The adolescent terminology is embarrassing, and even worse, it stems from a determination not to use the word “enemy.” Enlightened post-modern Westerners don’t have enemies, no matter how determined their actual enemies are to destroy them. Worst of all, Clinton offers no way, and has no way, to distinguish the “really bad guys” from the […]
UN calls on Afghan officials to remove senior Taliban leaders from terror lists
What were we fighting for again? “U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List,” by Dexter Filkins for the New York Times, January 24 (thanks to Tanguy Veys): KABUL, Afghanistan — The leader of the United Nations mission here called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders […]
U.S. friend and ally Pakistan reaching out to “all levels” of Afghan Taliban
Reintegration! Reconciliation! This will amount to more Sharia. “Pakistan reaching out to ‘all levels’ of Afghan Taliban,” from Dawn, January 23 : ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is reaching out to “all levels” of the Afghan Taliban in a bid to encourage reconciliation with its war-torn neighbour, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. “We are trying to reach […]
Christian extremists bomb mosque, killing ten — no, wait…
It was Islamic jihadists yet again. Still looking for evidence of the rampant attacks by Christians that will justify the fashionable equivalence. (I know, I know: Tim McVeigh! Lord’s Resistance Army! IRA! None of those, of course, were motivated by the texts and teachings of Christianity the way Islamic jihadists, by their own account, are […]
U.S. offers Taliban jobs and cash to lay down their arms
Allahu akbar! Would you like fries with that, Infidel? This is the kind of wrongheaded and myopic effort that comes from ignoring the jihad doctrine and ideology of Islamic supremacism, and assuming that Taliban members are waging jihad only because they are poor and have no other options. “EXCLUSIVE: U.S. tries to thin Taliban with […]
Anglican bishop praises those who behead people and blow up girls’ schools
I hear that Hitler was sweet to his dog. Mustn’t be “simplistic,” now! “Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty, says bishop,” by Jonathan Wynne-Jones and Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, December 13 (thanks to Walter): The Taliban can be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to […]
Christian extremists blow up girls’ school — no, wait…
Everybody knows that Christianity is just as likely as Islam to inspire murderous violence in its adherents. Someday everybody will get some evidence to support this. The point is not really about Christianity or moral equivalence at all. It is about the continued evasion and refusal to confront the doctrine and ideology behind this kind […]
Progress: Jihadis dynamite schools in NW Pakistan
If the books agree with the Koran, they are superfluous. If they disagree with it, they are heretical. “Taliban dynamite schools in NW Pakistan: official,” from AFP, December 9 (thanks to James): PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Taliban militants on Wednesday dynamited two boys’ schools in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are pressing an offensive against […]
Obama adviser to McChrystal on defeating the Taliban: “Is that really what you think your mission is?”
Of course not. We’re way beyond “victory” now. Everyone knows that enemies are defeated by building schools, roads, and hospitals. In any case, now we know that Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan is not intended to subdue (much less “kill every member of,” as an Obama aide describes defeating them) the Taliban. What it is […]
Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art
Imperiled Islam, of course, forbids representational art. And we all saw what happened to the Buddhas of Bamiyan. More on this story. “Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art from the Gandhara period,” from Asia News, November 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Islamabad (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Pakistani and foreign archaeologists have set off the alarm bell, warning […]