| THE GREEN CURTAIN | | | | Socialism similar to the German Nazi combination |
| From the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic to the | | | | of new age neo-paganism and socialism. Islamic |
| Indonesian Archipelago in the Pacific a vile and | | | | nations have no defined concept of separation of |
| putrid Green Curtain threatens its descent to | | | | powers, an independent judiciary, private |
| enshroud and enslave a vast swath of earth's | | | | property, free enterprise, free speech or free |
| inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the resurrection of | | | | press. |
| the Moslem Caliphate, envelopes "with greater | | | | "Non-Islamic minorities, called 'Dhimmis,' are allowed |
| economic and military and political power . . . able | | | | to live at the whim of the state as long as they |
| to advance their stated agenda: to develop | | | | submit to second-class status and pay a yearly |
| weapons of mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . . | | | | extortion. This way they are allowed, in most |
| . intimidate Europe . . . assault the American people | | | | cases, to live yet another year without converting |
| . . . and blackmail our government into isolation." | | | | to Islam. Islamic defenders refer to this system |
| (Remarks by President Bush before the National | | | | as an example of Islamic tolerance." |
| Endowment for Democracy on the War on | | | | Free Republic |
| Terror, October, 2005). | | | | It is no small secret that Baathist Socialism and |
| "We will confront this mortal danger to all | | | | the Left, in general, share a common |
| humanity . . . We will not tire, or rest . . . we will | | | | consternation towards the American New World |
| see freedom's victory . . . we must stop them . . . | | | | Order System-a system wherein the rich get |
| we will never back down, never give in, and | | | | richer and the poor, poorer-where the "disparity |
| never accept anything less than complete victory | | | | of wealth" continues unabated; |
| . . . there is no peace without victory . . . we will | | | | NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE RHETORIC TO |
| keep our nerve and we will win that victory! | | | | THE CONTRARY! |
| "The militants believe that controlling one country | | | | In his classic text, " |
| will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to | | | | Unholy"> Alliance: Radical Islam and the American |
| overthrow all moderate governments in the | | | | Left," David Horowitz provides a damning critique |
| region, and establish a radical Islamic empire that | | | | of America's Left-extrapolating their connivance |
| spans from Spain to Indonesia . . . they are | | | | with radical Islam and likening it to the Hitler-Stalin |
| fanatical and extreme . . . utterly committed . . . | | | | Pact of the 20th Century. In other words: They |
| As Zarqawi has vowed, 'We will either achieve | | | | will stop at no lengths to attack Babylon the |
| victory over the human race or we will pass to | | | | Great! |
| the eternal life' . . . we must stop them before | | | | I have meandered all over the socio-political |
| their crimes can multiply!" (Excerpts from Bush's | | | | map-without going into elaborate detail |
| speech.) | | | | references-highlighting the American Left (world |
| THE WAR AGAINST HUMANITY | | | | Left) and Islam (seemingly poles apart), who have |
| The battle lines are clearly drawn; the identity of | | | | purposefully and/or unwittingly ascribed to the old |
| the implacable foe utterly delineated; the sinister | | | | Arab dictum: The enemy of my enemy is my |
| intentions and methodologies of this cowardly lot | | | | friend! |
| have been, by our President, exposed before the | | | | What Horowitz fails to calculate is the simple fact |
| whole world for what they really are: THE | | | | America's Left is not monolithic, nor is its Right |
| HERETICS OF ISLAM! | | | | (though I'm sure he gives mental ascent to this |
| Furthermore, "these extremists want to end | | | | troubling thought). However, both Left and Right in |
| American and Western influence in the broader | | | | Americana are loathe to outrage over the |
| Middle East, because we stand for democracy | | | | wishy-washy center-a center whose pompous |
| and peace, and stand in the way of their | | | | protestations are adjudged by both as unworthy |
| ambitions (as quoted by Osama bin Laden, Al | | | | in galvanizing any base. |
| Qaeda's leader): '(We) dedicate our resources, | | | | THIS CRUSADE...THIS WAR ON TERRORISM |
| sons and money to driving the infidels out of (our) | | | | I have presented before you a decisively religious |
| lands . . . The whole world is watching this war | | | | understanding on the part of our President in his |
| and the two adversaries (viz. Western Civilization | | | | efforts to "stay the course" and rally American |
| vs. Islamic Civilization) . . . It's either victory and | | | | public opinion to his cause. Without projecting the |
