Radical Islam: Why Diplomacy will Fail
By Alan Burkhart (09/21/06)
Americans and other civilized nations have considerable difficulty comprehending a culture that is built upon a foundation of death and destruction. The continual calls for diplomacy and concessions regarding Radical Islam are evidence of this fact. Diplomacy has little chance of working, and the reasons are obvious if one is willing to confront a few unpleasant truths.
In civilized nations like the USA, Canada and the UK, we have vibrant cultures that value life. We’re taught from an early age to respect not only the lives of our neighbors but their rights as fellow countrymen. We don’t (at least, we’re not supposed to) differentiate between race, gender, color or creed. Our societies are designed to be free and safe, and for the most part that design has been a rousing success. Certainly we have our own unique national headaches, but they pale in comparison to the benefits of living in freedom.
Compare this to a people living under the iron fist of a Fundamentalist Islamic regime. A husband and wife cannot have a normal relationship because men’s minds are poisoned against women. People live in fear of when and where the next car bomb will explode. Young women are stoned to death for adultery. In some parts of the Middle East, one can go to prison or even face execution for watching “Western” programming on the television.
Even the most mundane vices are denied the masses. No Jack Daniels, no Playboy Magazine, no Monday Night Football. And, I believe it’s safe to assume that the Victoria’s Secret catalogs aren’t widely circulated, either. Last time I looked, Victoria didn’t offer burqas anyway.
Consider Fazul Hadi Shinwari, named to Afghan President Karzai’s Supreme Court in June of 2002…
…To head the Supreme Court, however, he (Karzai) appointed Shinwari, a man with a well-publicized commitment to implementing hard-line sharia. On January 24, for instance, Shinwari had told the international press that under the new government, adulterers would be stoned to death, the hands of thieves amputated, and consumers of alcohol given 80 lashes…
(freedomhouse.org – 2002)
Wow… knowing that such fair-minded humanitarians are leading the freedom movement in Afghanistan makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
In parts of the Middle East and Europe Muslims, especially Muslim men, are taught from an early age to despise those who do not follow this oppressive interpretation of the Islamic faith. They’re taught that infidels (non-Muslims, aka “kafirs” or “dhimmis”) are to be converted, subjugated or killed.
And, they’re taught that blowing up a group of infidels along with oneself will get you all manner of goodies unavailable to the faithful Muslim extremist here on Earth. What sorts of goodies? Well…
He gets to frolic with 72 beautiful virgins for all eternity (makes me tired just thinking of it).
He can also partake of 28 young boys, but I’m not touching that one.
And, Muslim Paradise will evidently have a good supply of wine. The Qur’an speaks of flowing rivers of wine in Paradise. I’d thought at first that this would be to loosen up those 72 virgins, but upon further reading I learned that the wine is evidently alcohol-free (Qur’an 37:43-47). I’d be highly upset to discover that I’d blown myself up for grape juice. I suppose a Budweiser would be out of the question, right?
Death is an avenue for Muslim terrorists to escape a miserable life and enter an erotic paradise. This, coupled with the fact that these misguided souls are taught to hate those they’re attacking makes it unlikely that they’ll listen to reason. In life, their only emotional release is to vent their savagery upon the innocent. In death, they expect to find peace, happiness and kinky sex. In their minds, they have nothing to live for, and everything to die for.
This is why every treaty and every ceasefire has ultimately failed. A ceasefire agreement merely gives Muslim terrorists some free time to clean their guns and plan another attack. Diplomatic efforts are considered signs of weakness, since they amount to a plea to stop the fighting. Understand this: Radical Islam doesn’t want to stop fighting. They live for the fight and for the moment of their deaths so that they may receive their heavenly reward. You cannot reason with people who believe this way.
The Iranian president and the fledgling Hamas government in Palestine have voiced a willingness to come to the negotiating table under certain conditions. With the Palestinian people in such desperate straits, there exists a possibility that Hamas is being sincere. But that sincerity will be meaningless when terrorists from Syria and Iran flow into Palestine to punish the Palestinians for daring to consider peace with Israel. As long as the current regime dominates Iran, they are absolutely not worthy of trust.
Israel will be attacked again, and Israel will retaliate again. And the busybodies around the world will brainlessly call for a ceasefire, complete with more pointless talks and soon-to-be-broken agreements. All the while, terrorists will be gleefully sharpening their knives in preparation for their next act of violence.
Consider the words of Afghan President Hamid Karzai…
"Terrorists are prepared to cross any boundaries and commit horrific acts of violence to try to derail Afghanistan from its path to success. They decapitate elderly women, blow up mosques full of worshipers and kill school-going children in indiscriminate bombings of civilian areas.”
(BBC News)
We won’t win the war on terror unless we can find the will to be as ruthless as our enemies. Our recent failure to kill the 100 or so Taliban members who gathered at a funeral in Afghanistan is a perfect example of how misguided our efforts have been thus far. We should have blown them to bits, dealt with the bad press that certainly would have followed from Al Jazeera and our own leftist media, and moved on to the next target. Violence is the only language these animals understand. We won’t find safety until we speak it as eloquently as they do.
Sources and Related Reading:
Sharia law (stoning in Niger)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,777972,00.html
The X-Rated Paradise of Islam
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/heaven.html
U.S. declines Taliban funeral target
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/afghan_taliban_photo
Information About Islam, Muslims and the Taliban
http://www.sa.psu.edu/muslim.htm
Sharia in Kabul?
http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/country/afghanistan/Sharia%20in%20Kabul.htm
Afghan leader urges terror action
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5364838.stm
Alan Burkhart is a freelance writer, cross-country trucker, and proud citizen of the reddest of the Red States - Mississippi. You can reach him by visiting his website: http://alanburkhart.blogspot.com
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