| President Bush's speech in October before the | | | | spiritual authority but was not permitted prophetic |
| National Endowment for Democracy crystalized | | | | power; this was reserved for Muhammad. The |
| his doctrine: The Bush Doctrine. In sum: The US | | | | caliph could not, therefore, exercise authority in |
| has devoted herself to a relentless war with | | | | matters of religious doctrine. The first caliph was |
| radical Islamic terrorists to the death--these are | | | | Abu Bakr . He was succeeded by Umar , Uthman |
| the heretics of Islam, and they must be | | | | , and Ali . Sunni Muslims recognize these first four, |
| destroyed! | | | | or Rashidun (the rightly guided), caliphs. Shiites , |
| THE GREEN CURTAIN | | | | however, recognize Ali as the first caliph. After |
| From the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic to the | | | | Ali's death, Muawiya became caliph and founded |
| Indonesia Archipelago in the Pacific, a vile and | | | | the Umayyad dynasty (661-750), chiefly by force |
| putrid Green Curtain threatens its descent to | | | | of arms. Its capital was Damascus. In 750 the |
| enshroud and enslave a vast swath of earth's | | | | Abbasid family, descended from the Prophet's |
| inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the resurrection of | | | | uncle, led a coalition that defeated (749-50) the |
| the Moslem Caliphate, envelopes "with greater | | | | Umayyad family." ( |
| economic and military and political power . . . able | | | | But, one thing is altogether certain-Islam's religious |
| to advance their stated agenda: to develop | | | | tolerance, though incessantly touted as |
| weapons of mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . . | | | | widespread and obvious-was and is hardly the |
| . intimidate Europe . . . assault the American people | | | | case! All the rhetoric to the contrary, Islam's |
| . . . and blackmail our government into isolation." | | | | toleration of Christian, Jew, Hindu, or of Buddhism |
| (Remarks by President Bush before the National | | | | Confucius, is NOT borne out in the record. That is |
| Endowment for Democracy on the War on | | | | precisely why Bush's appeal to "religious freedom" |
| Terror, October, 2005). | | | | (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 out |
| humanity . . . We will not tire, or rest . . . we will | | | | in Islam: |
| see freedom's victory . . . we must stop them . . . | | | | "We're standing with dissidents and exiles against |
| we will never back down, never give in, and | | | | oppressive regimes, because we know that the |
| never accept anything less than complete victory | | | | dissidents of today will be the democratic leaders |
| . . . there is no peace without victory . . . we will | | | | of tomorrow. We're making our case through |
| keep our nerve and we will win that victory! | | | | public diplomacy, stating clearly and confidently our |
| "The militants believe that controlling one country | | | | belief in self-determination, and the rule of law, |
| will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to | | | | and religious freedom, and equal rights for |
| overthrow all moderate governments in the | | | | women, beliefs that are right and true in every |
| region, and establish a radical Islamic empire that | | | | land, and in every culture. (Applause.) |
| spans from Spain to Indonesia . . . they are | | | | Does he know what he is saying? He most |
| fanatical and extreme . . . utterly committed . . . | | | | assuredly does! Imagine the sound of "religious |
| As Zarqawi has vowed, 'We will either achieve | | | | freedom" and "equal rights for women" in the ear |
| victory over the human race or we will pass to | | | | of Islam? Is he aware how this reverberates |
| the eternal life' . . . we must stop them before | | | | within the hearts and souls of all who aspire for |
| their crimes can multiply!" (Excerpts from Bush's | | | | the Caliphate? He certainly does. |
| speech.) | | | | Does such rhetoric enflame the masses of those |
| ( | | | | who oppose his policies in the Middle East-though |
| THE WAR AGAINST HUMANITY | | | | they are altruistic and even noble in their essence? |
| The battle lines are clearly drawn; the identity of | | | | Could he have left this out of his speech without |
| the implacable foe utterly delineated; the sinister | | | | compromising his persuasions for "democracy and |
| intentions and methodologies of this cowardly lot | | | | freedom" for all Islamic peoples-especially in the |
| have been, by our President, exposed before the | | | | Middle East? Perhaps? But I doubt-besides, he |
| whole world for what they really are: THE | | | | MUST galvanize the West's opposition to the |
| HERETICS OF ISLAM! | | | | tyrannical evil who opposes them-and there is no |
| Furthermore, "these extremists want to end | | | | greater appeal (certainly not the ideology of |
| American and Western influence in the broader | | | | democracy) that will heighten the confrontation |
