Gordon Brown: "This is not a spade."
Posted on 07/06/2007 9:13:45 AM PDT by mojito
Q: Who is winning the really important war of ideas — the one between the West and itself? A: Not the side that understands jihad as a foundational Islamic institution.
This is nothing new. From September 11 onward, the yeoman effort of elites has been to wrench "Islam" away from all acts of jihad. But now, particularly after the London and Glasgow attacks, their efforts have achieved a deeper level of denial, and, worse, broader consensus.
The new British prime minister, Gordon Brown, has directed ministers to omit "Muslim" when discussing (Muslim) terrorism. And forget the generic "war on terror"; even that pathetic phrase is off limits. (This has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Brown's unctuously stated goal to make Britain "the gateway for Islamic finance.") The new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith (love that "i" ending) refers to British Muslims as "communities" — maybe a prelude to not mentioning them at all. Both have done the "perversion of a great faith" dance to enlightened applause, taking cues from the unpublished "EU Lexicon," which reportedly nixes such "offensive" phrases as "Islamic terrorism."
British literary lions couldn't agree more. Philosopher John Gray and historian Eric Hobsbawm recently said on British television that even the word "Islamist" was "unfair" because "it implied a strong link to Islam." Never mind the link is doctrinally accurate. Better to accommodate mortal threat without identifying its Islamic roots. Instead of defending their nations — for starters, stopping Islamic immigration and, with it, the progression of Islamic law into Western societies — our elites have decided to pretend Islam isn't there at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The only thing more evil and dangerous than Mohammadans are non-Mohammadan pols that refuse to recognize and deny how evil and dangerous Mohammadanism is.
I suppose we should now refer to Nazis as members of the National Socialist Party.
The War On Terror or The War On Kufir (non-muslims). It’s all a matter of perspective.
IMO it’s cowardice hidden by intellectual platitudes.
Liberals cannot face evil. To do so requires moral courage.
Gordon Brown: "This is not a spade."
It’s a total and complete self-loathing that leads to the deliberate invitation of savage barbarians to come into one’s country and murder, maim, destroy and kill.
Listen, brit guy, trying to make kissy-face with savage murderers doesn’t make them like you. It makes them loathe you more.
Maybe when a major American or European city disappears into a radioactive mushroom cloud will the 'elites' finally get the message ... then again, maybe not ...
It’s not just the Brits. The architect of “the Surge” is also blind to Jihad and it’s inextricable link to Islam and Islamofacisim.
It’s time we got serious with these fanatics and sent them to their awaiting virgins already.
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