| glory, or misery and humiliation!" (OBL). | | | | tone and substance of this debate within the |
| The President likened "Radical Islam's . . . war | | | | nomenclature of evangelical rhetoric-let alone |
| against humanity" (i.e., the "civilized world") to the | | | | ideological terminology-the American public will |
| struggle against fanatical despots like Hitler, Stalin, | | | | NOT persist in the efforts of the one who (along |
| and Pol Pot-branding them all as "EVIL MEN, | | | | with America's representatives) first announced |
| obsessed with ambition and unburdened by | | | | immediately after 9/11: |
| conscience." | | | | "They have attacked America because we are |
| Theirs is a "murderous ideology . . . the great | | | | freedom's home and defender; this crusade, this |
| challenge of our new century!" They are the killers | | | | war on terrorism, is going to take a while, but we |
| of "Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Berg, Margaret Hassan | | | | will rid the world of the evil-doers." - President |
| and of Theo Van Gogh." They justify their | | | | George W. Bush (September 16, 2001) |
| random killings " . . . because I believe you are an | | | | "We are coming after you. God may have mercy |
| infidel." | | | | on you, but we won't," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). |
| They hide behind the "veneer of religious rhetoric . | | | | "Bomb the hell out of them. If there's collateral |
| . . (they wish to) rule the soul itself . . . While | | | | damage, so be it. They certainly found our civilians |
| promising a future of justice and holiness." Indeed, | | | | to be expendable," Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA). |
| the President's religious definitions/expressions | | | | "Deputy Secretary of Defense (Now President of |
| swirl throughout his entire speech: "The excuses | | | | the World Bank) Paul Wolfowitz says that we are |
| for violence (range from) the Israeli presence on | | | | going to 'end states' that sponsor terrorism, and |
| the West Bank . . . the U.S. military presence in | | | | our entire government puts the world on notice |
| Saudi Arabia . . . the defeat of the Taliban . . . or | | | | that everyone must 'choose sides,' that we no |
| the CRUSADES of a thousand years ago." | | | | longer differentiate between terrorists and the |
| COMMUNISM'S IDEOLOGY WAS DEFEATED-SO | | | | countries they may live in, and that they are |
| WILL THEIRS-WITH AN "IRON FIST" | | | | either 'with us or against us'" ( |
| President Bush asserts that we have been at war | | | | Ramzi"> Kysia, The Lasts Crusade |
| for the past quarter of a century against this | | | | Furthermore, the relentless barrage launched by |
| ubiquitous foe. He likens the present struggle | | | | the Bush Administration in the globalization of the |
| against "Islamo-fascism, Islamic radicalism, militant | | | | War on Terror is laced throughout with the |
| Jihadism" to the "ideology of communism . . . | | | | hyperbole of religious expression-no wonder |
| gulags . . . the Cultural Revolution . . . and the killing | | | | Rayan El-Amine posits what lies within most |
| fields." The victory the West won against the | | | | Moslem minds (notwithstanding the "Moslem Silent |
| by-gone "totalitarian aims" of communism, will | | | | Majority" of moderates): |
| repeat its triumph over "the rise of a deadly | | | | "The green menace has replaced the red menace, |
| enemy and the unfolding of a global ideological | | | | and the 'evil empire' of the cold war has become |
| struggle." | | | | the less eloquent, but just as deadly, "evil doers" |
| Not only do those who aspire to the resuscitation | | | | of the Arab and Muslim world . . . The backward |
| of the Caliphate wish to expunge the West's | | | | and seemingly static image of the Arab that |
| influences from the "broader Middle East," they, | | | | Oliphant (i.e., Pat Oliphant), Hollywood and the Bush |
| according to Bush, "regard Iraq as the central | | | | administration have projected comes from classic |
| front in their war against humanity." Iraq has | | | | colonial notions of Western superiority. The |
| become-for better or worse-the "central front" in | | | | rhetoric by George Bush and Condoleezza Rice |
| America's War on Terror. If the "militants" persist | | | | about bringing freedom and democracy to the |
| in Iraq, they will "rally the Muslim masses . . . | | | | Arab world is no different from the British and |
| overthrow all moderate governments in the | | | | French in the 19th century talking about civilizing |
| region . . . and establish a radical Islamic empire" | | | | India and Africa. Neo-conservatives and right wing |
| (i.e., the Caliphate). | | | | think tanks see the Arab world as a colonial |
| But, again, as the communists suffered defeat, | | | | project in which Arabs need to be subdued and |
| even so, they who claim that Americans are "the | | | | civilized. Edward Said, in his definitive work of how |
