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The Crusader vs. The Caliphate...Bush Doctrine: The Heretics of Islam Must Be Destroyed

President Bush's speech in October before thespiritual authority but was not permitted
National Endowment for Democracy crystalizedprophetic power; this was reserved for
his doctrine: The Bush Doctrine. In sum:Muhammad. The caliph could not, therefore,
The US has devoted herself to a relentlessexercise authority in matters of religious
war with radical Islamic terrorists to thedoctrine. The first caliph was Abu Bakr . He
death--these are the heretics of Islam, andwas succeeded by Umar , Uthman , and Ali .
they  must  be  destroyed!Sunni Muslims recognize these first four, or
Rashidun (the rightly guided), caliphs.
THE  GREEN  CURTAINShiites , however, recognize Ali as the first
caliph. After Ali's death, Muawiya became
From the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlanticcaliph and founded the Umayyad dynasty
to the Indonesia Archipelago in the Pacific,(661-750), chiefly by force of arms. Its
a vile and putrid Green Curtain threatens itscapital was Damascus. In 750 the Abbasid
descent to enshroud and enslave a vast swathfamily, descended from the Prophet's uncle,
of earth's inhabitants. An Islamic Empire,led a coalition that defeated (749-50) the
the resurrection of the Moslem Caliphate,Umayyad  family." (
envelopes "with greater economic and military
and political power . . . able to advanceBut, one thing is altogether certain-Islam's
their stated agenda: to develop weapons ofreligious tolerance, though incessantly
mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . . .touted as widespread and obvious-was and is
intimidate Europe . . . assault the Americanhardly the case! All the rhetoric to the
people . . . and blackmail our governmentcontrary, Islam's toleration of Christian,
into isolation." (Remarks by President BushJew, Hindu, or of Buddhism/Confucius, is NOT
before the National Endowment for Democracyborne out in the record. That is precisely
on  the  War  on  Terror,  October,  2005).why Bush's appeal to "religious freedom" (and
he knows exactly how this "sounds" in the
"We will confront this mortal danger to allWest-secular and/or religious) does NOT play
humanity . . . We will not tire, or rest . .out  in  Islam:
. we will see freedom's victory . . . we must
stop them . . . we will never back down,"We're standing with dissidents and exiles
never give in, and never accept anything lessagainst oppressive regimes, because we know
than complete victory . . . there is no peacethat the dissidents of today will be the
without victory . . . we will keep our nervedemocratic leaders of tomorrow. We're making
and  we  will  win  that  victory!our case through public diplomacy, stating
clearly and confidently our belief in
"The militants believe that controlling oneself-determination, and the rule of law, and
country will rally the Muslim masses,religious freedom, and equal rights for
enabling them to overthrow all moderatewomen, beliefs that are right and true in
governments in the region, and establish aevery land, and in every culture. (Applause.)
radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain
to Indonesia . . . they are fanatical andDoes he know what he is saying? He most
extreme . . . utterly committed . . . Asassuredly does! Imagine the sound of
Zarqawi has vowed, 'We will either achieve"religious freedom" and "equal rights for
victory over the human race or we will passwomen" in the ear of Islam? Is he aware how
to the eternal life' . . . we must stop themthis reverberates within the hearts and souls
before their crimes can multiply!" (Excerptsof all who aspire for the Caliphate? He
from  Bush's  speech.)certainly  does.
(Does such rhetoric enflame the masses of
those who oppose his policies in the Middle
THE  WAR  AGAINST  HUMANITYEast-though they are altruistic and even
noble in their essence? Could he have left
The battle lines are clearly drawn; thethis out of his speech without compromising
identity of the implacable foe utterlyhis persuasions for "democracy and freedom"
delineated; the sinister intentions andfor all Islamic peoples-especially in the
methodologies of this cowardly lot have been,Middle East? Perhaps? But I doubt-besides,
by our President, exposed before the wholehe MUST galvanize the West's opposition to
world for what they really are: THE HERETICSthe tyrannical evil who opposes them-and
OF  ISLAM!there is no greater appeal (certainly not the
ideology of democracy) that will heighten the
Furthermore, "these extremists want to endconfrontation against another "evil empire"
American and Western influence in the broaderthan  the  call  to  RELIGIOUS  FREEDOM.
