Islamic Caliphates Always Implode
By John A. Ross (08/29/07)
The failure rate of Islamic Caliphates is an astounding 100%. Putting the track record of all Islamic, or Muslim theocracy based central governments into context... all have failed because of greed, corruption and indolence. Soon after external resources that are "appropriated" to create, or underwrite a caliphate, greed, corruption and indolence dooms the concept to squalor. A macro-example of the 7th Century concept in the 21st Century is playing out before our eyes in Iran today. Smaller, or micro-examples of "opportunists" creating Caliphates in Afghanistan and attempting to form a Caliphate in Iraq are ongoing.
Consumed with absolute hate of American culture and values, Al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden attacked America on 9/11/2001, believing that Muslims would defeat the remaining super-power. At the time, al Qaeda was operating out of Afghanistan that was, ostensibly, controlled by the Taleban, or “Islamic-Students.” Very soon, thereafter, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and the Taleban’s nightshirts were aflame and they were doing everything they could to stay out of the sights of the remaining super-power’s gun sights. Many died, many were captured and some successfully hid in the mountains separating Afghanistan and Pakistan, while some al Qaeda adherents returned to their homes in Saudi Arabia.
Exploiting radicalized Islamic adherents and opportunists, aspiring leaders of caliphates and their lieutenant’s prey upon any group or organization that will enrich their ability to garner more power. Using the sword, fire and rape to gain power and control, Islamic “Jihadists” justify their actions today, as they did in the 7th Century, in the name of Allah, or God. Consolidating their power Caliphates install supporters in control of the levers of government and immediately proceed to “tax’ their new subjects into, eventually, abject slavery. If not immediately killed, Christians and Jews are either taxed into slavery, or forced to convert to the Islam. Once in control, within a generation, or less, greed and corruption turn what were once vibrant economies into the squalid Palestinian type camps we see throughout the Middle East.
More than prepared to manipulate the West’s mainstream media and press, radicalized Islamic killers that call themselves “Jihadists” seek to instill terror by committing precise mass murders. Enablers that call themselves “humanists,” or businessmen have paid “Jihadists,” or more aptly, opportunists, to murder, enslave and hijack cargos or, generally, “look-the-other-way” for hundreds of years. Americans, conversely, have dealt over the centuries with Islamic butchers, slave traders and pirates more directly by acknowledging the threat they represent and eradicating them as necessary.
Beset with the “baksheesh,” or extortion mentality that dominates the Middle East and Asia, reasoning must eventually prevail. The masses that live in the tortured lands from Lebanon to India and China must accept that through logical reasoning meaningful change can occur, otherwise, they will be condemned to the wills of their slave-masters. As such, Caliphates are thin veneers used in the name of Allah , or God to feed a monster that promotes ignorance, violence and a distorted interpretation of Islam to benefit a few.
This is the 21st Century, not the 7th Century and the cycle of human exploitation must end.
John Ross
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