Islam - How To Lose a War

A Victor Hansen must read, as usual.

Thursday's attack in London is the latest blow struck in the war that began on Sept. 11. Its origins are easy to fathom: A minority of Muslim extremists, their numbers in the few millions, resents deeply the erosion of life in the Middle East and other Muslim areas. A globalized communications system reminds them daily how far behind a Pakistan is from India, how much better a South Korea or China is doing than Egypt, or how more humane life is in an Infidel North America or Europe than in Syria or Algeria.

Autocratic regimes, statist economies, gender apartheid, corruption, the absence of a free press — all that and more retard economic growth from the Gulf to Morocco. In response, theocratic regimes like the Taliban and the Iranian mullocracy blame the West for their own self-inflicted misery and inadequacies. But more often, clever dictators such as a Baathist Saddam, the Saudi Royal family, an Egyptian kleptocracy, or the Pakistani military regime allow Islamicists some rein, if not covert support, to deflect blame from their own failures onto the United States and the "Jews."

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And so, rather than focus our attention on the madrassas and the mosques that preach hatred, we will strive to learn more about Islamic culture, as if our own insensitivity were the true culprit. Our grandfathers could despise Bushido — Japan's warrior cult — without worrying whether they were being unfair to Buddhists; we of less conviction and even less courage, cannot do likewise.

In short, we now know what to expect from the London bombings and the others to follow. There will be no effort to punish the states that subsidize al Qaeda. Critics will cling to the myth that the British got what they had coming. The primary obsession of many Westerners will be to extend sensitivity to Islam, not the victims of those who kill in its name. And all will be consoled that just a few dozen were harvested this time.

What a strange way to fight a war.

Absolutely spot on! Read the whole thing.

Stop worrying about offending Muslims. Challenge them to speak out against terrorism and terrorist like bin Laden. Dare them to march in the streets carrying pictures of bin Laden and Zarqawi calling them, by name, terrorists and non-Muslims. Ask their leaders to go on TV and Radio and denounce, by name, bin Laden and other Muslim terror leaders. Challenge them on women's rights. Ask them why women cannot vote or even dirve in some countries? Ask them why Bibles are banned in Muslim countries? Ask them why they are so intolerant of other religions? Ask them why the Koran teaches so much hate and intolerance? Ask them why they riot over the slightest mis-handling of the Koran and yet, they can desecrate other religions sacred symbols with impunity?

Why do we see and read about so called "honor killings" around the world everyday, all done in the name of Islam. And what of the daily beheadings done around the world in the name of Islam.

Ask them, if the plight of Muslims around the world is the fault of the west, why is India so prosperous and Pakistan so poor?

We are constantly being told that Islam is being hijacked by extreme elements, but a closer look shows that it is Islam itself that is extreme and barbaric.
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