Middle East, because we stand for democracy
and peace, and stand in the way of theirThe very first phrase and article of our
ambitions (as quoted by Osama bin Laden, Albeloved Constitution enshrines it: FREEDOM
Qaeda's leader): '(We) dedicate ourOF RELIGION! Barbara Walters interview with
resources, sons and money to driving theSaudi's King Abdullah skirted the issue of
infidels out of (our) lands . . . The wholereligious freedom-lest the "progressive king"
world is watching this war and the two(keeper of the shrines of Islam) should be
adversaries (viz. Western Civilization vs.unfavorably  embarrassed!
Islamic Civilization) . . . It's either
victory and glory, or misery andIndeed ABC headlines the article regarding
humiliation!"  (OBL).the civil rights of Saudi's women, but
tip-toes around the more inflammatory issue
The President likened "Radical Islam's . . .of religious freedom; instead, we read this
war against humanity" (i.e., the "civilizedartful insinuation into the text of the
world") to the struggle against fanaticalstory:
despots like Hitler, Stalin, and Pol
Pot-branding them all as "EVIL MEN, obsessed"In the two months since becoming Saudi
with  ambition and unburdened by conscience."Arabia's new monarch, King Abdullah has
continued to walk a diplomatic tightrope,
Theirs is a "murderous ideology . . . theassuring the West - particularly the United
great challenge of our new century!" TheyStates - of his country's commitment to
are the killers of "Daniel Pearl, Nicholasreform and assuring domestic religious
Berg, Margaret Hassan and of Theo Van Gogh."leaders of his commitment to Islamic law and
They justify their random killings " . . .tradition."  (
because  I  believe  you  are  an  infidel."
King Abdullah knows full well that it is
They hide behind the "veneer of religiousmandatory to placate "domestic religious
rhetoric . . . (they wish to) rule the soulleaders of his commitment to Islamic law and
itself . . . While promising a future oftradition!" And, what might that "Islamic
justice and holiness." Indeed, thelaw  and  tradition"  dictate:
President's religious definitions/expressions
swirl throughout his entire speech: "The"Saudi Arabia is an Islamic monarchy without
excuses for violence (range from) the Israelilegal protection for freedom of religion, and
presence on the West Bank . . . the U.S.such protection does not exist in practice.
military presence in Saudi Arabia . . . theIslam is the official religion, and the law
defeat of the Taliban . . . or the CRUSADESrequires that all citizens be Muslims. The
of  a  thousand  years  ago."Government prohibits the public practice of
non-Muslim religions. The Government
COMMUNISM'S IDEOLOGY WAS DEFEATED-SO WILLrecognizes the right of non-Muslims to
THEIRS-WITH  AN  "IRON  FIST"worship in private; however, it does not
always respect this right in practice."
President Bush asserts that we have been at(Note: This little "tidbit" of information
war for the past quarter of a century againstis  propagated  by  the  US State Department:
this ubiquitous foe. He likens the present
struggle against "Islamo-fascism, Islamic(
radicalism, militant Jihadism" to the
"ideology of communism . . . gulags . . . theCan the Saudis have it both ways-be an
Cultural Revolution . . . and the killingalleged ally of the US in the War on Terror
fields." The victory the West won against(as President Bush claims they are) while
the by-gone "totalitarian aims" of communism,prohibiting "freedom of religion?" "We're
will repeat its triumph over "the rise of aencouraging our friends in the Middle East,
deadly enemy and the unfolding of a globalincluding Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to take the
ideological  struggle."path of reform, to strengthen their own
societies in the fight against terror by
Not only do those who aspire to therespecting the rights and choices of their
resuscitation of the Caliphate wish toown people." In that very paragraph of his
expunge the West's influences from thespeech Bush touts the concept of religious
"broader Middle East," they, according tofreedom!