| most cowardly of God's creatures" (i.e., Mr. | | | | the West sees the East, Orientalism, explains how |
| Zarqawi) shall likewise "condemn themselves to | | | | the same system of analysis justifies control and |
| isolation, decline, and collapse . . . because free | | | | superiority today." |
| peoples will own the future." No, the US will not | | | | Muslim"> Wake Up |
| leave a "vacuum" in Iraq for their dastardly aims | | | | IMMOVABLE OBJECT MEETS IRRESISTABLE |
| to multiply . . . they will be crushed by Operation | | | | FORCE |
| Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, | | | | When I first heard the remark about an |
| OPERATION IRON FURY, OPERATION IRON | | | | "immovable object meets an irresistible force" it |
| FIST . . . ad nausea, ad infinitum. | | | | was presented in the context that if there were |
| OPERATION IRON FIST IS BIGGER THAN IRAQ | | | | a God, could He make an object so large that He |
| Alas! The US military has no end in announcing yet | | | | could not move it? And, ipso facto, if He could |
| another operation to smash the burgeoning | | | | make such an object, then He wouldn't be God! |
| insurgency now, according to CNN (October 15, | | | | This convoluted reasoning is, nonetheless, politically |
| 2005), flush with some 200,000 militants . . . | | | | valid in the context of the socio-religio imbroglio of |
| wherein some 10,000 have been slain, 30,000 | | | | the War on Terror. What comfort does the world |
| imprisoned and some 300 to 400 infractions occur | | | | embrace to know that "most insurgencies last a |
| each week! Iron-Bullet, Fist, Force, Fury, Grip, | | | | minimum of nine years?" (In a March, 2005 press |
| Hammer, Justice, Promise, Resolve, Saber . . . and | | | | conference, General George Casey, the U.S. |
| the list continues to grow! | | | | military commander in Iraq, pointedly noted that |
| List of Military Operations and Non-Military | | | | insurgencies typically last nine years- |
| Operations | | | | The"> New Republic . . . this flap of the chops was |
| In addition to this "must win" aforementioned iron | | | | once vigorously subdued by the Administration; |
| resolve-a sort of "Triumph of the Will"-style | | | | now, however, it's a reasonable statement as the |
| determination-epitomized by President Bush | | | | war drags on and on! |
| himself, those "helpers and enablers" of the | | | | "YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH AND YOUR |
| would-be Caliphate, SYRIA and IRAN, shall NOT | | | | AGREEMENT WITH HELL" (Isaiah 28:18) |
| go unpunished . . . | | | | Meanwhile, in their article, A New Vision for a New |
| " . . . authoritarian regimes, allies of convenience | | | | World, Roger Morris and Steve Schmidt in |
| like Syria and Iran, that share the goal of hurting | | | | Counter Punch, among other items, present a |
| American and moderate Muslim governments, and | | | | rather innocuous, yet potent prophetic |
| use terrorist propaganda to blame their own | | | | prospect-and, since Morris served on the National |
| failures on the West and America, on the Jews . . | | | | Security Council Staff under Presidents Johnson |
| . we're determined (against Syrian and Iran) to | | | | and Nixon, his "foreign policy" initiatives should not |
| deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of | | | | be taken lightly . . . first, he is NOT touting the |
| outlaw regimes . . . STATE-SPONSORS like Syria | | | | President's National Endowment for Democracy |
| and Iran have a long history of collaboration with | | | | pronouncements . . . no, he is allegedly proposing a |
| terrorists, and they DESERVE NO PATIENCE | | | | comprehensive resolution to the current |
| FROM THE VICTIMS OF TERROR. The United | | | | administration's foreign and domestic crisis from a |
| States makes no distinction between those who | | | | decidedly "left-leaning" (to say the least) |
| commit acts of terror and those who support | | | | perspective: |
| and harbor them, BECAUSE THEY'RE EQUALLY | | | | "The war on Iraq is a strategic disaster. Unilateral |
| AS GUILTY OF MURDER (Applause from | | | | invasion and a bloody, profiteering, open-ended |
| audience). Any government that chooses to be an | | | | occupation have torn our alliances, cost |
| ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of | | | | unparalleled international hostility and distrust, |
| civilization . . . and the civilized world must hold | | | | heightened a still-misread, thus still-undeterred |
| those regimes to account." | | | | threat of terrorist vengeance, further swollen a |
| Be it abundantly clear to the entire world: SYRIA | | | | malignant budget deficit, strained US ground |
| and IRAN, the enemies of civilization, shall be "held | | | | forces as never before, and altogether drained |
| to account" . . . they are the "enemies of | | | | and diverted the nation amid a host of other |
