This moderate Syrian opposition is made up of Islamic jihadists. Former Defense Intelligence Agency director Michael Flynn recently confirmed that the Obama Administration knowingly decided to support al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, and directly enabled the rise of the Islamic State. The rebels are not by any stretch of the imagination “moderates”: they’re […]
U.S., Saudis to bolster support for “moderate Syrian opposition”
This moderate Syrian opposition is made up of Islamic jihadists. Former Defense Intelligence Agency director Michael Flynn recently confirmed that the Obama Administration knowingly decided to support al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, and directly enabled the rise of the Islamic State. The rebels are not by any stretch of the imagination “moderates”: they’re […]
Muslims leaving Indonesia for Islamic State daily: “too many to count”
Watch the video report here from Japan’s NHK news service. In it, a jihadi says that Muslims from Indonesia are leaving for the Islamic State every day, “too many to count.” Even if this is wild exaggeration, which it is unlikely to be, why are any Muslims from Indonesia going to the Islamic State at […]
US scraps failed $500 million program to train “moderate” Syrian rebels
Moving from one spectacular failure to the next. Nothing that the US does to counter the Islamic State will succeed until officials examine its ideology realistically. Without that, every move to counter it effectively will founder on the unreality of the State Department’s analysis. “US scraps its $500million programme to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels after […]
Telegraph: “Rebels warn that Russian air strikes risk pushing moderates into arms of more powerful extremist groups”
That’s the Telegraph subhead on this piece: “Rebels warn that Russian air strikes risk pushing moderates into arms of more powerful extremist groups.” How many times over the years have we heard this — that too strong action against Islamic jihadists would drive “moderates” into the arms of “extremists”? And suddenly there are “moderates” among […]
Russian airstrike in Syria targeted U.S.-backed rebels, U.S. officials say
Because the mainstream media hates Putin (not entirely without cause) and will do anything to prop up Barack Obama, it is presenting this as a manifestation of Russian perfidy. It may be that, but the fact is that these US-backed Syria rebels are al-Qaeda. Former Defense Intelligence Agency director Michael Flynn recently confirmed that the […]
Islamic State jihadis deride “coconuts”: Muslims who participated in interfaith activities with Pope
Given the nature of the Islamic State, this condemnation must be seen as a death threat. In any case, it indicates why we don’t see more sincere Islamic reformers: their lives are threatened by hardliners. And the cartoon of the Islamic State slashing the “Coexist” symbol is a candent illustration of the futility and fatuousness […]
US confirms: US-trained Syrian rebels gave their weapons to al-Qaeda
I have taken a lot of heat for saying that there is no distinction in Muslim communities between “extremists” and “moderates” — that is, mosques haven’t generally expelled jihadis, have no programs to teach against the jihadist understanding of Islam that they ostensibly reject, etc. This incident shows that my statement is absolutely true: even […]
Fanaticism: The Moderate Version
“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.” – George Santayana I would not say that the apologists for Islam, even the most shameless, have forgotten their aim. I think one of their highest hopes is that we, the opponents of Islam, forget the aim of these apologists, which is to […]
US-trained rebels gave their weapons to al-Qaeda immediately on entering Syria
The Obama Administration repeatedly assured us that they were working with “vetted moderates” in Syria. Obviously they have no idea how actually to do such vetting, or were never sincere about attempting to do so in the first place. “US-trained Division 30 rebels ‘betrayed US and hand weapons over to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria,’” by […]