Posted on 11/02/2005 4:28:47 PM PST by DoctorZIn
SAME OLD SAME OLD JIHAD.
What is Jihad: The Arabic word Jihad is derived from the root word Jahada (struggle). Jihad has come to mean an offensive war to be waged by Muslims against all non-Muslims to convert them to Islam on the pain of death. Jihad is enjoined on all Muslims by the Quran.
This site brings you the history of the Islamic Jihad from a neutral and factual viewpoint.
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The Jihad against Arabs (622 to 634)
The Jihad against Zoroastrian Persians of Iran, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (634 to 651)
The Jihad against the Byzantine Christians (634 to 1453)
The Jihad against Christian Coptic Egyptians (640 to 655)
The Jihad against Christian Coptic Nubians - modern Sudanese (650)
The Jihad against pagan Berbers - North Africans (650 to 700)
The Jihad against Spaniards (711 to 730)
The Reconquista against Jihad in Spain (730 to 1492)
The Jihad against Franks - modern French (720 to 732)
The Jihad against Sicilians in Italy (812 to 940)
The Jihad against Chinese (751)
The Jihad against Turks (651 to 751)
The Jihad against Armenians and Georgians (1071 to 1920)
The Crusade against Jihad (1096 – 1291 ongoing)
The Jihad against Mongols (1260 to 1300)
The Jihad against Hindus of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (638 to 1857)
The Jihad against Indonesians and Malays (1450 to 1500)
The Jihad against Poland (1444 to 1699)
The Jihad against Rumania (1350 to 1699)
The Jihad against Russia (1500 to 1853)
The Jihad against Bulgaria (1350 to 1843)
The Jihad against Serbs, Croats and Albanians (1334 to 1920)
The Jihad against Greeks (1450 to 1853)
The Jihad against Albania (1332 - 1853)
The Jihad against Croatia (1389 to 1843)
The Jihad against Hungarians (1500 to 1683)
The Jihad against Austrians (1683)
Jihad in the Modern Age (20th and 21st Centuries)
The Jihad against Israelis (1948 – 2004 ongoing)
The Jihad against Americans (9/11/2001)
The Jihad against the British (1947 onwards)
The Jihad against the Germans (1945 onwards)
The Jihad against the Indians (1947 onwards)
The Jihad against the Filipinos in Mindanao(1970 onwards)
The Jihad against Indonesian Christians in Malaku and East Timor (1970 onwards)
The Jihad against Russians (1995 onwards)
The Jihad against Dutch and Belgians (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Norwegians and Swedes (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Thais (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Nigerians (1965 onwards)
The Jihad against Canadians (2001 onwards)
The Jihad against Latin America (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Australia (2002 onwards)
The Global Jihad today (2001 – ongoing)
The War on Terror against Jihad today (2001– ongoing)
in memory of DIOGENESIS
The War for Infinite Justice MUST BE ESCALATED
I'm more worried about China. When I say "all things being equal", I mean it. Pragmatically, a war with Iran would be disastrous right now, even if you ignore the inevitable fallout. But what happens when an opportunistic totalitarian China sees this as a golden opportunity for weakening the U.S., for land grabs (Taiwan? Nepal?), or doing any other number of terrible things. The truth is, an Iranian-American war would be a golden opportunity for them. Iraq, as a war, is not so bad. It's nasty at times, but if we just keep a stiff lip and our chin up and stay the course, we'll do fine. Iran is a nightmare. It's larger, it's more organized, it's more homogenous, it has a modern military (though precious little modern anything else). They -do- have WMDs. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Russia won't intervene to help the U.S. in reality, whether it's given assurances or not. Even if it wanted to, it has its own severe problems. Ideally, I'd love to see Europe deal with the E.U., which would be great for several reasons. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen. The truth is, what is likely to happen is that Israel, with implicit U.S. consent, is going to try to bomb that program. Or the U.S. will do it itself. Then Iran will start funding terrorist groups hardcore (chemical weapons, bio weapons, proper military training, military grade explosives: think of what terrorists could do with Semtex-H or C-4 instead of just TATP). And then, we will be in a bad situation. That pretty much guarantees a war is coming if Iran is traced back to that. And Iran cannot be dealt with with just 100, 000 troops. Not without bombing their cities back into the stone age. Which would be impossible to do in the global political climate.
As I said, we're in a very bad place, and Iran knows it. Noone else is coming to help us, and this problem does not seem likely to resolve itself either cheaply, quietly, quickly or peacefully.
