GWB has been calling for moderates to step forth and "take back their faith." Does he already know that such a step might not happen? Certainly such a step will not come forward on the part of those dedicated to jihad. Could he be playing "a game"? Possibly. But if so, I can't see a good outcome. There's too much pandering to the likes of CAIR, for example.
Again, here come's my intuitive read...Cheney understands the dangers and so does Donald Rumsfeld. Both these men are extremely unpopular in Leftist circles. Yet GWB shows no sign of dismissing either of them.
TruthTeller:
Your posting was extremely interesting and insightful. It's interesting you say that Cheney gets it, and Rumsfeld, too. I would have imagined Rumsfeld getting it; but I wouldn't have been so certain about Cheney. Cheney keeps so much in the background that it is difficult from here to assess him properly. Rumsfeld, on the other hand, is easier to read, since he is very outspoken. I find his outspokenness rather refreshing, actually.
As to whether Bush really gets Islam, I doubt it somehow. I really do think he knows more than he's letting on; but I agree with you when you say that, as a man of faith, he might be blinded to the harsh realities.
He loses me when he goes on about Islam being a religion of love, since it so clearly isn't; and he should know that. I also disagree in principle with stating something which is so obviously not true, since by doing so, one confuses the masses, who know very little about Islam except what they are told and they could so easily become even more confused. What he is actually doing is purveying disinformation; and I disagree with this tactic. I realize full well that there is a limit to what he can say in public; but I feel that if he cannot bring himself to tell the truth, then he should say nothing. That would be far more helpful in the long-run.
We have come to a point in whcih we are actually engaging in sugar-coating the enemy, apologizing for the enemy, too. I cannot see, for the life of me, the sense in such a startegy; indeed, long-term, I think that such a strategy is dangerous.
As for Bush being prepared to use nukes if necessary, I don't know about that. I think there would have to be a serious turn of events to the disastrous before he would consider such an option. I feel sure that this would be the very last resort.
With each passing day, I see evidence of our wonderful civilization going down the tubes. It is difficult for me to see how we can pull ourselves back from eventual dhimmitude, because of the demographics of it all, and our unwillingness to bite the bullet!
Mark,
Just a quick word about Cheney here, from the Washington grapevine...
While Cheney was locked in the vault, so to speak, during the 9/11 period, he had plenty of time to do some research. Those of us who have a few connections in Washington have heard that he knows Islam for what it really is. I've noticed that Cheney keeps quiet about Islam, for the most part.
Also, his wife Lynne is quite the historian. Her specialty is American history, but I suspect that she knows John Adams's words about Mohammedanism. In addition, I have heard that one church she occasionally attends has a minister who has been speaking against the dangers of Islam since the 1990's. This minister is a "Jew for Jesus," for want of a better definition. I believe that this church has received some threats, and I know for a fact that this church provides asylum for Muslims who have converted to Christianity.
Keep up the good work here. Your site is a most valuable one for telling the unvarnished truth.
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