Posted on 01/08/2008 5:17:23 AM PST by Righting
Islam's Global Army by W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
Posted: 01/07/2008
With the exception of Al Qaeda, no terrorist organization on earth is responsible for the deaths of more Americans than Hizballah: The group that drew first blood during its formative years when in 1983 one of its suicide bombers drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 Americans.
Unlike Al Qaeda, however, Hizballah is more than simply a terror network or a loose confederation of terrorist cells: Hizballah is a state-funded terrorist army with a sophisticated propaganda arm and operational teams deployed worldwide. Not surprisingly, Hizballah is on the U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Yet some Western media -- even a few American politicians -- have openly defended Hizballah (as well as its parent company, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) as a legitimate force and political movement.
Last November, during a presidential campaign speech, Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) said:
“In order to declare the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization -- something we've never done before for a government-run militia -- [Pres.] Bush was supported by the Senate. Many in our party opposed this vote, like Senator Dodd and Senator Biden, and I applaud them for that.”
Two months earlier in an interview on Hezbollah-owned Al Manar TV, former Sen. James Abourezk (D.-SD), long-time compatriot of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D.-SD), said:
“I actually marveled at the Hizballah resistance to Israel [during the 2006 war], ... It was a marvel of organization, of courage and bravery. I thought it was quite something. ... The Lebanese army should ask Hizballah to come and organize it, to train them, you know. And all the Arab armies should have the Hizballah come and do that.”
Hizballah (in Arabic, “Party of God”) is a Shiia military force based in Lebanon; trained, equipped, and heavily financed by Iran, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; and backed by Syria.
Born as of means of expanding Iran's Islamic Revolution throughout the Middle East, Hizballah developed over the course of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) into an armed force and global terrorist enabler with tremendous political and media influence in Lebanon.
Hezballah calls itself a “resistance [against Israel]” -- not a “militia” -- which is nothing more than semantics. -- Hizballah's wordplay is a means by which it continues to exist -- as an armed entity in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1701, which call for the disarming of all “militias” in Lebanon. In truth, Hizballah is neither resistance nor militia: it is a standing army with a growing base of operations and an expanding arsenal that includes military grade missiles, anti-aircraft and anti-armor weapons, all manner of small arms and explosives, even unmanned aerial vehicles for battlefield reconnaissance.
Hizballah also “relies” upon its corps of assassins, which its leaders deny, and suicide bombers, which they admit. “The weapon of martyrdom is the main and pivotal weapon on which we can rely,” writes Hizballah's deputy secretary general Naim Qassem in “Hizballah: The Story from Within.”
These terrorists operate freely throughout much of Lebanon, beyond the authority of the legitimate army and police. And as more than one shoulder-shrugging Lebanese Army general (many still deferring to Damascus) has told me: “Hizballah was here first.”
Hizballah is also first in terms of violence. And that violence -- actual and threatened -- has factored heavily into the Lebanese parliament's inability to elect a president over the past several months. Armed to the teeth, Hizballah maintains absolute control over a multi-block suburb of Beirut. They are actively training in the Bekaa Valley. They recently conducted military maneuvers in south Lebanon -- ignoring a UN “peacekeeping” force -- on ground where they fought a tough summer war with Israel in 2006.
Their expressed goal is nothing less than the destruction of Israel, the United States, and the West. “Our motto which we are not afraid to repeat year after year is 'Death to America,'” said Hizballah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah in a 2005 speech.
Hizballah also has global reach, and dozens of Hizballah cells have been uncovered since 9/11 inside U.S. cities like Charlotte (N.C.), Detroit, and Los Angeles.
Like any effective wartime army, Hizballah has learned the importance of an ongoing disinformation campaign. In Lebanon, Hizballah is heavily involved in telecommunications, including control of at least one major telephone hub in Beirut which international calls pass through. Hizballah controls much of the media -- print and broadcast -- and they have infiltrated newsrooms, manipulated previously objective editorial desks, and bought Western correspondents based in that country. In fact, Hizballah's media agents often marginally criticize Hizballah as a means of making themselves appear legitimate: “Trying to wash their faces,” as some Lebanese say.