Bush, "regard Iraq as the central front in
their war against humanity." Iraq hasSOCIALISM  &  ISLAM  HAVE  A  COMMON  FOE
become-for better or worse-the "central
front" in America's War on Terror. If theThe world-that is, the Western World-reeled
"militants" persist in Iraq, they will "rallyunder the religious and social reverberations
the Muslim masses . . . overthrow allof the Reformation in the 1400-1500s. Few
moderate governments in the region . . . andrealize the profound socio-political
establish a radical Islamic empire" (i.e.,upheavals wrought by the first manifestations
the  Caliphate).wrought by religious freedom as a result of
the breakup of Catholicism's monopoly. One
But, again, as the communists sufferedforgets the brutal suppression of the
defeat, even so, they who claim thatPeasants' Revolt. Thomas Munzer, who
Americans are "the most cowardly of God'sexperimented with a "new spiritual kingdom,"
creatures" (i.e., Mr. Zarqawi) shall likewisewas perhaps the first in the relatively
"condemn themselves to isolation, decline,modern era to embrace communist theory and
and collapse . . . because free peoples willpractice!
own the future." No, the US will not leave a
"vacuum" in Iraq for their dastardly aims to"He denounced established governments, and
multiply . . . they will be crushed byadvocated common ownership of the means of
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduringlife. After a tour in south Germany be
Freedom, OPERATION IRON FURY, OPERATION IRONreturned to Mulhausen, overthrew the
FIST  .  .  .  ad  nausea,  ad  infinitum.governing body of the city, and established a
communistic theocracy. The Peasants' War had
OPERATION  IRON  FIST  IS  BIGGER  THAN  IRAQalready broken out in various parts of
Germany; and as the peasantry around
Alas! The US military has no end inMulhausen was imbued with Munzer's teaching,
announcing yet another operation to smash thehe collected a large body of men to plunder
burgeoning insurgency now, according to CNNthe surrounding country. He established his
(October 15, 2005), flush with some 200,000camp at Frankenhausen; but on the 15th of May
militants . . . wherein some 10,000 have been1525 the peasants were dispersed by Philip,
slain, 30,000 imprisoned and some 300 to 400landgrave of Hesse, who captured Munzer and
infractions occur each week! Iron-Bullet,executed  him  on  the  27th  at  Mulhausen."
Fist, Force, Fury, Grip, Hammer, Justice,
Promise, Resolve, Saber . . . and the listFrom here the West waited until the French
continues to grow! (List of MilitaryRevolution to experiment with capitalism's
Operations  and  Non-Military  Operations)  (alleged opposite (now taking root in
America)-and a "Tale of Two Cities" could not
In addition to this "must win" aforementionedhave been told so well! Socialism's rebirth
iron resolve-a sort of "Triumph of thecaved to dictatorship (Napoleon) and to
Will"-style determination-epitomized byultimate  monarchy  again.
President Bush himself, those "helpers and
enablers" of the would-be Caliphate, SYRIANever totally lost in the consciousness of
and  IRAN,  shall  NOT  go  unpunished  . . .thinkers-communism lurched forward and
Marxist Socialism/Communism became the
" . . . authoritarian regimes, allies ofdominant Socialist philosophy (overcoming all
convenience like Syria and Iran, that shareChristian attempts at the same-Joshua
the goal of hurting American and moderateMuravchick's article: Socialism vs.
Muslim governments, and use terroristReligion, details the struggle and the final
propaganda to blame their own failures on thevictory  over  theism-
West and America, on the Jews . . . we're
determined (against Syrian and Iran) to denyFinally, Socialism's paradox (National
radical groups the support and sanctuary ofSocialism and Communist Socialism) culminated
outlaw regimes . . . STATE-SPONSORS likein World War II and the Cold War. Finally,
Syria and Iran have a long history ofthe "Evil Empire" imploded. Thus, with the
collaboration with terrorists, and theyviolent conclusion of National Socialism, and
DESERVE NO PATIENCE FROM THE VICTIMS OFthe ignoble demise of Communist-Stalinism, as
TERROR. The United States makes nowell as the birth of Chinese Neo-Communism
distinction between those who commit acts of(Party-Controlled Capitalism), the world
terror and those who support and harbor them,appeared restful. Alas! One last bastion of
BECAUSE THEY'RE EQUALLY AS GUILTY OF MURDERtrue socialism persists (aside from North
(Applause from audience). Any governmentKorea/Cuba): The oligarchs of the Middle
that chooses to be an ally of terror has alsoEast!
