Faisal Shahzad sought to massacre scores of fellow Americans ---- don't you EVER call that POS an American again
and yes, the war should stay in the ME with those animals called muzzies and jews where it belongs Commerce with all - entangling alliances with none. On May 11, 9:06 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > "But their stated grievance is the same as Gen. Washington's in our war with > the British: If you want this war to end, get out of our country."Is the War > Coming Home?by Patrick J. BuchananFaisal Shahzad sought to massacre scores of > fellow Americans in Times Square with a bomb made of M-88 firecrackers, > non-explosive fertilizer, gasoline and alarm clocks. > Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a U.S. airliner over Detroit with > a firebomb concealed in his underpants. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot dead 13 > fellow soldiers at Fort Hood and wounded 29. > Why did these men attempt the mass murder of Americans who did no harm to > them? What impelled them to seek martyrdom amid a pile of American corpses? > Though all were Muslims, none seems to have been a longtime America-hater or > natural-born killer. Hasan was proud to wear Army fatigues to mosque. Shahzad > had become a U.S. citizen. Abdulmutallab was the privileged son of a > prominent Nigerian banker. > The New York Times ties all three to the Internet sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, > a Yemen-based imam born and educated in the United States who inspires > Muslims worldwide to jihad against America. But, following Sept. 11, > al-Awlaki had been seen as a bridge between Islam and the West. > Now President Obama has authorized his assassination. > What do the four have in common? > All were converted in manhood into haters of America willing to kill and die > in a jihad against America. And the probability is high that there are many > more like them living amongst us who wish to bring the war in the Af-Pak here > to America. > But what radicalized them? And why do they hate us? > Taking a cue from George W. Bush, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of the Times > Square bomber, "We will not be intimidated by those who hate the freedoms > that make ... this country so great." > This was the mantra after Sept. 11. We are hated not because of what we do in > the Middle East, but because of who we are: people who love freedom and stand > for women's rights. > And that is why they hate us – and why they come to kill us. > In a way this is a comforting thought, because it absolves us of the need to > think. For no patriotic American is going to demand we surrender our freedom > to prevent fanatics from attacking us. > The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens advances a parallel view. We are > hated, he says, because of our popular culture. > We are loathed in the Islamic world, Stephens writes, because of "Lady Gaga – > or, if you prefer, Madonna, Farrah Fawcett, Marilyn Monroe, Josephine Baker > or any other American woman who has ... personified what the Egyptian > Islamist writer Sayyid Qutb once called 'the American Temptress.'" > This hatred is at least 60 years old, says Stephens, for Qutb wrote even > before "Elvis,Playboy, the pill, women's lib, acid tabs, gay rights, Studio > 54, Jersey shore and ... Lady Gaga." > Qutb's revulsion at American degeneracy is why his legion of Islamic > followers hate us. > Again, a comforting thought. For, if Lady Gaga is the problem, there is > nothing we Americans can do about it. > Yet, this is as self-delusional as saying the FLN set off bombs in movie > theaters and cafes in Algiers to kill the French because of what Brigitte > Bardot was doing on screen in "And God Created Woman." > American's toxic culture may be a reason devout Muslims detest us. It is not > why they come here to kill us. Mohammed Atta's friends did not target > Hollywood, but centers and symbols of U.S. military and political power. > U.S. Marines were not attacked by Hezbollah until we inserted those Marines > into Lebanon's civil war. No Iraqi committed an act of terror against us > before we invaded Iraq. And if the Sept. 11 killers were motivated by hatred > of the immorality of our society, what were they doing getting lap dances in > Delray Beach? > Osama bin Laden declared war on us, first and foremost, to end the massive > U.S. presence on sacred Saudi soil that is home to Mecca and Medina. > Some may insist this was not his real motive. But, apparently, the Saudis > believed him, for they quickly kicked us out of Prince Sultan Air Base. > As for the Taliban, they would surely make short work of Lady Gaga. But their > stated grievance is the same as Gen. Washington's in our war with the > British: If you want this war to end, get out of our country. > By Occam's razor, the simplest explanation is usually the right one. Looking > at America's wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Maj. Hasan, > Abdulmutallab and Shahzad decided that what we call the war on terror was in > reality a war on Islam. > All decided to use their access to exact retribution for our killing of their > fellow Muslims. > We are being attacked over here because we are over there. > Nor is it a good sign that U.S. intelligence is reporting that rising numbers > of U.S. Muslims are making Internet inquiries about how and where to get > training to bring the war home to > America.http://buchanan.org/blog/is-the-war-coming-home-4043 > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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