Posted on 05/05/2007 6:57:06 AM PDT by Valin
I believe that the recent court rulings against the British Muslims [linked to Al Qaeda] were the first strike in a tough war. Britain teems with nests of serpents and scorpions of extremism who come from around the world: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Syria, Pakistan and other countries due to its flexible systems and the adoption of a policy to receive outcasts during the aftermath of World War II and the Soviet-Western conflict during which doors were opened to persecuted refugees who sought their rights. The paradox is that it is in Britain, the object of hate for many fundamentalists, where these very people practice their full rights and enjoy what they were deprived of in their native countries. Until four years ago, Britain's intellects had said that they were willing to tolerate what these people had to say out of protecting individual rights and the right to free speech and political opposition. We used to say to them that we all supported that right but that these people had no relation to freedom and unfortunately never respected the rights of others. They despised the regime that protected them and privately and publicly conspired against society. Unfortunately, these intellects turned a blind eye, believing that we pursued opponents, instead of examining the extremism phenomenon in the Arab and Muslim world to identify the nature of the problem. Several reports and articles appeared in the British media glorifying and supporting these groups both in their homelands and in Britain without realizing their extremist Fascist nature that compared to and even surpassed the capability of Nazism to destroy the social fabric.
Britain is faced with a very difficult problem, confronting a foreign enemy amid social sensitivity and slow-moving legal systems that limit its activity. A key to success is to know opponents and be capable of integrating with their community, which is possible in the Arab states because extremists share a similar background and these states have large law enforcement agencies that can detain and interrogate suspects and can even expel unwanted foreigners if it is believed that they are causing trouble. However, this is not possible to apply in Britain and therefore it will not be easy for British security to combat both the dangers of secret organizations and education provided in residential communities where extremists hide.
Unfortunately, we can only expect more terrorist operations in Britain because all indicators show that extremists have spent a number of years destroying the minds of young British Muslims under various religious and social claims, and it will not be easy to stop the waves of training or, firstly, ban extremist education.
What can the British authorities do?
I think they must do what other Muslim and non-Muslim countries have done before them—accept fighting extremists by cutting off the oxygen that sustains extremist groups: their newspapers, radio stations, televisions, forums, mosques and websites. Through publicity, they can raise funds, recruit volunteers and secure popular support within foreign communities. The question is: how can the codified British system allow that? The answer lies with the hesitant legislators who are practically on the brink of a terrorist war today. After all, pursuing extremist Muslims today is better than pursuing all Muslims tomorrow.
... pursuing extremist Muslims today is better than pursuing all Muslims tomorrow.
That would be a great bumper sticker but I don’t think your car would last very long.
When given a choice, Muslims seem to choose extremism/violence over civilization. Shoot or deport them all.
“Trying to close the door, after the horse has escaped.”
Maybe Conservative countries should heed the warning.
Nonsense.
My own British paradox is that this friend who has stood by us for years.... and yet almost anytime I see a Brit on TV or the net talking about the USA it is with absolute total disdain and contempt. Except in FR. In this war on terror it is a natural human reaction to wish that the importance of this fight be brought home to the common voting public in England.
Here's General George Patton's take on Muzzies:
“It seems to me a certainty that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of the Arab women are the outstanding causes for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have been developing.”
Blam I stand with you. It will come to that sooner or later.
I think you see this more than you want because that is what the media wants you to see. I believe that the Brits and Americans are very close friends. They have the same problem we have with the left. They want to destroy both countries.
Very True
Bush needs to quote this in his next address. Or perhaps we’ll just have to wait for Rudy to call a spade a spade.
Fine you can start by telling Colonel Douglas Burpee (USMC)
http://www.nysun.com/article/31393
That he’s got to go, because America has no room for Muzzies.
There are Brits who are very concerned about these issues.
They are labeled extremists. They have the same problem with the left we do.
Right! That’ll happen right after the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders come to my place for a weekend of cheap meanless sex.
I’ll send them over when we’re done here...
The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy (Hardcover)
by Walid Phares
http://www.amazon.com/War-Ideas-Jihadism-against-Democracy/dp/1403976392
Walid Phares has long been among the most knowledgeable and incisive scholars of the Middle East—its peoples, its cultures, its religions, and its radical movements.”
—U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman
“This book is a ‘must read’ for those who want to understand the jihad radical Islamists are waging against democracies. Walid Phares has a gift for being able to identify the root causes of the war and what the West and the free world must do to prevail.”
—Oliver North, host of FOX News’s “War Stories”
“The work of Professor Walid Phares is a beacon that helps us to see and understand the extent of the Jihadist threat the World is facing. Nobody who reads his analysis will have any doubt left about the existential peril posed by the radical Islamists and Jihadi terrorists to democracies. A must read.”
—Jose Maria Aznar, Former Prime Minister of Spain
“Dr. Phares’s knowledge of the War of Ideas and the complex conflicts of the Greater Middle East is exceptional. His ability to communicate intellectually among various cultures is noted regionally and internationally.”
—Dr. Barham Salih, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
“If you want to understand the War of Ideas being waged by Jihadists, Walid Phares is your man.”
—U.S. Congresswoman Sue Myrick
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OK; Read their book its very clear what islam stands for.
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