chosen to be an enemy of civilization . . .
and the civilized world must hold those"Baath(ist) Socialism in Iraq, Syria, and
regimes  to  account."Libya incorporate a toxic amalgam of Islam
and Socialism similar to the German Nazi
Be it abundantly clear to the entire world:combination of new age neo-paganism and
SYRIA and IRAN, the enemies of civilization,socialism. Islamic nations have no defined
shall be "held to account" . . . they are theconcept of separation of powers, an
"enemies of civilization . . . "THEY'REindependent judiciary, private property, free
EQUALLY  GUILTY  OF  MURDER!"enterprise,  free  speech  or  free  press.
Not only is Bush determined to extinguish the"Non-Islamic minorities, called 'Dhimmis,'
spiritual aspirations of Caliphate from theare allowed to live at the whim of the state
OBL's of the world, and not only will heas long as they submit to second-class status
prohibit their acquisitions of any state, butand pay a yearly extortion. This way they
he most certainly will in accordance with hisare allowed, in most cases, to live yet
military plan and "offensive operations . . .another year without converting to Islam.
clear out enemy forces" from those statesIslamic defenders refer to this system as an
which  "collaborate  with  terrorists!"example of Islamic tolerance."(Free
Republic--
Listen-first SYRIA is mentioned, then IRAN .
. . is that coincidental? I think not-for itIt is no small secret that Baathist Socialism
is in that precise order that "freedom" andand the Left, in general, share a common
"democracy" shall extend her grip on theconsternation towards the American New World
region!Order System-a system wherein the rich get
richer and the poor, poorer-where the
The "enemy" shall be denied "control of any"disparity of wealth" continues unabated;
nation!" For this very reason was theNOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE RHETORIC TO THE
Taliban ousted from Afghanistan; and, it isCONTRARY!
for this very reason why the US co-labors
with Musharraf "to oppose and isolate theIn his classic text, "Unholy Alliance:
militants  in  Pakistan."Radical Islam and the American Left," David
Horowitz provides a damning critique of
To achieve all the above stated goals, theAmerica's Left-extrapolating their connivance
noble extensions of DEMOCRACY and HOPE shallwith radical Islam and likening it to the
be  spread  across  the  broader Middle East.Hitler-Stalin Pact of the 20th Century. In
other words: They will stop at no lengths to
DENYING  JIHADISTS RECRUITS THROUGH DEMOCRACYattack  Babylon  the  Great!
Yes, we shall "deny the militants futureI have meandered all over the socio-political
recruits by replacing hatred and resentmentmap-without going into elaborate detail
with democracy and hope across the broaderreferences-highlighting the American Left
Middle East . . . there's no alternative . .(world Left) and Islam (seemingly poles
. OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THAT REGIONapart), who have purposefully and/or
ARE LINKED . . . America is making thisunwittingly ascribed to the old Arab dictum:
stand!"The  enemy  of  my  enemy  is  my  friend!
Indeed, as Condi Rice clearly enunciatedWhat Horowitz fails to calculate is the
American foreign policy in February of 2005simple fact America's Left is not monolithic,
at  the  American  University  in  Cairo:nor is its Right (though I'm sure he gives
mental ascent to this troubling thought).
"For 60 years, the United States pursuedHowever, both Left and Right in Americana are
stability at the expense of democracy in theloathe to outrage over the wishy-washy
Middle  East  -  and  we  achieved  neither.center-a center whose pompous protestations
are adjudged by both as unworthy in
"Now, we are taking a different course. Wegalvanizing  any  base.
are supporting the democratic aspirations of
all people" (American University Cairo, Feb.THIS  CRUSADE...THIS  WAR  ON  TERRORISM
9,  2005).