| civilization . . . "THEY'RE EQUALLY GUILTY OF | | | | grave problems. Added to America's unremitting |
| MURDER!" | | | | complicity with Arab dictatorships and with an |
| Not only is Bush determined to extinguish the | | | | Israeli regime gone from self-defense to |
| spiritual aspirations of Caliphate from the OBL's of | | | | colonization, subjugation and Berlin-wall apartheid |
| the world, and not only will he prohibit their | | | | vis-Ã -vis the Palestinians, the debacle in Iraq |
| acquisitions of any state, but he most certainly will | | | | compounds an escalating crisis. The contrast |
| in accordance with his military plan and "offensive | | | | between our declared anti-colonial, democratic |
| operations . . . clear out enemy forces" from | | | | ideals and our conquest of Iraq is seen as flaunted |
| those states which "collaborate with terrorists!" | | | | hypocrisy in our centuries-old image of standing |
| Listen-first SYRIA is mentioned, then IRAN . . . is | | | | for freedom and the downtrodden. We risk an |
| that coincidental? I think not-for it is in that | | | | epochal change in the cultural belief systems of |
| precise order that "freedom" and "democracy" | | | | hundreds of millions, an alienation from and hatred |
| shall extend her grip on the region! | | | | of America for generations to come with |
| The "enemy" shall be denied "control of any | | | | incalculable consequences." |
| nation!" For this very reason was the Taliban | | | | But then this curious possibility stands out in |
| ousted from Afghanistan; and, it is for this very | | | | glaring distinction amid their imperatives, though |
| reason why the US co-labors with Musharraf "to | | | | clothed in the language of political balance: |
| oppose and isolate the militants in Pakistan." | | | | "To Israel - we would pledge, by treaty and a |
| To achieve all the above stated goals, the noble | | | | joint resolution of Congress, that any invasion of |
| extensions of DEMOCRACY and HOPE shall be | | | | its pre-1967 territory would be equivalent to an |
| spread across the broader Middle East. | | | | attack on the US, obliging our full defense. We |
| DENYING JIHADISTS RECRUITS THROUGH | | | | would urge other powers to join that guarantee. |
| DEMOCRACY | | | | With or without others, however, America's |
| Yes, we shall "deny the militants future recruits | | | | commitment to a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian |
| by replacing hatred and resentment with | | | | peace would be unequivocal. If Israel failed to |
| democracy and hope across the broader Middle | | | | withdraw forces and provide for colonists to |
| East . . . there's no alternative . . . OUR FUTURE | | | | return, it would be the US position that |
| AND THE FUTURE OF THAT REGION ARE | | | | dispossession of the Palestinians is a multiple |
| LINKED . . . America is making this stand!" | | | | threat to the peace, our principled support since |
| Indeed, as Condi Rice clearly enunciated American | | | | 1947 does not extend to a geo-political mutual |
| foreign policy in February of 2005 at the | | | | suicide pact, and in refusing to act responsibly, |
| American University in Cairo: | | | | Israel will be sanctioned like any other international |
| "For 60 years, the United States pursued stability | | | | obstructer." |
| at the expense of democracy in the Middle East - | | | | Counter"> Punch, October 11, 2005 |
| and we achieved neither. | | | | The reasoned remarks that guarantee Israel's |
| "Now, we are taking a different course. We are | | | | security in light of their compliance, cooperation, |
| supporting the democratic aspirations of all people" | | | | and sacrifices for peace and coexistence with a |
| The Arabist Network | | | | sovereign Palestinian State, though proposed by |
| No longer will Middle East despots receive a polite | | | | the Left, would be strongly supported by the |
| nod from their Western patrons; instead, they | | | | Religious Right in America, let alone the |
| shall be vanquished from their dictatorial ways, | | | | Republicans! The April 19, 2005 JERUSALEM |
| from their absolutist and tribal monarchies-once | | | | RESOLUTION reads as follows: |
| and for all! | | | | Jerusalem Resolution (Introduced in Senate) |
| Yes, a "different course" - altogether different! | | | | Providing for the recognition of Jerusalem as the |
| What you are witnessing here is an all out | | | | undivided capital of Israel before the United |
| diplomatic-military effort to radically alter the | | | | States recognizes a Palestinian state, and for |
| course of Middle Eastern history/culture through | | | | other purposes. SJ 14 IS 109th CONGRESS 1st |
| the aggressive propagation of "democracy"-for | | | | Session |
| "Wars are not won without sacrifice -- and this | | | | Among the resolution's numerous affirmations, |
| war will require more sacrifice, more time, and | | | | these "biblical" confirmations are most notable: |
