Bin Laden Expert: Muslim Tradition to Offer Truce Before Attack

Human Events ^ | Jan. 20, 2006 | Robert B. Bluey

[FairOpinion]

I don't see that there is a contradiction between Bin Laden being weakened and that he is planning more attacks. Those things are not mutually exclusive, in fact it makes sense that he is doing both. Of course everyone in their right mind should know that his offer of truce is just a charade, but I guess he wants to give his liberal supporters more help to defend him.

Can you hear the Dems saying after we kill Bin Laden -- "Evil Bush killed Bin Laden after Bin Laden offered a truce. Evil Bush killed a "reformed" terrorist" Shades of Tookie Williams.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

American tradition is to shoot first and ask questions later.

[MNJohnnie]

Arabs are notorious for making boasts they cannot back up. How many times have we heard that Bin Laden has promised more attacks in the US? 5-10-20? Funny how the Junk Journalists are so desperate to serve as Al Qeda's propaganda mouth pieces. What "Truce offer did we get before 9-11? We are at war. We are always under threat.

[Bon mots]

I thought it was a Muslim tradition to launch cowardly nail-bomb attacks on women and children using mentally retarded sucide bombers instead of fighting like men...

Did I miss something?

[nopardons]

bttt

[xcamel]

"The offer of a truce serves only to give the enemy pause, just before you slaughter them..." Battle of Hattin (1187 AD): Saladin

[Names Ash Housewares]

They have been murdering innocents for decades. HOW THE HELL DOES THIS MONSTERS RANTS change a DAMN THING?

It is now OUR CUSTOM to KILL them.

[truth_seeker]

"Arabs are notorious for making boasts they cannot back up."

Remember Baghdad Bob?

[Stepan12]

Scheur is just a stupid traitor who fell in love with bin Laden.

The reason Usama bin Laden is offerering a truce is because Bush is hurting him and he needs a breather to regroup.

I hope the President won't give him one and I don't think he will.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Funny I don't recall that he offered a truce prior to 9-11.

[airborne]

I didn't see it in the article, so I'll ask.

Did he offer a truce before 9/11?

[gridlock]

The proposed truce serves many functions. It allows time to gather forces to prepare for attack. It lulls your opponent into carelessness. And it salves the conscience, such as may exist, of the conqueror, because he gave the subjected people "one last chance" before he killed them.

In any case, the offer of a truce is almost certainly a prelude to attack. I would say some time between 12-18 months from now.

[Another Thought]

Isn't it nice to know that militant Islamist terrorists have a sense of propriety and ethical obligation? Makes my heart warm to know that the war is being conducted with such chivalry.

[OldFriend]

So he offered a truce before 9/11

Before Bali

Before Spain

Before London

What a crock, just some know nothing trying to add to the terror quotient.

[Dallas59]

Coward.

[federal]

“Warning your enemy before you attack him is very much a tradition in Islam from the prophet to the times when Saladin was fighting the Crusaders, he would warn them, he would offer them a truce, he would try to go the extra mile before attacking him,” Scheuer said on “The O’Reilly Factor” Thursday.

I must have missed the warning before 9/11. Scheuer is an idiot. Is there any wonder why the USA was completely unprepared for the WTC attacks with people like Micheal Scheuer and Richard Clarke working in the intelligence agencies.

[thoughtomator]

The actual Islamic tradition is to offer a truce when you've been beaten and need time to regroup, re-arm, and plan for the next offensive. See "Arafat".

[GermanBusiness]

Scheuer seems to be trying to position the left into being able to say "I told you so" if a nuclear 9-11 happens after we attack Iran or whatever.

Little does he know that the left is over in the USA if even a car bomb goes off in this country.

[N. Beaujon]

This is such a charming culture.Full of such fine traditions. 'Specially love the one about it being ok to decieve in the name of Allah. I like our traditions: "Power resides at the end of a gun."

[Names Ash Housewares]

"Did he offer a truce before 9/11?"

He doesnt speak for all of islamo facism either.

He doesnt have that kind of power.