And continuing Dr. Mather's note of the prescience of Sir Winston Churchill shown early in his life, I would ask every thinking person today to read at least the third chapter of Churchill's, Malakand Field Force 1897, pub 1898. OH---Did He See It Coming!
In Ch. 3 he writes: "In an attempt to state the causes of the great tribal upheaval of 1897, these difficulties are increased by the fact that no European can gauge the motives or assume the points of view of Asiatics. ... Contact with civilisation assails the ignorance, and credulity, on which the wealth and influence of the Mullah depend. A general combination of the religious forces of India(now Pakistan)against that civilising, educating rule, which unconsciously saps the strength of superstition, is one of the dangers of the future. Here(the Malakand Valley) Mahommedanism was threatened and resisted. A vast, but silent agitation was begun. Messengers passed to and fro among the tribes. Whispers of war, a holy war, were breathed to a race intensely passionate and fanatical. Vast and mysterious agencies, the force of which is incomprehensible to rational minds, were employed. More astute brains than the wild valleys of the North produce conducted the preparations. Secret encouragement came from the South—from India itself. Actual support and assistance was given from Cabul. In that strange half light of ignorance and superstition, assailed by supernatural terrors and doubts, and lured by hopes of celestial glory, the tribes were taught to expect prodigious events. Something was coming. A great day for their race and faith was at hand. Presently the moment would arrive. They must watch and be ready. The mountains became as full of explosives as a magazine. … In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace." Upon observing the superiority of the new breech loading rifles of the British troops he further said, "Luckily the religion of peace is usually the better armed." Sadly, in 110 years the luck has run out with the advent of new and more powerful hand held weapons. I don't think he could see this and the coming barren attempts at reconciliation, political conversion, and appeasement. Charles Montgomery ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 8:22 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Churchill on Islam >>Sir Winston Churchill . . . chilling >> >> >>Interesting and prophetic . . . Sir Winston Churchill 1899 >> >>CHURCHILL ON ISLAM >> >> >>Unbelievable, but the speech below was written in 1899! (check Wikipedia - The River War) >> >>The attached short speech from Winston Churchill, delivered by him in 1899 >>when he was a young soldier and journalist. It probably sets out the current >> views of some but expressed in the wonderful Churchillian turn of phrase >>and use of the English language, of which he was a past master. >>HERE IS THE SPEECH: >> "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. >> A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. >> Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. >> No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome." >> >>Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages >>248-50 London ) >> > Churchill saw it coming...............Did he !!John H. Mather MD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
