Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier.
And, our soldiers don't just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.
For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom he abuses to burn that flag.
Senator Zell Miller, Sept. 2004
See text of the entire speech here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/01/politics/main640299.shtml
Why are the men & women of our nation's Armed Forces
fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq,
and other foreign locations?
It is simple.
Militant members of Islam will not stop fighting, bombing, and killing until everyone is living under Muslim rule; "Shari'ah Law".
What does that mean for non-Muslims? It means we will have three choices:
1. Become Muslims (and except for the occasionally kidnapped reporters, they claim not to believe in "forced" conversions)
2. Live under Muslim rule while paying a ransom to do so (Dhimmitude)
3. Die
Under their view of Islamic law, all non-Muslims have already been condemned by Allah, so therefore, nothing they do to your earthly body is a crime or sin. So beheadings, rapes, kidnappings, murders... are all permitted. Additionally, they are taught it is not only OKAY to lie when speaking and/or negotiation with non-Muslims... it is expected. Because under their laws, non-Muslims have NO rights. None.
Don't take my word for it
1. Study the Koran.
2. Consider the comments of Muslim leaders who authorize death warrants (fatwas) for anyone who dares to;
a. Speak out against the violence associated with Islam.
Remember Salmon Rushdie? Has been living under a death sentence "fatwa" since 1988.
Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh? Dutch film maker killed for daring to expose Muslim violence towards women.
Mohammed Taha? Editor-in-chief of the Sudanese private daily Al-Wifaq, beheaded after daring to criticize Islamic extremists in his country.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury ?
A Muslim journalist facing charges of sedition for advocating ties with Israel, attacked and beaten by
a crowd in Bangladesh that allegedly included leading officials of the country's ruling party.
b. Draw cartoons depicting anything remotely related to their God.
Scores of innocent people died in several countries after this staged outrage was stirred up.
c. Dare speak about their own religious beliefs.
Sept 2006: Non-violent Muslims murdered an elderly nun after misinterpreting the Pope's comments
Oct. 2006: An Iraqi Priest was beheaded by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, despite his
family's offer to pay a $40,000 ransom, and his church's placement of signs outside their church
denouncing the Pope's statements.
Bonnie Penner Witherall was murdered in front of her Lebanon church for being a Christian
d. Dare to ask Muslim women NOT to wear their veils to public buildings.
See: Mr Straw, the MP for Blackburn, England
Could this Oct. 2006 British news story highlight a reason for Mr. Blackburn's concerns?
A MALE suspect in a major anti-terrorist investigation in Britain escaped capture by allegedly
disguising himself as a Muslim woman dressed in a burka
Could this Oct. 24, 2006 article highlight another reason to be wary of the veil?
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Associated Press photographer was freed unharmed Tuesday after a harrowing day in the hands of Palestinians who abducted him at gunpoint and dressed him in women’s clothes to spirit him from one secret location to another. Emilio Morenatti said the kidnappers held him in a small room, where he was kept for about four hours during which he was visited by masked men. Later he was put in a car dressed as a woman and taken to another location. “They put a bag on my head and they dressed me up as a woman, as a woman in a long veil,” the photographer added.
e. Dare to schedule the 2010 Olympics during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
(I'm not making this up... just Google "Muslim anger + Olympics")
f. Dare to want to leave the Muslim faith
In Shari'ah law, the penalty for a Muslim who departs from Islam is death.
See: 2006 trial of Abul Rahman in Afghanistan (yup, the same place our troops are serving)
Although Rahman avoided death after being deemed "Mentally unfit" to stand trial, then fleeing to Italy,
Muslim extremists are still eager to see him die:
Story from Oct. 2006: http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_291155105.html
The kidnappers of an Italian journalist in Afghanistan have offered to free him in exchange for a Christian convert who fled the country, an aid agency says. Photojournalist Gabriele Torsello was seized last week while travelling on a bus in southern Afghanistan. The kidnappers will free Mr Torsello, a Muslim convert, if Abdul Rahman returns from Italy where he was granted asylum earlier this year, the aid agency says. Mr Rahman had escaped a possible death sentence for becoming a Christian. He had been charged with rejecting Islam and released this March after being deemed mentally unfit to stand trial on a charge of apostasy.
