| President Bush's speech in October before the | | | | spiritual authority but was not permitted |
| National Endowment for Democracy crystalized | | | | prophetic 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 relentless | | | | exercise authority in matters of religious |
| war with radical Islamic terrorists to the | | | | doctrine. The first caliph was Abu Bakr . He |
| death--these are the heretics of Islam, and | | | | was succeeded by Umar , Uthman , and Ali . |
| they must be destroyed! | | | | Sunni Muslims recognize these first four, or |
| | | | Rashidun (the rightly guided), caliphs. |
| THE GREEN CURTAIN | | | | Shiites , however, recognize Ali as the first |
| | | | caliph. After Ali's death, Muawiya became |
| From the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic | | | | caliph 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 its | | | | capital was Damascus. In 750 the Abbasid |
| descent to enshroud and enslave a vast swath | | | | family, 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 advance | | | | But, one thing is altogether certain-Islam's |
| their stated agenda: to develop weapons of | | | | religious tolerance, though incessantly |
| mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . . . | | | | touted as widespread and obvious-was and is |
| intimidate Europe . . . assault the American | | | | hardly the case! All the rhetoric to the |
| people . . . and blackmail our government | | | | contrary, Islam's toleration of Christian, |
| into isolation." (Remarks by President Bush | | | | Jew, Hindu, or of Buddhism/Confucius, is NOT |
| before the National Endowment for Democracy | | | | borne 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 all | | | | West-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 less | | | | against oppressive regimes, because we know |
| than complete victory . . . there is no peace | | | | that the dissidents of today will be the |
| without victory . . . we will keep our nerve | | | | democratic 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 one | | | | self-determination, and the rule of law, and |
| country will rally the Muslim masses, | | | | religious freedom, and equal rights for |
| enabling them to overthrow all moderate | | | | women, beliefs that are right and true in |
| governments in the region, and establish a | | | | every land, and in every culture. (Applause.) |
| radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain | | | | |
| to Indonesia . . . they are fanatical and | | | | Does he know what he is saying? He most |
| extreme . . . utterly committed . . . As | | | | assuredly 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 pass | | | | women" in the ear of Islam? Is he aware how |
| to the eternal life' . . . we must stop them | | | | this reverberates within the hearts and souls |
| before their crimes can multiply!" (Excerpts | | | | of 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 HUMANITY | | | | East-though they are altruistic and even |
| | | | noble in their essence? Could he have left |
| The battle lines are clearly drawn; the | | | | this out of his speech without compromising |
| identity of the implacable foe utterly | | | | his persuasions for "democracy and freedom" |
| delineated; the sinister intentions and | | | | for 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 whole | | | | he MUST galvanize the West's opposition to |
| world for what they really are: THE HERETICS | | | | the 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 end | | | | confrontation against another "evil empire" |
| American and Western influence in the broader | | | | than the call to RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. |
| Middle East, because we stand for democracy | | | | |
| and peace, and stand in the way of their | | | | The very first phrase and article of our |
| ambitions (as quoted by Osama bin Laden, Al | | | | beloved Constitution enshrines it: FREEDOM |
| Qaeda's leader): '(We) dedicate our | | | | OF RELIGION! Barbara Walters interview with |
| resources, sons and money to driving the | | | | Saudi's King Abdullah skirted the issue of |
| infidels out of (our) lands . . . The whole | | | | religious 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 and | | | | Indeed 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 "civilized | | | | artful insinuation into the text of the |
| world") to the struggle against fanatical | | | | story: |
| 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 . . . the | | | | assuring the West - particularly the United |
| great challenge of our new century!" They | | | | States - of his country's commitment to |
| are the killers of "Daniel Pearl, Nicholas | | | | reform 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 religious | | | | mandatory to placate "domestic religious |
| rhetoric . . . (they wish to) rule the soul | | | | leaders of his commitment to Islamic law and |
| itself . . . While promising a future of | | | | tradition!" And, what might that "Islamic |
| justice and holiness." Indeed, the | | | | law 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 Israeli | | | | legal 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 . . . the | | | | Islam is the official religion, and the law |
| defeat of the Taliban . . . or the CRUSADES | | | | requires 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 WILL | | | | recognizes 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 against | | | | is 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 . . . the | | | | Can the Saudis have it both ways-be an |