| Middle East, because we stand for democracy | | | | against another "evil empire" than the call to |
| and peace, and stand in the way of their | | | | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. |
| ambitions (as quoted by Osama bin Laden, Al | | | | The very first phrase and article of our beloved |
| Qaeda's leader): '(We) dedicate our resources, | | | | Constitution enshrines it: FREEDOM OF RELIGION! |
| sons and money to driving the infidels out of (our) | | | | Barbara Walters interview with Saudi's King |
| lands . . . The whole world is watching this war | | | | Abdullah skirted the issue of religious freedom-lest |
| and the two adversaries (viz. Western Civilization | | | | the "progressive king" (keeper of the shrines of |
| vs. Islamic Civilization) . . . It's either victory and | | | | Islam) should be unfavorably embarrassed! |
| glory, or misery and humiliation!" (OBL). | | | | Indeed ABC headlines the article regarding the civil |
| The President likened "Radical Islam's . . . war | | | | rights of Saudi's women, but tip-toes around the |
| against humanity" (i.e., the "civilized world") to the | | | | more inflammatory issue of religious freedom; |
| struggle against fanatical despots like Hitler, Stalin, | | | | instead, we read this artful insinuation into the |
| and Pol Pot-branding them all as "EVIL MEN, | | | | text of the story: |
| obsessed with ambition and unburdened by | | | | "In the two months since becoming Saudi Arabia's |
| conscience." | | | | new monarch, King Abdullah has continued to walk |
| Theirs is a "murderous ideology . . . the great | | | | a diplomatic tightrope, assuring the West - |
| challenge of our new century!" They are the killers | | | | particularly the United States - of his country's |
| of "Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Berg, Margaret Hassan | | | | commitment to reform and assuring domestic |
| and of Theo Van Gogh." They justify their | | | | religious leaders of his commitment to Islamic law |
| random killings " . . . because I believe you are an | | | | and tradition." ( |
| infidel." | | | | King Abdullah knows full well that it is mandatory |
| They hide behind the "veneer of religious rhetoric . | | | | to placate "domestic religious leaders of his |
| . . (they wish to) rule the soul itself . . . While | | | | commitment to Islamic law and tradition!" And, |
| promising a future of justice and holiness." Indeed, | | | | what might that "Islamic law and tradition" dictate: |
| the President's religious definitions/expressions | | | | "Saudi Arabia is an Islamic monarchy without legal |
| swirl throughout his entire speech: "The excuses | | | | protection for freedom of religion, and such |
| for violence (range from) the Israeli presence on | | | | protection does not exist in practice. Islam is the |
| the West Bank . . . the U.S. military presence in | | | | official religion, and the law requires that all citizens |
| Saudi Arabia . . . the defeat of the Taliban . . . or | | | | be Muslims. The Government prohibits the public |
| the CRUSADES of a thousand years ago." | | | | practice of non-Muslim religions. The Government |
| COMMUNISM'S IDEOLOGY WAS DEFEATED-SO | | | | recognizes the right of non-Muslims to worship in |
| WILL THEIRS-WITH AN "IRON FIST" | | | | private; however, it does not always respect this |
| President Bush asserts that we have been at war | | | | right in practice." (Note: This little "tidbit" of |
| for the past quarter of a century against this | | | | information is propagated by the US State |
| ubiquitous foe. He likens the present struggle | | | | Department: |
| against "Islamo-fascism, Islamic radicalism, militant | | | | ( |
| Jihadism" to the "ideology of communism . . . | | | | Can the Saudis have it both ways-be an alleged |
| gulags . . . the Cultural Revolution . . . and the killing | | | | ally of the US in the War on Terror (as President |
| fields." The victory the West won against the | | | | Bush claims they are) while prohibiting "freedom |
| by-gone "totalitarian aims" of communism, will | | | | of religion?" "We're encouraging our friends in the |
| repeat its triumph over "the rise of a deadly | | | | Middle East, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to |
| enemy and the unfolding of a global ideological | | | | take the path of reform, to strengthen their own |
| struggle." | | | | societies in the fight against terror by respecting |
| Not only do those who aspire to the resuscitation | | | | the rights and choices of their own people." In |
| of the Caliphate wish to expunge the West's | | | | that very paragraph of his speech Bush touts the |
| influences from the "broader Middle East," they, | | | | concept of religious freedom! |
| according to Bush, "regard Iraq as the central | | | | SOCIALISM & ISLAM HAVE A COMMON |
| front in their war against humanity." Iraq has | | | | FOE |
| become-for better or worse-the "central front" in | | | | The world-that is, the Western World-reeled |
| America's War on Terror. If the "militants" persist | | | | under the religious and social reverberations of the |
