Posted on 07/24/2005 10:05:56 AM PDT by Wolfstar
Thanks OWF. That's one of the BIG points of this list. I was motivated to do it by the absolutely insulting questions British PM Tony Blair had to endure the other day, and by the superb, very brave answer by Australian PM John Howard.
Thanks for the link. I'll look into it.
Nice work there, kiddo. You write well. It is much appreciated.
We know that radical muslims would not hestitate to use nuclear weapons (their mass murder of innocents on 9-11 has shown us that). I have little doubt that our own leaders WOULD hesitate to use such weapons even after an attack.
Not one of these attacks was done by a blue-haired senior lady from Iowa....but NY is going to check only her packages.
Brilliant analysis, CWB. Thanks for posting it on this thread. Your statement I quoted above is critical. For far too long, we have lulled ourselves into complacency by thinking it's a war only between Israel and the "Palestinians." Even a few early responses on this thread fell into that trap.
However, as you so correctly point out, this is a much older, much more insidious war waged by those who adhere to an expansionist ideology.
I couldn't agree more.
And the next time one of us hears a leftist say or write that the war in Iraq has made other country's more vulnterable to terrorist attacks, we should write/call and remind them of Prime Minister Howard's words the other day:
Can I just say very directly, Paul, on the issue of the policies of my government and indeed the policies of the British and American governments on Iraq, that the first point of reference is that once a country allows its foreign policy to be determined by terrorism, it's given the game away, to use the vernacular. And no Australian government that I lead will ever have policies determined by terrorism or terrorist threats, and no self-respecting government of any political stripe in Australia would allow that to happen.
Can I remind you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali took place before the operation in Iraq.
And I remind you that the 11th of September occurred before the operation in Iraq.
Can I also remind you that the very first occasion that bin Laden specifically referred to Australia was in the context of Australia's involvement in liberating the people of East Timor. Are people by implication suggesting we shouldn't have done that?
When a group claimed responsibility on the website for the attacks on the 7th of July, they talked about British policy not just in Iraq, but in Afghanistan. Are people suggesting we shouldn't be in Afghanistan?
When Sergio de Mello was murdered in Iraq -- a brave man, a distinguished international diplomat, a person immensely respected for his work in the United Nations -- when al Qaeda gloated about that, they referred specifically to the role that de Mello had carried out in East Timor because he was the United Nations administrator in East Timor.
Now I don't know the mind of the terrorists. By definition, you can't put yourself in the mind of a successful suicide bomber. I can only look at objective facts, and the objective facts are as I've cited. The objective evidence is that Australia was a terrorist target long before the operation in Iraq. And indeed, all the evidence, as distinct from the suppositions, suggests to me that this is about hatred of a way of life, this is about the perverted use of principles of the great world religion that, at its root, preaches peace and cooperation. And I think we lose sight of the challenge we have if we allow ourselves to see these attacks in the context of particular circumstances rather than the abuse through a perverted ideology of people and their murder.
There is no liberal logic. Only lies to push through an agenda.
If there is no pressure from the public to recreate the Civil Defense Corps (by whatever name), the government certainly won't do anything to involve the public.
Please send this to Hugh Hewitt.
Thanks, Bahbah. Ammunition against those who keep insisting it's Bush's or Blair's fault.
Yes, we are in a world war and YES we need to start racially profiling, YES, YES, YES we do. If these attacks were being done by white males you can bet your bippy profiling would be going on.
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I agree. They'd wring their hands while those who've made common cause with the jihadists urge "understanding for the root causes."
Wolf , Could you add me to your PING lists as well ?
Many thanks
Ridiculous, isn't it.
Thanks for letting me piggy-back on your excellent post. It seemed like the perfect place to expand on Islam's history...and expose the fraud that is liberalism.
Warn them before the drop but taking Mecca off the map would be a start.
Let's see them "Move On" after that.
I see Muslims as a minor threat in comparison.
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