| more resolve." | | | | (1) Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish |
| This war, according to Bush, is fought on two | | | | people for 3,000 years. |
| levels, two primary fronts: The terrestrial (earthly | | | | (2) Jerusalem has never been the capital for any |
| military) and the psychological (ideological battle for | | | | other state other than for the Jewish people. |
| the minds and hearts of the people). | | | | (3) Jerusalem is central to Judaism and is cited in |
| Notwithstanding the overt attempt to persuade | | | | the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, 766 times. |
| the world that such be the case, there is | | | | (4) Jerusalem is not mentioned by name in the |
| another-though it be deeply embedded within the | | | | Koran. |
| rhetoric of his doctrine discharged before the | | | | To what am I alluding? The political "climate" on |
| National Endowment for Democracy: The | | | | both sides of the aisle has reached "prophetic |
| CELESTIAL! | | | | convergence" - the USA is set to enter into a |
| THE SPIRITUAL CONFRONTATION OF THE | | | | binding accord to underwrite the peace with Israel, |
| AGES | | | | unequivocally, unprecedented, and expeditiously. |
| "Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened | | | | "Then he shall confirm a covenant with many (the |
| by conscience, must be taken very | | | | Jewish people) for one week (i.e., Seven |
| serious(ly)-and we must stop them before their | | | | Years-the 70th Prophetical Week of Daniel the |
| crimes can multiply." There is, most definitely, | | | | prophet); but in the middle of the week he shall |
| religious symbolism and tone throughout the | | | | bring an end to sacrifice and offering" (Daniel |
| President's impassioned pleas for "freedom and | | | | 9:17a). |
| democracy." To conclude otherwise misses the | | | | Though some expositors crudely abuse the |
| entire significance of the speech-its raison | | | | context of this above reference-they do so in |
| d'être. To bestir, persuade, and enflame the | | | | complete disregard for both the original language |
| conscience to sacrifice in defeating this global | | | | and its English translation-and to their own peril. |
| contagion-he must couch the parameters of the | | | | They claim that the antecedent of "he" in Daniel |
| conflict in terms of spirituality! For . . . | | | | 9:27a refers to the Messiah (i.e., Christ) mentioned |
| "These extremists distort the idea of jihad into a | | | | in Daniel 9:26a ("And after the sixty-two weeks |
| call for terrorist murder against Christians and | | | | Messiah shall be cut off but not for Himself")-while |
| Jews and Hindus . . . Muslim scholars have already | | | | they ignorantly and stubbornly circumvent the |
| publicly condemned terrorism . . . 'Whoever does | | | | entire sequential nature of the complete text |
| such a thing is not a Muslim, nor a religious person' | | | | (Daniel 9:26-27). |
| (Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the Koran)." | | | | The Messiah has already been "cut off" --- if you |
| Here is one who decisively marshals the | | | | would, He is in no "sequential position" to either |
| resistance of his implacable foe at the very root | | | | conclude (i.e., as in the original language, impose a |
| of their strength: The Spirit! It is mandatory that | | | | "defense pact") nor terminate such a covenant or, |
| he split Islam-acclaim the foundations of | | | | as in the original language, impose a "defense |
| Mohammed are predicated upon PEACE! | | | | pact" with the "many" (i.e., Israel). For one, He is |
| Naturally, and historically, the foundations of Islam, | | | | "out of the picture"-instead, another vile creature |
| and the emergence of the Caliphate wrought the | | | | is left to carry out this subterfuge; this deceptive |
| separation of the Sunni and the Shiite sects of | | | | guise of assurance is none other than: The |
| Islam: | | | | Antichrist! The Anti-Messiah! The False Deliverer! |
| "The rulership of Islam; caliph, the spiritual head | | | | "And the people (the Roman legions under Titus) |
| and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. In principle, | | | | of the prince who is to come (i.e., |
| Islam is theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet | | | | The"> Coming Princeof Sir Robert Anderson's |
| died, a caliph [Arab.,=successor] was chosen to | | | | classic text--shall destroy the city and the |
| rule in his place. The caliph had temporal and | | | | sanctuary (the Romans did so in 70 A.D.) . . . then |
| spiritual authority but was not permitted prophetic | | | | "he" (i.e., the prince who is to come) shall confirm |
| power; this was reserved for Muhammad. The | | | | a covenant with the many for one week . . ." |
| caliph could not, therefore, exercise authority in | | | | (Daniel 9:26b and 27a). |
| matters of religious doctrine. The first caliph was | | | | This is not a new interpretation-what is new |