| in Iraq, they will "rally the Muslim masses . . . | | | | Reformation in the 1400-1500s. Few realize the |
| overthrow all moderate governments in the | | | | profound socio-political upheavals wrought by the |
| region . . . and establish a radical Islamic empire" | | | | first manifestations wrought by religious freedom |
| (i.e., the Caliphate). | | | | as a result of the breakup of Catholicism's |
| But, again, as the communists suffered defeat, | | | | monopoly. One forgets the brutal suppression of |
| even so, they who claim that Americans are "the | | | | the Peasants' Revolt. Thomas Munzer, who |
| most cowardly of God's creatures" (i.e., Mr. | | | | experimented with a "new spiritual kingdom," was |
| Zarqawi) shall likewise "condemn themselves to | | | | perhaps the first in the relatively modern era to |
| isolation, decline, and collapse . . . because free | | | | embrace communist theory and practice! |
| peoples will own the future." No, the US will not | | | | "He denounced established governments, and |
| leave a "vacuum" in Iraq for their dastardly aims | | | | advocated common ownership of the means of |
| to multiply . . . they will be crushed by Operation | | | | life. After a tour in south Germany be returned to |
| Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, | | | | Mulhausen, overthrew the governing body of the |
| OPERATION IRON FURY, OPERATION IRON | | | | city, and established a communistic theocracy. |
| FIST . . . ad nausea, ad infinitum. | | | | The Peasants' War had already broken out in |
| OPERATION IRON FIST IS BIGGER THAN IRAQ | | | | various parts of Germany; and as the peasantry |
| Alas! The US military has no end in announcing yet | | | | around Mulhausen was imbued with Munzer's |
| another operation to smash the burgeoning | | | | teaching, he collected a large body of men to |
| insurgency now, according to CNN (October 15, | | | | plunder the surrounding country. He established his |
| 2005), flush with some 200,000 militants . . . | | | | camp at Frankenhausen; but on the 15th of May |
| wherein some 10,000 have been slain, 30,000 | | | | 1525 the peasants were dispersed by Philip, |
| imprisoned and some 300 to 400 infractions occur | | | | landgrave of Hesse, who captured Munzer and |
| each week! Iron-Bullet, Fist, Force, Fury, Grip, | | | | executed him on the 27th at Mulhausen." |
| Hammer, Justice, Promise, Resolve, Saber . . . and | | | | From here the West waited until the French |
| the list continues to grow! (List of Military | | | | Revolution to experiment with capitalism's alleged |
| Operations and Non-Military Operations) ( | | | | opposite (now taking root in America)-and a "Tale |
| In addition to this "must win" aforementioned iron | | | | of Two Cities" could not have been told so well! |
| resolve-a sort of "Triumph of the Will"-style | | | | Socialism's rebirth caved to dictatorship (Napoleon) |
| determination-epitomized by President Bush | | | | and to ultimate monarchy again. |
| himself, those "helpers and enablers" of the | | | | Never totally lost in the consciousness of |
| would-be Caliphate, SYRIA and IRAN, shall NOT | | | | thinkers-communism lurched forward and Marxist |
| go unpunished . . . | | | | Socialism/Communism became the dominant |
| " . . . authoritarian regimes, allies of convenience | | | | Socialist philosophy (overcoming all Christian |
| like Syria and Iran, that share the goal of hurting | | | | attempts at the same-Joshua Muravchick's article: |
| American and moderate Muslim governments, and | | | | Socialism vs. Religion, details the struggle and the |
| use terrorist propaganda to blame their own | | | | final victory over theism- |
| failures on the West and America, on the Jews . . | | | | Finally, Socialism's paradox (National Socialism and |
| . we're determined (against Syrian and Iran) to | | | | Communist Socialism) culminated in World War II |
| deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of | | | | and the Cold War. Finally, the "Evil Empire" |
| outlaw regimes . . . STATE-SPONSORS like Syria | | | | imploded. Thus, with the violent conclusion of |
| and Iran have a long history of collaboration with | | | | National Socialism, and the ignoble demise of |
| terrorists, and they DESERVE NO PATIENCE | | | | Communist-Stalinism, as well as the birth of |
| FROM THE VICTIMS OF TERROR. The United | | | | Chinese Neo-Communism (Party-Controlled |
| States makes no distinction between those who | | | | Capitalism), the world appeared restful. Alas! One |
| commit acts of terror and those who support | | | | last bastion of true socialism persists (aside from |
| and harbor them, BECAUSE THEY'RE EQUALLY | | | | North Korea/Cuba): The oligarchs of the Middle |
| AS GUILTY OF MURDER (Applause from | | | | East! |
| audience). Any government that chooses to be an | | | | "Baath(ist) Socialism in Iraq, Syria, and Libya |
| ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of | | | | incorporate a toxic amalgam of Islam and |