I have presented before you a decisively
No longer will Middle East despots receive areligious understanding on the part of our
polite nod from their Western patrons;President in his efforts to "stay the course"
instead, they shall be vanquished from theirand rally American public opinion to his
dictatorial ways, from their absolutist andcause. Without projecting the tone and
tribal  monarchies-once  and  for  all!substance of this debate within the
nomenclature of evangelical rhetoric-let
Yes, a "different course" - altogetheralone ideological terminology-the American
different! What you are witnessing here ispublic will NOT persist in the efforts of the
an all out diplomatic-military effort toone who (along with America's
radically alter the course of Middle Easternrepresentatives) first announced immediately
history/culture through the aggressiveafter  9/11:
propagation of "democracy"-for "Wars are not
won without sacrifice -- and this war will"They have attacked America because we are
require more sacrifice, more time, and morefreedom's home and defender; this crusade,
resolve."this war on terrorism, is going to take a
while, but we will rid the world of the
This war, according to Bush, is fought on twoevil-doers." - President George W. Bush
levels, two primary fronts: The terrestrial(September  16,  2001)
(earthly/military) and the psychological
(ideological battle for the minds and hearts"We are coming after you. God may have mercy
of the people). Notwithstanding the overton you, but we won't," Sen. John McCain
attempt to persuade the world that such be(R-AZ).
the case, there is another-though it be
deeply embedded within the rhetoric of his"Bomb the hell out of them. If there's
doctrine discharged before the Nationalcollateral damage, so be it. They certainly
Endowment  for  Democracy: The  CELESTIAL!found our civilians to be expendable," Sen.
Zell  Miller  (D-GA).
THE  SPIRITUAL  CONFRONTATION  OF  THE  AGES
"Deputy Secretary of Defense (Now President
"Evil men, obsessed with ambition andof the World Bank) Paul Wolfowitz says that
unburdened by conscience, must be taken verywe are going to 'end states' that sponsor
serious(ly)-and we must stop them beforeterrorism, and our entire government puts the
their crimes can multiply." There is, mostworld on notice that everyone must 'choose
definitely, religious symbolism and tonesides,' that we no longer differentiate
throughout the President's impassioned pleasbetween terrorists and the countries they may
for "freedom and democracy." To concludelive in, and that they are either 'with us or
otherwise misses the entire significance ofagainst  us'" (Ramzi Kysia, The Last Crusade-
the speech-its raison d'être. To bestir,
persuade, and enflame the conscience toFurthermore, the relentless barrage launched
sacrifice in defeating this globalby the Bush Administration in the
contagion-he must couch the parameters of theglobalization of the War on Terror is laced
conflict in terms of spirituality! For . . .throughout with the hyperbole of religious
expression-no wonder Rayan El-Amine posits
"These extremists distort the idea of jihadwhat lies within most Moslem minds
into a call for terrorist murder against(notwithstanding the "Moslem Silent Majority"
Christians and Jews and Hindus . . . Muslimof  moderates):
scholars have already publicly condemned
terrorism . . . 'Whoever does such a thing is"The green menace has replaced the red
not a Muslim, nor a religious person'menace, and the 'evil empire' of the cold war
(Chapter  5,  Verse  32  of  the  Koran)."has become the less eloquent, but just as
deadly, "evil doers" of the Arab and Muslim
Here is one who decisively marshals theworld . . . The backward and seemingly static
resistance of his implacable foe at the veryimage of the Arab that Oliphant (i.e., Pat
root of their strength: The Spirit! It isOliphant), Hollywood and the Bush
mandatory that he split Islam-acclaim theadministration have projected comes from
foundations of Mohammed are predicated uponclassic colonial notions of Western
PEACE!superiority. The rhetoric by George Bush and
Condoleezza Rice about bringing freedom and
Naturally, and historically, the foundationsdemocracy to the Arab world is no different
of Islam, and the emergence of the Caliphatefrom the British and French in the 19th
wrought the separation of the Sunni and thecentury talking about civilizing India and
Shiite  sects  of  Islam:Africa. Neo-conservatives and right wing
think tanks see the Arab world as a colonial
"The rulership of Islam; caliph, theproject in which Arabs need to be subdued and
spiritual head and temporal ruler of thecivilized. Edward Said, in his definitive
Islamic state. In principle, Islam iswork of how the West sees the East,
theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet died, aOrientalism, explains how the same system of
caliph [Arab.,=successor] was chosen to ruleanalysis justifies control and superiority
in his place. The caliph had temporal andtoday.



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