Long story short: prepare for some hard times. It won't be the worst America has ever faced, but without a united country, it could very well become very difficult to deal with.
So, what I intend to do is pray that Europe wakes up. Or maybe that the U.N. does something. It's a long shot, but I see few other pragmatic alternatives in this situation. Our resources are stretched too thin, our political capital is largely spent, and we lack the national political will for a cohesive, decisive action.
Who's your freind?
Ive been waiting to see this article thanks for posting!
Freddie, you have outdone yourself...that is hilarious. Hope you don't mind if I shamelessly spread it all over the internet?
Be my guest, thank Diogenesis. Save the link, it's a goldmine.
"So, what I intend to do is pray that Europe wakes up. Or maybe that the U.N. does something."
That sounds like an awful idea. I just finished reading the Guardian's latest articles and the posts from the citizens in the UK concerning Iran. Europe is all but lost!
What makes you think we only have 100,000 troops that could go into Iran? I am not even sure boots on the ground in Iran would be necessary for quite some time. We can do alot of damage to the little dictator from 50,000 ft.
The problem is that damage to Iran from 50, 000 ft. is exactly what they want us to do. It would cause public outrage and unite the country an. Think of what the London Blitz actually achieved in Britain? Did it break morale, as the Nazis had hoped? Not at all. It would just give the Iranian gov't an excuse to fund the global jyhad openly, and supply them, and give them public support and national will to do that. And I am saying we have about 130, 000 troops or thereabouts in Iraq, and we are finding recruitment drying up (even if reenlistment is higher than expected), and troops elsewhere spread thin. We can't afford a war with Iran which has an enormous military, and one which is of much higher quality than Iraq's former military (or current military for that matter, unfortunately). And forget carpet bombing Iran; you and I both know that is an impossibility given the political climate we live in.
If you think this situation is going to resolve easily, or painless, or quickly, or cheaply, think again. Iran is a huge problem. Even more so than North Korea (which China will deal with sooner or later anyways, whether we like it or not). Europe is not all but lost, but it is only beginning to awake, and very slowly, from a long sleep. It probably won't get up for breakfast in time...
And ten million Iraqi's voted freely two weeks ago in aproving the constitution of the Arab world's first democracy.
What a contrast...
The Iran in this post brings up recollections of the Third Reich in the 1930's - at a time when many believed that Hitler and his thugs would never do what they were at that moment in the very process of doing.
By the end of WWII in 1945, some 60 million persons had been killed.
Iran cannot be permitted to get close to having even a single nuclear weapon - for the sake of its own population which it will take hostage as a mass target through the regime's own aggressions.
He is the Dracule of France.
He will impale Chirac and Villepin to illustrate to the jihadis what is instore for them.
major bump
The official line is that "Islam is a religion of peace"(Barf!)
Who said anything about carpet bombing Iran? Good grief. We can do alot of damage to most of Iran's weapons sites without much damage to the population...just like we did in Iraq during 'Shock and Awe' and the general population in Iraq did not join the insurgency and to this day they have not. If Saddam can beat Iran in a war..THE US and ISRAEL sure as hell can. Don't be so doom and gloom.
And by the way...let me know when you are heading out of town. I will look after your seraglio for you. I promise I'll behave.
An excellent article. I find the term "sand nazis" befits them.
A distant relative, Sheik Abdul bin Falafel has already been designated to look after my interests in the event I am traveling..
The man who would be president
By Caroline Wyatt
BBC Paris correspondent
He was once the protege of Jacques Chirac but now he is the French president's most feared opponent. The Finance Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy - or Sarko as he is known in France - says the president should stand down at the next election and make way for a younger man: himself.
Turn on the television in France and there he is - a short, slim, Napoleonic figure, grinning wolfishly, as he outlines his newest proposals for solving the nation's problems.
Listen to the radio and you can hear him speak persuasively in the plain, everyday language of ordinary people, rather than the grander French of a Jacques Chirac or Dominique de Villepin.
Open your newspaper and there's Sarko in a blur of action - a hyperactive man in a hurry, visiting flood sites, forest fires, police stations, anywhere and everywhere to get his message across.
One political rival sighed wistfully that it would be lovely to have a Sarko-free day. But for the past year, at least, that has not happened.
Outsider
Mr Sarkozy is often seen as something new in French politics.
The son of a Hungarian immigrant, he never went to that finishing school of the French elite, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3666606.stm
SAME PARTY, NEW MAN. WHY WOULD HE BE ANY DIFFERENT?
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