| civilization . . . and the civilized world must hold | | | | Socialism similar to the German Nazi combination |
| those regimes to account." | | | | of new age neo-paganism and socialism. Islamic |
| Be it abundantly clear to the entire world: SYRIA | | | | nations have no defined concept of separation of |
| and IRAN, the enemies of civilization, shall be "held | | | | powers, an independent judiciary, private |
| to account" . . . they are the "enemies of | | | | property, free enterprise, free speech or free |
| civilization . . . "THEY'RE EQUALLY GUILTY OF | | | | press. |
| MURDER!" | | | | "Non-Islamic minorities, called 'Dhimmis,' are allowed |
| Not only is Bush determined to extinguish the | | | | to live at the whim of the state as long as they |
| spiritual aspirations of Caliphate from the OBL's of | | | | submit to second-class status and pay a yearly |
| the world, and not only will he prohibit their | | | | extortion. This way they are allowed, in most |
| acquisitions of any state, but he most certainly will | | | | cases, to live yet another year without converting |
| in accordance with his military plan and "offensive | | | | to Islam. Islamic defenders refer to this system |
| operations . . . clear out enemy forces" from | | | | as an example of Islamic tolerance."(Free |
| those states which "collaborate with terrorists!" | | | | Republic-- |
| Listen-first SYRIA is mentioned, then IRAN . . . is | | | | It is no small secret that Baathist Socialism and |
| that coincidental? I think not-for it is in that | | | | the Left, in general, share a common |
| precise order that "freedom" and "democracy" | | | | consternation towards the American New World |
| shall extend her grip on the region! | | | | Order System-a system wherein the rich get |
| The "enemy" shall be denied "control of any | | | | richer and the poor, poorer-where the "disparity |
| nation!" For this very reason was the Taliban | | | | of wealth" continues unabated; |
| ousted from Afghanistan; and, it is for this very | | | | NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE RHETORIC TO |
| reason why the US co-labors with Musharraf "to | | | | THE CONTRARY! |
| oppose and isolate the militants in Pakistan." | | | | In his classic text, "Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam |
| To achieve all the above stated goals, the noble | | | | and the American Left," David Horowitz provides |
| extensions of DEMOCRACY and HOPE shall be | | | | a damning critique of America's Left-extrapolating |
| spread across the broader Middle East. | | | | their connivance with radical Islam and likening it to |
| DENYING JIHADISTS RECRUITS THROUGH | | | | the Hitler-Stalin Pact of the 20th Century. In other |
| DEMOCRACY | | | | words: They will stop at no lengths to attack |
| Yes, we shall "deny the militants future recruits | | | | Babylon the Great! |
| by replacing hatred and resentment with | | | | I have meandered all over the socio-political |
| democracy and hope across the broader Middle | | | | map-without going into elaborate detail |
| East . . . there's no alternative . . . OUR FUTURE | | | | references-highlighting the American Left (world |
| AND THE FUTURE OF THAT REGION ARE | | | | Left) and Islam (seemingly poles apart), who have |
| LINKED . . . America is making this stand!" | | | | purposefully and/or unwittingly ascribed to the old |
| Indeed, as Condi Rice clearly enunciated American | | | | Arab dictum: The enemy of my enemy is my |
| foreign policy in February of 2005 at the | | | | friend! |
| American University in Cairo: | | | | What Horowitz fails to calculate is the simple fact |
| "For 60 years, the United States pursued stability | | | | America's Left is not monolithic, nor is its Right |
| at the expense of democracy in the Middle East - | | | | (though I'm sure he gives mental ascent to this |
| and we achieved neither. | | | | troubling thought). However, both Left and Right in |
| "Now, we are taking a different course. We are | | | | Americana are loathe to outrage over the |
| supporting the democratic aspirations of all people" | | | | wishy-washy center-a center whose pompous |
| (American University Cairo, Feb. 9, 2005). | | | | protestations are adjudged by both as unworthy |
| No longer will Middle East despots receive a polite | | | | in galvanizing any base. |
| nod from their Western patrons; instead, they | | | | THIS CRUSADE...THIS WAR ON TERRORISM |
| shall be vanquished from their dictatorial ways, | | | | I have presented before you a decisively religious |
| from their absolutist and tribal monarchies-once | | | | understanding on the part of our President in his |
| and for all! | | | | efforts to "stay the course" and rally American |
| Yes, a "different course" - altogether different! | | | | public opinion to his cause. Without projecting the |
| What you are witnessing here is an all out | | | | tone and substance of this debate within the |
| diplomatic-military effort to radically alter the | | | | nomenclature of evangelical rhetoric-let alone |