| Abu Bakr . He was succeeded by Umar , Uthman | | | | about it is the ominous identity of this final artifact |
| , and Ali . Sunni Muslims recognize these first four, | | | | of evil! That nigh two-thousand years separates |
| or Rashidun (the rightly guided), caliphs. Shiites , | | | | the destruction of Jerusalem under Titus, until "the |
| however, recognize Ali as the first caliph. After | | | | Coming Prince" is revealed, is a classic Jewish |
| Ali's death, Muawiya became caliph and founded | | | | prophetic style in apocalyptic literature (Note: Our |
| the Umayyad dynasty (661-750), chiefly by force | | | | other writings on |
| of arms. Its capital was Damascus. In 750 the | | | | The"> Tribulation Networkdiscuss this "technique." |
| Abbasid family, descended from the Prophet's | | | | Israel's complicity in concluding this infamous |
| uncle, led a coalition that defeated (749-50) the | | | | accord with the aforementioned figure mentioned |
| Umayyad family." ( | | | | in Daniel's account-i.e., "the coming prince"-proves |
| " one thing is altogether certain-Islam's religious | | | | the words of Jesus: "I have come in My Father's |
| tolerance, though incessantly touted as | | | | name, and you do not receive Me; if another |
| widespread and obvious-was and is hardly the | | | | comes in his own name, him you will receive" |
| case! All the rhetoric to the contrary, Islam's | | | | (John 5:43). |
| toleration of Christian, Jew, Hindu, or of Buddhism | | | | Undoubtedly, such an agreement, defense pact, |
| Confucius, is NOT borne out in the record. That is | | | | will, as Scripture concludes, initiate from "the |
| precisely why Bush's appeal to "religious freedom" | | | | prince who is to come"-for it is he who "causes |
| (and he knows exactly how this "sounds" in the | | | | (it) to bear" or "imposes" the accord. |
| West-secular and/or religious) does NOT play out | | | | Nevertheless, the seductive nature of the |
| in Islam: | | | | deception to a war-wary Israel will be heralded as |
| "We're standing with dissidents and exiles against | | | | "divine deliverance" at last! |
| oppressive regimes, because we know that the | | | | PEACE & SAFETY...THEN COMETH SUDDEN |
| dissidents of today will be the democratic leaders | | | | DESTRUCTION |
| of tomorrow. We're making our case through | | | | "When they say, 'Peace and safety!' then sudden |
| public diplomacy, stating clearly and confidently our | | | | destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon |
| belief in self-determination, and the rule of law, | | | | a pregnant woman . . . and they shall not escape" |
| and religious freedom, and equal rights for | | | | (I Thessalonians 5:3). |
| women, beliefs that are right and true in every | | | | The above text occurs within the context of the |
| land, and in every culture. (Applause.) | | | | Apostle Paul's prophetic burst and defense of the |
| Does he know what he is saying? He most | | | | same: "Do not despise prophecies!" (I Thess. 5:20). |
| assuredly does! Imagine the sound of "religious | | | | He is speaking about the "Day of the Lord" and |
| freedom" and "equal rights for women" in the ear | | | | likens it to a "thief in the night" (I Thess. 5:2). |
| of Islam? Is he aware how this reverberates | | | | As you, or even the most casual of observers |
| within the hearts and souls of all who aspire for | | | | will eventually conclude-exhausted by the |
| the Caliphate? He certainly does. | | | | ceaseless wars sweeping the planet, all in the |
| Does such rhetoric enflame the masses of those | | | | name of spreading freedom, liberty, and |
| who oppose his policies in the Middle East-though | | | | democratic ideology-the hapless masses will cry |
| they are altruistic and even noble in their essence? | | | | out for PEACE AND SECURITY IN OUR TIME. |
| Could he have left this out of his speech without | | | | What contradiction of intention! What schizophrenic |
| compromising his persuasions for "democracy and | | | | behavior do we witness here? The same one, the |
| freedom" for all Islamic peoples-especially in the | | | | Bible declares, who shall devour the nations with |
| Middle East? Perhaps? But I doubt-besides, he | | | | WAR, is the same one who shall convince the |
| MUST galvanize the West's opposition to the | | | | masses-especially Israel-that his well-meaning plans |
| tyrannical evil who opposes them-and there is no | | | | for peace and safety, for order and security, are |
| greater appeal (certainly not the ideology of | | | | his to bestow to the confused, bewildered, and |
| democracy) that will heighten the confrontation | | | | desperate of the earth. |
| against another "evil empire" than the call to | | | | Daniel refers to him as the "Desolator" - the |
| RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. | | | | "Destructor" - but he is wholly camouflaged in the |
| The very first phrase and article of our beloved | | | | garments of "peace and safety". . . . Riding upon |