Comment: If they'll kidnap and threaten to kill one of their own Muslim brothers to ensure Mr. Rahman's death, what chance does a non-Muslim have in their view of the future?
Consider these figures
Oct. 2006 poll of people in Indonesia:
One in 10 Indonesia Muslims back violent jihad
Okay, that doesn't sound too bad. UNTIL YOU DO THE MATH !!!
There are approximately 220 million Indonesians.
About 85 % of them are Muslim. Meaning...
1 in 10 of those Muslims support suicide bombings to "defend their faith."
CONCLUSION: In "moderate" Indonesia alone, there are 19 million Muslims who are for violent jihad
By the way, Muslim violence against Christians in Indonesia is horrific & almost completely ignored by
the rest of the world... but thanks to digital cameras and the Internet, word is getting out.
*** *** Graphic photos of Muslim violence here: What happens to Christians in Indonesian in 2006
July 2005 poll of people in England (conducted immediately after the London subway bombings!)
13% of British Muslims think that the four men who carried out the London Tube and bus bombings of July 7 2005 should be regarded as “martyrs”
7% agree that suicide attacks on civilians in the UK can be justified in some circumstances, rising to 16 per cent for a military target
16% of British Muslims say that while the attacks may have been wrong, the cause was right
16% would be “indifferent” if a family member decided to join al-Qaeda and two per cent would be proud
The enemy speaks loudly, forcefully,
and honestly about their intentions.
Their victory means a Muslim run world by a totalitarian ideology that hates personal freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent.
What does that mean? Simple... it means the violence doesn't stop until Islam dominates & rules the entire world.
Today's "Islamic" leaders... in their own words
1. Excerpts from October 2002 "Letter to the American People" - written by Osama bin Laden
"The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam."
"We call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington."
"The Islamic Nation that was able to dismiss and destroy the previous evil Empires like yourself; the Nation that rejects your attacks, wishes to remove your evils, and is prepared to fight you. You are well aware that the Islamic Nation, from the very core of its soul, despises your haughtiness and arrogance."
"Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory" [Quran 22:39]
"Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the plot of Satan."[Quran 4:76]
2. July 22, 2005 (less than two weeks after terror bombs struck downtown London):
Sheikh Omar Bbakri Mohammed said:
"I would like to see the Islamic flag fly, not only over number 10 Downing Street, but over the whole world."
3. June 30, 2005 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his election meant : "
"The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world," and "Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world,"
4. January 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Palestinians and "other nations":
Will eventually remove Israel from the region. Addressing a mass demonstration in Tehran - one of many organized throughout Iran to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution - he once again questioned the Holocaust "fairy tale".
5. September 2006 Al-Qaida warns Muslims in the U.S. to leave, particularly Washington and NYCpat
In anticipation of a new attack in America, Abu Dawood said the attack is being coordinated by Adnan el-Shukrijumah and suggests it may involve some form of weapon of mass destruction smuggled across the Mexican border.
6. October 2006 Fugitive Al-Qaida leader Abu Yahya al-Libi
"Allah will not be pleased until we reach the rooftop of the White House"
Words you should know
Unfortunately, a lot of people refuse to recognize the threat.
Like I said at the beginning... it isn't complicated.
The enemy speaks loudly, forcefully, and honestly about their intentions.
If you aren't a Muslim, and don't want to live under Shari'ah Law, your only option is to oppose the radical terrorists. To do anything else is to admit defeat. You might as well wrap yourselves in a veil, start paying the ransom needed to live; like not posting cartoons for fear of being killed, not speaking out against intolerance, not enforcing laws because Muslims night "get upset" if you do (see France), and not wearing your own religion's images for fear of offending your new masters.
Islamic world domination is not a goal to Muslims... it is the natural order of things. They have a very long-term view of history, so while our fellow countrymen scream about the "5 years" we've been sending men overseas, the enemy laughs. They don't have a short deadline.