| Cultural Revolution . . . and the killing | | | | alleged 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 a | | | | encouraging our friends in the Middle East, |
| deadly enemy and the unfolding of a global | | | | including 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 the | | | | respecting the rights and choices of their |
| resuscitation of the Caliphate wish to | | | | own people." In that very paragraph of his |
| expunge the West's influences from the | | | | speech Bush touts the concept of religious |
| "broader Middle East," they, according to | | | | freedom! |
| Bush, "regard Iraq as the central front in | | | | |
| their war against humanity." Iraq has | | | | SOCIALISM & ISLAM HAVE A COMMON FOE |
| become-for better or worse-the "central | | | | |
| front" in America's War on Terror. If the | | | | The world-that is, the Western World-reeled |
| "militants" persist in Iraq, they will "rally | | | | under the religious and social reverberations |
| the Muslim masses . . . overthrow all | | | | of the Reformation in the 1400-1500s. Few |
| moderate governments in the region . . . and | | | | realize 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 suffered | | | | forgets the brutal suppression of the |
| defeat, even so, they who claim that | | | | Peasants' Revolt. Thomas Munzer, who |
| Americans are "the most cowardly of God's | | | | experimented with a "new spiritual kingdom," |
| creatures" (i.e., Mr. Zarqawi) shall likewise | | | | was perhaps the first in the relatively |
| "condemn themselves to isolation, decline, | | | | modern era to embrace communist theory and |
| and collapse . . . because free peoples will | | | | practice! |
| 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 by | | | | advocated common ownership of the means of |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring | | | | life. After a tour in south Germany be |
| Freedom, OPERATION IRON FURY, OPERATION IRON | | | | returned 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 IRAQ | | | | already broken out in various parts of |
| | | | Germany; and as the peasantry around |
| Alas! The US military has no end in | | | | Mulhausen was imbued with Munzer's teaching, |
| announcing yet another operation to smash the | | | | he collected a large body of men to plunder |
| burgeoning insurgency now, according to CNN | | | | the surrounding country. He established his |
| (October 15, 2005), flush with some 200,000 | | | | camp at Frankenhausen; but on the 15th of May |
| militants . . . wherein some 10,000 have been | | | | 1525 the peasants were dispersed by Philip, |
| slain, 30,000 imprisoned and some 300 to 400 | | | | landgrave 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 list | | | | From here the West waited until the French |
| continues to grow! (List of Military | | | | Revolution 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" aforementioned | | | | have been told so well! Socialism's rebirth |
| iron resolve-a sort of "Triumph of the | | | | caved to dictatorship (Napoleon) and to |
| Will"-style determination-epitomized by | | | | ultimate monarchy again. |
| President Bush himself, those "helpers and | | | | |
| enablers" of the would-be Caliphate, SYRIA | | | | Never 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 of | | | | dominant Socialist philosophy (overcoming all |
| convenience like Syria and Iran, that share | | | | Christian attempts at the same-Joshua |
| the goal of hurting American and moderate | | | | Muravchick's article: Socialism vs. |
| Muslim governments, and use terrorist | | | | Religion, details the struggle and the final |
| propaganda to blame their own failures on the | | | | victory over theism- |
| West and America, on the Jews . . . we're | | | | |
| determined (against Syrian and Iran) to deny | | | | Finally, Socialism's paradox (National |
| radical groups the support and sanctuary of | | | | Socialism and Communist Socialism) culminated |
| outlaw regimes . . . STATE-SPONSORS like | | | | in World War II and the Cold War. Finally, |
| Syria and Iran have a long history of | | | | the "Evil Empire" imploded. Thus, with the |
| collaboration with terrorists, and they | | | | violent conclusion of National Socialism, and |
| DESERVE NO PATIENCE FROM THE VICTIMS OF | | | | the ignoble demise of Communist-Stalinism, as |
| TERROR. The United States makes no | | | | well 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 MURDER | | | | true socialism persists (aside from North |
| (Applause from audience). Any government | | | | Korea/Cuba): The oligarchs of the Middle |
| that chooses to be an ally of terror has also | | | | East! |
| 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 the | | | | concept of separation of powers, an |
| "enemies of civilization . . . "THEY'RE | | | | independent 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 the | | | | are allowed to live at the whim of the state |
| OBL's of the world, and not only will he | | | | as long as they submit to second-class status |
| prohibit their acquisitions of any state, but | | | | and pay a yearly extortion. This way they |
| he most certainly will in accordance with his | | | | are allowed, in most cases, to live yet |
| military plan and "offensive operations . . . | | | | another year without converting to Islam. |
| clear out enemy forces" from those states | | | | Islamic 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 it | | | | It is no small secret that Baathist Socialism |