| course of Middle Eastern history/culture through | | | | ideological terminology-the American public will |
| the aggressive propagation of "democracy"-for | | | | NOT persist in the efforts of the one who (along |
| "Wars are not won without sacrifice -- and this | | | | with America's representatives) first announced |
| war will require more sacrifice, more time, and | | | | immediately after 9/11: |
| more resolve." | | | | "They have attacked America because we are |
| This war, according to Bush, is fought on two | | | | freedom's home and defender; this crusade, this |
| levels, two primary fronts: The terrestrial (earthly | | | | war on terrorism, is going to take a while, but we |
| military) and the psychological (ideological battle for | | | | will rid the world of the evil-doers." - President |
| the minds and hearts of the people). | | | | George W. Bush (September 16, 2001) |
| Notwithstanding the overt attempt to persuade | | | | "We are coming after you. God may have mercy |
| the world that such be the case, there is | | | | on you, but we won't," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). |
| another-though it be deeply embedded within the | | | | "Bomb the hell out of them. If there's collateral |
| rhetoric of his doctrine discharged before the | | | | damage, so be it. They certainly found our civilians |
| National Endowment for Democracy: The | | | | to be expendable," Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA). |
| CELESTIAL! | | | | "Deputy Secretary of Defense (Now President of |
| THE SPIRITUAL CONFRONTATION OF THE | | | | the World Bank) Paul Wolfowitz says that we are |
| AGES | | | | going to 'end states' that sponsor terrorism, and |
| "Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened | | | | our entire government puts the world on notice |
| by conscience, must be taken very | | | | that everyone must 'choose sides,' that we no |
| serious(ly)-and we must stop them before their | | | | longer differentiate between terrorists and the |
| crimes can multiply." There is, most definitely, | | | | countries they may live in, and that they are |
| religious symbolism and tone throughout the | | | | either 'with us or against us'" (Ramzi Kysia, The |
| President's impassioned pleas for "freedom and | | | | Last Crusade- |
| democracy." To conclude otherwise misses the | | | | Furthermore, the relentless barrage launched by |
| entire significance of the speech-its raison | | | | the Bush Administration in the globalization of the |
| d'être. To bestir, persuade, and enflame the | | | | War on Terror is laced throughout with the |
| conscience to sacrifice in defeating this global | | | | hyperbole of religious expression-no wonder |
| contagion-he must couch the parameters of the | | | | Rayan El-Amine posits what lies within most |
| conflict in terms of spirituality! For . . . | | | | Moslem minds (notwithstanding the "Moslem Silent |
| "These extremists distort the idea of jihad into a | | | | Majority" of moderates): |
| call for terrorist murder against Christians and | | | | "The green menace has replaced the red menace, |
| Jews and Hindus . . . Muslim scholars have already | | | | and the 'evil empire' of the cold war has become |
| publicly condemned terrorism . . . 'Whoever does | | | | the less eloquent, but just as deadly, "evil doers" |
| such a thing is not a Muslim, nor a religious person' | | | | of the Arab and Muslim world . . . The backward |
| (Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the Koran)." | | | | and seemingly static image of the Arab that |
| Here is one who decisively marshals the | | | | Oliphant (i.e., Pat Oliphant), Hollywood and the Bush |
| resistance of his implacable foe at the very root | | | | administration have projected comes from classic |
| of their strength: The Spirit! It is mandatory that | | | | colonial notions of Western superiority. The |
| he split Islam-acclaim the foundations of | | | | rhetoric by George Bush and Condoleezza Rice |
| Mohammed are predicated upon PEACE! | | | | about bringing freedom and democracy to the |
| Naturally, and historically, the foundations of Islam, | | | | Arab world is no different from the British and |
| and the emergence of the Caliphate wrought the | | | | French in the 19th century talking about civilizing |
| separation of the Sunni and the Shiite sects of | | | | India and Africa. Neo-conservatives and right wing |
| Islam: | | | | think tanks see the Arab world as a colonial |
| "The rulership of Islam; caliph, the spiritual head | | | | project in which Arabs need to be subdued and |
| and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. In principle, | | | | civilized. Edward Said, in his definitive work of how |
| Islam is theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet | | | | the West sees the East, Orientalism, explains how |
| died, a caliph [Arab.,=successor] was chosen to | | | | the same system of analysis justifies control and |
| rule in his place. The caliph had temporal and | | | | superiority today. |