| Constitution enshrines it: FREEDOM OF RELIGION! | | | | "a white horse . . . He who sat on it had a bow; |
| Barbara Walters interview with Saudi's King | | | | and a crown was given to him, and he went out |
| Abdullah skirted the issue of religious freedom-lest | | | | conquering and to conquer" (Revelation 6:2). |
| the "progressive king" (keeper of the shrines of | | | | The introduction by John the Revelator of the |
| Islam) should be unfavorably embarrassed! | | | | "four horsemen of the apocalypse" portends a |
| Indeed ABC headlines the article regarding the civil | | | | "warlike peace initiative" unparallel in our time-a |
| rights of Saudi's women, but tip-toes around the | | | | time in which Jesus spoke of saying: |
| more inflammatory issue of religious freedom; | | | | "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am |
| instead, we read this artful insinuation into the | | | | the Christ' (i.e., the Deliverer) and will deceive |
| text of the story: | | | | many . . . many false prophets will rise up and |
| "In the two months since becoming Saudi Arabia's | | | | deceive many . . . Then if anyone says to you, |
| new monarch, King Abdullah has continued to walk | | | | 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe |
| a diplomatic tightrope, assuring the West - | | | | it . . . For false christs and false prophets will rise |
| particularly the United States - of his country's | | | | and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if |
| commitment to reform and assuring domestic | | | | possible, even the elect . . . Therefore if they say |
| religious leaders of his commitment to Islamic law | | | | to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; |
| and tradition." | | | | or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe |
| King Abdullah knows full well that it is mandatory | | | | it" (Matthew 24:5 and 11; 23-26). |
| to placate "domestic religious leaders of his | | | | The point to be made by Jesus' "Olivet Discourse" |
| commitment to Islamic law and tradition!" And, | | | | prior to His Second Coming (Matthew 28:27-28) is |
| what might that "Islamic law and tradition" dictate: | | | | abundantly clear: A grandiose series of imposters |
| "Saudi Arabia is an Islamic monarchy without legal | | | | and charlatans have and will assault the earth-the |
| protection for freedom of religion, and such | | | | intensity of their deception will culminate in the |
| protection does not exist in practice. Islam is the | | | | latter days. When the final Antichrist appears, he |
| official religion, and the law requires that all citizens | | | | will fulfill the description of this "Man of War/Man |
| be Muslims. The Government prohibits the public | | | | of Peace" to the uttermost-so much so, that |
| practice of non-Muslim religions. The Government | | | | even the very elect could be deceived. |
| recognizes the right of non-Muslims to worship in | | | | I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK |
| private; however, it does not always respect this | | | | Today, a righteous struggle has been engaged by |
| right in practice." (Note: This little "tidbit" of | | | | the world's foremost military power-unequaled in |
| information is propagated by the US State | | | | history-against the onslaught of an incorrigible |
| Department: | | | | enemy blinded by fanatic religious zeal. The Bible is |
| Can"> | | | | NOT silent about this time that is to "try the |
| Can the Saudis have it both ways-be an alleged | | | | whole earth." Neither is it silent about what we |
| ally of the US in the War on Terror (as President | | | | should do about it: |
| Bush claims they are) while prohibiting "freedom | | | | "And I will give power to my two witnesses, and |
| of religion?" "We're encouraging our friends in the | | | | they will prophesy . . . clothed in sackcloth . . . |
| Middle East, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to | | | | these are the two olive trees and the two |
| take the path of reform, to strengthen their own | | | | lampstands standing before the God of the earth" |
| societies in the fight against terror by respecting | | | | (Revelation 11:3-4). |
| the rights and choices of their own people." In | | | | Ours is a prophetic voice and calling . . . our |
| that very paragraph of his speech Bush touts the | | | | garments are those of humility with power from |
| concept of religious freedom! | | | | on high-calling forth repentance to all who will listen |
| SOCIALISM & ISLAM HAVE A COMMON FOE | | | | . . . repentance from the course of this age, from |
| The world-that is, the Western World-reeled | | | | its wars and deceptions, from the Sodom and |
| under the religious and social reverberations of the | | | | Egypt found in that Great City which crucified the |
| Reformation in the 1400-1500s. Few realize the | | | | Lord of Glory (Rev. 11:8) . . . now, as the whole |
| profound socio-political upheavals wrought by the | | | | earth is shaken by these natural disasters and |