Acknowledgments: My parents instilled in their children, the outdated ideals that honesty, integrity, and character matter. My father served 20 years in the U.S. Army (Infantry) after joining the military at age 17. He worked as a NCO for seven years, then graduated as the oldest member of his OCS class. After tours in Vietnam and Korea, and while still in the military, he put himself through college, obtaining Bachelors & Masters degrees. Her family having fled communist Hungary, my father's mother was a first generation immigrant to this country. My mother was born and raised in New Zealand. She married my father while he was stationed in Europe, then followed him to America and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Living the American dream, they raised us in middle-class neighborhoods, and taught us to respect people of all backgrounds.
I do not believe all Muslims are evil. I do not believe all Muslims want to kill Americans. I do not believe all Muslims support terrorists and their violent acts. What I do believe, is that there are ENOUGH radical Muslims teaching hatred and violence to their followers, and enough people willing to conduct those illegal acts of violence, to be a REAL and IMMEDIATE threat to the safety of every person on the planet who gets in their way (including non-violent Muslims who dare to challenge the validity of the terrorists's call to arms.) We can either recognize that fact, or we can stick our heads in the sand and hope the insanity doesn't reach us. I wasn't raised to turn a blind eye to danger.
I read, study, and try to interpret many different sources of information to form my opinions. A large number of things mentioned above were motivated by the hard work and research of dedicated online bloggers (Michelle Malkin, Debbie Sclussel, Sagebrush, Ankle Biting Pundits, Micro Explosion, Frontline Forum, Instapundit, Black Five, Counterterrosim Blog, Hot Air, The Jawa Report, Memri, and many others). Although I don't always agree with the things posted on those sites, I do think the authors have a sincere goal of educating the world (not just U.S. citizens) about the immediate and fatal dangers posed by radical Muslims who are quickly gaining a stranglehold on the world. While I also search regular news sources to help keep up with the situation, I find that in too many instances, those established "respected news groups" are simply unable to accurately report what so called "pajama media" outlets have been able to report. Major news groups regularly parade photo-shopped images from the enemy as proof of their "victim" status; replay recruitment videos from Al Qaida showing sniper & ambush attacks on Americans, while at the same time refusing to broadcast images from 09-11 for fear of promoting "hatred" amongst their viewers (spare me!); leaking this country's most secret programs (Note how the NYT admits it shouldn't have reported on the SWIFT program months AFTER the damage was done); while at the same time ignoring the truth about radical Muslim terrorists which is hitting them squarely between the eyes. If my opinions seem naive, or simple-minded... it's because I DO NOT believe one has to study ever nuance of an issue before recognizing the "reality" of their situation.
Say each of our lives is represented by a single sailor on a small boat in the ocean. Say we notice a sudden steam of water entering the floor of our boats. Should we search the boat for signs of a leak? You bet. But before we do, maybe we should put on our life-vests, find the flare gun, and radio the Coast Guard for assistance in case we can't locate or stop the source of the water. Radical Islamic terrorists threatening our lives each day ARE the water in OUR boats. We can either prepare ourselves for the worst by securing lifesaving equipment and assistance, or we can waste valuable time trying to "understand" why the water is present.
Here's the rub. The water is IN THE BOAT! It doesn't matter, nor does the water care, that we don't yet UNDERSTAND why. The only thing that matters is that if we don't plug the leak, fix the hole, and protect against future leaks... the water will flood our boats and sink us. This is the situation we find ourselves in today. Radical Islam believes the natural order of things is that it RULES THE WORLD; that all of mankind live under it's thumb (as Muslims or as people forced to pay a ransom to survive); and that we must ALL believe in their version of the one and true GOD. In their version of our future, there is no room for "diversity", or "cultural awareness", or "individualism". Non-Muslims will have three choices; Submit, Convert, or Die.
Do yourselves a favor before the water in your boat gets too deep. Study the words of the Jihadists. Watch their recruitment films (posted on the Internet & broadcast regularly on main-stream media sites). Read their speeches. They are telling us LOUD & CLEAR to prepare for the violent overthrow of our way of life. Their fight hasn't a thing to do with Israel, or America's willingness to protect it's allies. The fight is about the future of mankind.
Radical Muslims are CONVINCED, COMMITTED, and WILLING TO DIE for their side to win.