Hizballah is at war with us. Lebanon is their base. As such, the country is a critical front in the war on terror. I'm not advocating a U.S. invasion of Lebanon, but neither can we afford to put our heads in the sand and hope Hizballah will dissipate. Hizballah is perhaps the world's largest globally deployed terrorist army. Hizballah is powerful, sophisticated, committed, and growing. They are violent, deceiving us in the media, and their operators are already in the Americas.
Two months earlier in an interview on Hezbollah-owned Al Manar TV, former Sen. James Abourezk (D.-SD), long-time compatriot of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D.-SD), said:
“I actually marveled at the Hizballah resistance to Israel [during the 2006 war], ... It was a marvel of organization, of courage and bravery. I thought it was quite something. ... The Lebanese army should ask Hizballah to come and organize it, to train them, you know. And all the Arab armies should have the Hizballah come and do that.”
This is sick...thank God Dasch-hole is gone.
We can fight ‘em now with few casulties or fight ‘em later with a lot. The choice is ours.
“We can fight ‘em now with few casulties or fight ‘em later with a lot. The choice is ours.”
The problem is that many of our politicians do not see hizballah as a terrorist organization, but rather they see it as a legitimate “resistance” movement or political alternative; so much so that these same politicians say hizballah must be included and involved in any discussions about the future of the Middle east, and likely, beyond.
This issue seems to be strangely ignored.
OUSS’BAMA should be definitively fired when striken on this point where it hurts
What politicians?
Precisely this could make the difference among your politicians...
The Western/Liberal insistence on ‘multiculturalism’ is the primary ally for these animals. Without the blind (I say, gullible) tolerance of Western leaders and the multicultural efforts at work in Western societies, these global murderers would and could be outed and handed the treatment all murderers are due in any society.
With ‘multiculturalism’ the dregs of all Islam (not unlike the dregs of any other societies…murderers, the indolent, anarchists, thieves, crooks, malcontents, disaffected, untaught, unteachable, mental dwarfs, criminals, etc.) have been elevated to the level of some kind of noble force standing off the ravages of …. Well, what? Civilization, order, progress, tolerance, tradition, decency, the rule of law…???? How did this happen?
Believe it, this force or murderers would be committed to disorder, violence, brutality, theft, and every kind of social and civil misbehavior imaginable, whether or not for jihad. These losers exist in all human societies, and right now in the Muslim world, they have the upper hand because some of our leaders and all of theirs have gone to sleep at the switch.
OUTSTANDING! article by Thomas Smith Jr. Thanks for posting.
Who ever is elected president in 2008 is going to have a lot of issues to deal with:
1. The economy - we are beginning to go into a recession and sound fiscal policy has to be used. If our Government deviates from Supply/Demand economics, we will go into a depression.
2. Energy: Fuel prices will be surging to $4.00 per gallon and more. This is a direct result of Government over regulation restricting the free market. If we do not get a firm hold on a sound energy policy, it will be back to bikes and horses.
3. Terrorism: The Demorats don’t have clue on this issue. AQ and company want to drive us back to the 6th century. If we lose Pakistan, they may succeed. A determined mooslem terrorist will not hesitate blowing himself up with a nuke or conventional bomb. The delivery system of walking into a city and letting it rip cannot be detected via NORAD.
4. Guns: Better start stocking up. A shotgun with the multitude of type of 12 gauge shells is best. Also, buy a cheap throw away gun. If the goons come in the middle of the night, give them a $50 .22.
Sounds like another ass hole glorifying Islamists cowardice “bravery”, only in a PC style.
The Borg..They even have their own Borg Cube..
I should point out (in contrast to the praise mentioned in this article originating from some American political figures) that Imad Mugniyah of Hizbullah is the murderer of USMC COL William R. Higgins (he tortured him to death with electric shock) and has also been indicted for the murder of US Navy diver Robert Stethem. Not much to praise from my perspective.
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