| first manifestations wrought by religious freedom | | | | unending onslaughts . . . we call all men and |
| as a result of the breakup of Catholicism's | | | | women, young and old, from all tribes, tongues |
| monopoly. One forgets the brutal suppression of | | | | and nations, to embrace the one true Deliverer |
| the Peasants' Revolt. Thomas Munzer, who | | | | who was "cut off" as our Messiah, that we might |
| experimented with a "new spiritual kingdom," was | | | | know the depths of His redeeming love and |
| perhaps the first in the relatively modern era to | | | | sacrifice for us all; and, Who one day, very soon, |
| embrace communist theory and practice! | | | | shall come again as Judge over all the earth to do |
| "He denounced established governments, and | | | | right-for we have so miserably failed! |
| advocated common ownership of the means of | | | | Friend, we're all on the same freeway-and the |
| life. After a tour in south Germany be returned to | | | | traffic is horrendous-there is absolutely no way of |
| Mulhausen, overthrew the governing body of the | | | | getting out of this jam; the last two-hundred |
| city, and established a communistic theocracy. | | | | years have proven that beyond any doubt. |
| The Peasants' War had already broken out in | | | | Countless lives are untenable-to say nothing of |
| various parts of Germany; and as the peasantry | | | | the wanton insanity raging among the nations of |
| around Mulhausen was imbued with Munzer's | | | | the world. It is a time of grave uncertainty, |
| teaching, he collected a large body of men to | | | | despair, deception, and confusion-as the world and |
| plunder the surrounding country. He established his | | | | its masses spiral out of control. |
| camp at Frankenhausen; but on the 15th of May | | | | "Multitudes, multitudes, in the Valley of Decision . . . |
| 1525 the peasants were dispersed by Philip, | | | | for the day of the Lord is hand in the Valley of |
| landgrave of Hesse, who captured Munzer and | | | | Decision" (Joel 3:14). |
| executed him on the 27th at Mulhausen." | | | | Sooner or later-we all will find ourselves in that |
| Thomas Munzer | | | | valley, if we haven't already. It is here that the |
| From here the West waited until the French | | | | greatest decision must be made: "Choose you this |
| Revolution to experiment with capitalism's alleged | | | | day whom you will serve . . . but as for me and |
| opposite (now taking root in America)-and a "Tale | | | | my house, we will serve the Lord!" (Joshua 24:15). |
| of Two Cities" could not have been told so well! | | | | To leave us without hope, without a sure |
| Socialism's rebirth caved to dictatorship (Napoleon) | | | | foundation, when the earth shakes with such |
| and to ultimate monarchy again. | | | | calamitous violence, is not how "this thing ends!" |
| Never totally lost in the consciousness of | | | | For each one of us there is a moment of crisis |
| thinkers-communism lurched forward and Marxist | | | | and decision-sometimes many such moments . . . |
| Socialism/Communism became the dominant | | | | these are the times that try men's souls; to bring |
| Socialist philosophy (overcoming all Christian | | | | them to their senses, and to bring them to their |
| attempts at the same-Joshua Muravchick's article: | | | | God. The world without may be in chaos-your |
| Socialism vs. Religion, details the struggle and the | | | | world, my world-but there is One Whose plans |
| final victory over theism- | | | | and purposes and intense love for each one of us |
| Finally,"> | | | | in the midst of this maelstrom can heal the |
| Finally, Socialism's paradox (National Socialism and | | | | wounded heart, calm the raging storm, and bring |
| Communist Socialism) culminated in World War II | | | | meaning, lasting peace, and perfect fellowship to |
| and the Cold War. Finally, the "Evil Empire" | | | | our purposeless, tumultuous, and lonely souls. |
| imploded. Thus, with the violent conclusion of | | | | "Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone |
| National Socialism, and the ignoble demise of | | | | hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come |
| Communist-Stalinism, as well as the birth of | | | | into to him and dine with him, and he with Me . . . |
| Chinese Neo-Communism (Party-Controlled | | | | therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, |
| Capitalism), the world appeared restful. Alas! One | | | | are forgiven, for she loved much . . . but to |
| last bastion of true socialism persists (aside from | | | | whom little is forgiven, the same loves little . . . |
| North Korea/Cuba/Viet Nam): The oligarchs of | | | | then He said to her: 'Your sins are forgiven . . . |
| the Middle East! | | | | Your faith has saved you, go in peace" (Luke |
| "Baath(ist) Socialism in Iraq, Syria, and Libya | | | | 7:47-48, 50). |
| incorporate a toxic amalgam of Islam and | | | | |