Are we?
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For those still reading, you'll love this example of how American courts are allowing the slow & steady increase of Islamic law into our justice system (at this rate we'll soon be re-writing the Declaration of Independence):
11/09/06 http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20061015-101426-7581r.htm
Democratic strategist and former Michael Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, and the former American Civil Liberties Union president in Massachusetts, Harvey Silvergate, recently joined the attorneys representing two alleged Boston al Qaeda funders.
Emadeddin Z. Muntasser and Muhammed Mubayyid face charges in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts for the soliciting and expenditure "of funds to support and promote the mujahideen and jihad, including the distribution of pro-jihad publications." Their Care International "charity," a now-defunct Boston-based al Qaeda front organization, published, among other things, the English version by al Qaeda co-founder Abdullah Azzam of "Join the Caravan," which states: "[t]he obligation of Jihad today remains [individually required] until the last piece of land, which was in the hand of the Muslims, but has been occupied by disbelievers, is liberated."
In their Oct. 5 request for a dismissal, the defendants effectively -- and unwittingly -- explain all the reasons why the federal government should outlaw Islamic charitable giving in the United States.
In their motion, attorneys Mrs. Estrich, Malick Ghachem, Norman Zalkind and Elizabeth Lunt, argue that the defendants merely exercised their religious freedom and obligation to give "zakat" (Islamic charity).
Their motion cites Chapter 9, verse 60 of the Koran, which describes "those entitled to receive zakat." According to the definition of zakat in The Encyclopedia of Islam, "category 7" of eligible recipients are "volunteers engaged in jihad" for whom the zakat cover "living expenses and the expenses of their military service (animals, weapons)."
Incredibly, the suspects' attorneys also argue that such charitable giving, to support the jihad and mujahideen, is rightfully tax-exempt under U.S. constitutional protection of religious freedom. Moreover, they compare their support of Islam's "holy war" to the Jewish National Fund (JNF) appeals for tax-deductible "donations to finance the purchase of bulletproof vests, helmets and firetrucks in connection with the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict."
Equating the supply of bulletproof vests to defend Israeli civilians from Hezbollah's jihad with the funding of weapons and martyrs (holy warriors) for the jihad is preposterous. The JNF does not promote religiosity. Rather, it was incorporated in the United States in 1926 to develop the ancient Jewish homeland and to maintain and encourage the connection of the Jewish people to it. In contrast, Care was established to promote and advance al Qaeda's version of Islam.
Messrs. Muntasser and Mubayyid, the respective founder and treasurer of Care International, were indicted on May 11, 2005, for lying about the true nature of their organization and their charitable, tax-exempt activities. They now claim that their fund-raising from 1993 to 1996 conformed to the "teachings of an Abrahamic faith." Moreover, they claim, their activities correspond to those that "other 501(c)(3) religious groups conduct on a regular basis."
Their own publications, according to an FBI affidavit, state that Care was established in 1993 in Boston by Mr. Azzam, and not by Mr. Muntasser, as he stated in Care's Articles of incorporation, and on Care's application for tax exemption as a "charity." Mr. Azzam was also a key leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
According to the FBI affidavit, Care's publication "Al-Hussam" (the Sword in Arabic) actively advocated for "jihad" or holy war, involving "mujahideen" or Islamic holy warriors. In addition, the affidavit states that Care was "the outgrowth of and successor to the Al-Kifah Refugee Center branch in Boston." After September 11 the U.S. designated Al-Kifah -- Sheikh Abdul Rahman's outfit in Brooklyn -- as a terrorist organization for "its involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing."
Then there's this piece of news...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/012228.php (A good read)
Excerpt: The laws of Saudi Arabia, based upon the sharia law mandated by the Koran, do not recognize the rights and freedoms guaranteed Americans by the Constitution. The Saudi government makes no secret of its ambition to export Islamic tyranny worldwide, as the Koran commands. What most Americans don’t realize, is that American courts are helping it in a number of ways. For example, they are collaborating with Saudi attempts to squash the free-speech rights of Americans with abusive libel lawsuits.
This site has some interesting things to say: http://usawakeup.org/index.htm