| is in that precise order that "freedom" and | | | | and the Left, in general, share a common |
| "democracy" shall extend her grip on the | | | | consternation 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 the | | | | NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE RHETORIC TO THE |
| Taliban ousted from Afghanistan; and, it is | | | | CONTRARY! |
| for this very reason why the US co-labors | | | | |
| with Musharraf "to oppose and isolate the | | | | In 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, the | | | | America's Left-extrapolating their connivance |
| noble extensions of DEMOCRACY and HOPE shall | | | | with 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 DEMOCRACY | | | | attack Babylon the Great! |
| | | | |
| Yes, we shall "deny the militants future | | | | I have meandered all over the socio-political |
| recruits by replacing hatred and resentment | | | | map-without going into elaborate detail |
| with democracy and hope across the broader | | | | references-highlighting the American Left |
| Middle East . . . there's no alternative . . | | | | (world Left) and Islam (seemingly poles |
| . OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THAT REGION | | | | apart), who have purposefully and/or |
| ARE LINKED . . . America is making this | | | | unwittingly ascribed to the old Arab dictum: |
| stand!" | | | | The enemy of my enemy is my friend! |
| | | | |
| Indeed, as Condi Rice clearly enunciated | | | | What Horowitz fails to calculate is the |
| American foreign policy in February of 2005 | | | | simple 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 pursued | | | | However, both Left and Right in Americana are |
| stability at the expense of democracy in the | | | | loathe 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. We | | | | galvanizing 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 a | | | | religious 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 their | | | | and rally American public opinion to his |
| dictatorial ways, from their absolutist and | | | | cause. 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" - altogether | | | | alone ideological terminology-the American |
| different! What you are witnessing here is | | | | public will NOT persist in the efforts of the |
| an all out diplomatic-military effort to | | | | one who (along with America's |
| radically alter the course of Middle Eastern | | | | representatives) first announced immediately |
| history/culture through the aggressive | | | | after 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 more | | | | freedom'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 two | | | | evil-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 overt | | | | on 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 National | | | | collateral 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 and | | | | of the World Bank) Paul Wolfowitz says that |
| unburdened by conscience, must be taken very | | | | we are going to 'end states' that sponsor |
| serious(ly)-and we must stop them before | | | | terrorism, and our entire government puts the |
| their crimes can multiply." There is, most | | | | world on notice that everyone must 'choose |
| definitely, religious symbolism and tone | | | | sides,' that we no longer differentiate |
| throughout the President's impassioned pleas | | | | between terrorists and the countries they may |
| for "freedom and democracy." To conclude | | | | live in, and that they are either 'with us or |
| otherwise misses the entire significance of | | | | against us'" (Ramzi Kysia, The Last Crusade- |
| the speech-its raison d'être. To bestir, | | | | |
| persuade, and enflame the conscience to | | | | Furthermore, the relentless barrage launched |
| sacrifice in defeating this global | | | | by the Bush Administration in the |
| contagion-he must couch the parameters of the | | | | globalization 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 jihad | | | | what lies within most Moslem minds |
| into a call for terrorist murder against | | | | (notwithstanding the "Moslem Silent Majority" |
| Christians and Jews and Hindus . . . Muslim | | | | of 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 the | | | | world . . . The backward and seemingly static |
| resistance of his implacable foe at the very | | | | image of the Arab that Oliphant (i.e., Pat |
| root of their strength: The Spirit! It is | | | | Oliphant), Hollywood and the Bush |
| mandatory that he split Islam-acclaim the | | | | administration have projected comes from |
| foundations of Mohammed are predicated upon | | | | classic colonial notions of Western |
| PEACE! | | | | superiority. The rhetoric by George Bush and |
| | | | Condoleezza Rice about bringing freedom and |
| Naturally, and historically, the foundations | | | | democracy to the Arab world is no different |
| of Islam, and the emergence of the Caliphate | | | | from the British and French in the 19th |
| wrought the separation of the Sunni and the | | | | century 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, the | | | | project in which Arabs need to be subdued and |
| spiritual head and temporal ruler of the | | | | civilized. Edward Said, in his definitive |
| Islamic state. In principle, Islam is | | | | work of how the West sees the East, |
| theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet died, a | | | | Orientalism, explains how the same system of |
| caliph [Arab.,=successor] was chosen to rule | | | | analysis justifies control and superiority |
| in his place. The caliph had temporal and | | | | today. |