[A] substantial number of academic studies published since 2002, and a Pentagon briefing paper published in September 2006, titled “Motivations of Muslim Suicide Bombers”, [point] to the Koran as the main source of the pathological hatred that fills the mind and heart of every Muslim suicide bomber.[1]So there you have it – distilled hatred.
How George Bush could speak of Islam as a “religion of peace” is beyond me.
It is an accurate phrase if you parse it right. Under Islamic law, you’re theoretically left in peace if you grovel before Muslims or become one. If you resist the plans Muslims have for your particular corner of Dar al- Harb [0:37], well, it’s the peace of the battlefield for you, win or lose.
Not a bad concept in the context of the modern Islamic challenge, really. If you think about it.
That "peace of the battlefield" dealy bob
Notes
[1] “The Koran: A ‘Holy Book’ or Hate Literature?" By Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna, 8/18/10.
2 comments:
"How George Bush could speak of Islam as a “religion of peace” is beyond me."
His daddy's Library is all built with Saudi money.
Bush II led america to expend great wealth and young men, fighting a ghost; rather than attacking the enemy: islam.
Agreed on all points. I can't prove the library point but I suspect 60 seconds on Google would resolve the issue.
For a short while it was good just to do something after 9/11. For a while the Iranians were ready to convert to Christian Science but they soon figured out we weren't serious. A former Pentagon undersecretaries wrote a piece in the WSJ how before the invasion of Iraq Bush 43's rhetoric was mostly "WMD, WMD, WMD." After none was found, an analysis of his speeches revealed they were mostly about nation building. Mission creep on steroids and a ghastly error that vastly complicated the calculation of when and under what circumstances we could ever leave. When Iraqis start watching "Rumpole of the Bailey"?
That was the turning point intellectually and strategically when Bush led the nation down possibly the most ridiculous path imaginable in any age -- Islamic social and political reform by infidels. At gunpoint.
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