Whatever the case may be, there is no clear mission in Afghanistan, no clear idea of victory, and no understanding of the jihad doctrine that motivates not only the Taliban but others in Afghanistan — and all that is a recipe for disaster. “U.S. troops abandon remote Afghan base where 8 were killed,” by Laura […]
Winning hearts and minds: Germany sending 1,200 cops to Afghanistan
Western countries have poured billions into initiatives like this in Afghanistan and elsewhere, and they still don’t like us. The South African mufti Ebrahim Desai put paid to any good that hearts-and-minds efforts might do a few years ago when he said: “In simple the Kuffaar [unbelievers] can never be trusted for any possible good […]
German jihadist threatens to behead British soldiers with 2-foot-long knife inscribed with Koran verse
But…but…it’s a book of peace! “Picture of evil: Bloodthirsty German Al Qaeda fanatic poses with 2ft-long knife for beheading British soldiers in Afghanistan,” from the Daily Mail, October 9 (thanks to all who sent this in): An Al Qaeda fanatic who trains fellow Europeans to fight in Afghanistan has given a stark warning to our […]
Candidate Obama ripped Pakistan for “making peace treaties with the Taliban”
So what has happened in the nine months that Obama has been President to lead him to reverse this stand completely? And since we went into Afghanistan in the first place in order to fight the Taliban, and Obama now accepts a role for the Taliban in Afghanistan’s government, why are we increasing our military […]
New participants in Afghanistan’s “political future” kill 17 in massive jihad/martyrdom car bomb in Kabul
Obama is ready to play ball with the Taliban, and meanwhile, the Taliban are continuing to play a game of their own. “Taliban claim Kabul bombing,” from AFP, October 9 (thanks to all who sent this in): THE Taliban have claimed responsibility for a massive suicide car bomb that targeted the Indian embassy in Kabul […]
Obama surrenders in Afghanistan — signals readiness to accept Taliban involvement in country’s “political future”
It’s 9/10 out there again, all right. Hope it doesn’t run out on us. Details here (thanks to Pamela).
Taliban: Don’t worry about us, we just want to build an Islamic state
“We had and have no plan of harming countries of the world, including those in Europe … our goal is the independence of the country and the building of an Islamic state.” Of course, no Islamic jihadist would say that working toward the implementation of Sharia was “harming” countries of the world. As far as […]
McCarthy: If You Don’t Get Islamic Ideology, You Don’t Get the Problem in Afghanistan
In “If You Don’t Get Islamic Ideology, You Don’t Get the Problem in Afghanistan” at The Corner today, Andy McCarthy discusses several things we have pointed out here many times: the policy errors that result from an inadequate, politically correct understanding of Islam and jihad, and the fact that many Muslim condemnations of terrorism condemn […]
“When you go fishing, you fish with a bomb, you don’t fish with a fishing rod”
Not sure how many fish you will catch that way. “For Abdullah Khadr, attending a training camp in Afghanistan where he learned to use a rocket launcher and detonate explosive material at the age of 13 was simply part of the ‘Muslim culture’ there.” So rocket launchers and detonations are part of “Muslim culture”? Oh, […]
Gates: Af-Pak border is “modern epicenter of jihad”
I tend to think that Europe is the modern epicenter of jihad, but it’s striking that Gates used the word “jihad,” if this report is accurate. Is the SecDef deaf to his new boss’s distaste for what he calls “stereotyping” of Islam? Doesn’t he know that jihad is an interior spiritual struggle and that Al-Qaeda […]