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A War By Any Other Name

We are at war.  We are at war with militant Islam.  Not all Muslims, not all of Islam, just those who choose radicalism over moderation.  Just those who choose to kill over those who seek peace.

I've heard some folks lately try and make the case that we are not at war because Congress has never "declared" war.  No where in the Constitution does it say exactly how Congress is to do that or what words they should use.  All it says under Section 8 of Article I is that the Congress has the power "to declare war".  That's it.  No recommended verbiage, no procedure, nothing.  It doesn't say whether it is to do so formally or informally.

People have tried to argue that the war in Iraq is illegal because Congress never "declared" war.  The plain fact of the matter is that the Congress has tacitly declared war in both cases.  By agreeing to fund the operations, Congress gives it's implicit declaration.  

Despite that obvious truth, we are going to try enemy combatants in a United States Federal Court with all the protections and representation that we offer citizens who break the law.  It's ludicrous, but that is how this administration sees the problem.  To them, it's not a military problem, it's a criminal problem.

Five of the people we are at war with will be on trial.  It will be a circus and the defense has signaled they intend to make it a circus.

A lawyer for one of five men facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the men plan to plead not guilty and use the trial to express their political views.

As you read down the article further, you see where their intent is tio essentially put US foreign policy on trial.

First of all, I will be wholly surprised if the judge doesn't dismiss the whole thing before it even gets that far.   I'm sure that such things as "enhanced interrogation" will be much discussed and decided upo.

Many folks have taken the position that this is just one way they can put the Bush administration on trial.  It's a possibility.  There's no real good reason to do this and Holder couldn't give one when pressured in Congressional hearings.  The current administration does not seem to be concerned with the possibility that classified information may fall in to the wrong hands as it did during the first WTC bombing trials so this could just be their way of taking a shot at Bush.  The problem is that in trying to keep Bush Hatred alive, they will weaken the President's ability to keep us safe.  It will not just weaken Obama's own Presidency, it could potentially hamstring future Presidents as well.

It's just another sign that this administration is run by amateurs and another reason this asshat should never been elected to be President.

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Nidal Hasan Is A Terrorist

Pure and simple, Nidal Hasan is a terrorist.  At what point he decided to become one is secondary, but it's time to call it what it is and get on with ensuring we don't have a repeat performance if there are others out there with similar tendencies.  Instead, we seem to be poking our collective heads into the sand hoping to find some reason he would commit such a heinous act rather than address the idea that it is a free-lance terrorist hit.

Liberalism has caused us to become too civilized.  Instead of acknowledging that there is evil in this world, we are forced to look for other causes to justify the evil that men (and women) do as if there was some underlying mental illness. 

Obviously, I'm not a trained psychologist or a psychiatrist.  That said, I do understand that there is mental illness and it sometimes does cause people to do bad things - even kill people.  Those people are the ones who truly don't understand the magnitude of their crime.  We also have a tendency to think that everyone values human life like we do.  Like it or not, our cultual understanding of the sanctity of life comes from our Judeo-Christian history and culture.  Life is holy and precious to us. Not everyone in the world sees it that same way.  As Hasan put it:

"We love death more then [sic] you love life!"

To us, that is crazy.  To the Islamist, it makes sense.  This life is nothing and if you can advance your god's reach by killing yourself while killing others, your reward will be that much greater. 

Radical Islam is not about peaceful coexistence.  It is not about allowing you to believe differently.  Some morons (and that is what they are) try to equate conservative Christianity with the likes of the Taliban or other Islamic Radicals in order to somehow put all believers into the same jar.  They point to the odd violent nutbot who kills an abortion provider and try to make Christians out to be some sort of western jihadist.  It's doesn't work and almost the whole of Christianity condemns such actions unlike the whole of Islam.  There are some who denounce the actions of the Jihadists, but most sit in in silence.

Hasan did not act out of some vicarious PTSD.  To say  that is an insult to those good soldiers that actually suffer from PTSD.  Hasan acted with all due malice and forethought.  I suspect that he expected to die in the process, but fortunately, that did not happen.  It just came across the wire that he will face 13 counts of premeditated murder. 

I'd like to see him charged with domestic terrorism as well.  Certainly, if he is convicted on the 13 counts of murder, he will most likely receive the death penalty and the terrorism charge won't add to that.  What it will do is officially label him as a terrorist.  If nothing else, that will negate the PTSD crap.

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Did Major Hasan Have PTSD?

This post has some PG-13 rated language, but it's well worth the read.  It answers the question as to whether or not Major Hasan was suffering from PTSD when he decided to become a terrorist. I'm thinking he didn't.

See what you think.

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The Fort Hood Massacre

There are a lot of questions about what went down yesterday that will not be answered soon.  I'm sure that some wished that he'd died at the scene, but I think it's best that he survived.  For one, it didn't make him some sort of martyr.  For another, we will get a chance to answer a lot of those questions.  It's easier to get answers from a live person than a dead body. 

Hasan's crime opens up some related questions and concerns.  Obviously, the first question is What did the Army know and when did they know it.  There are some reports (and I'll call them "unverified" for now) that says he was becoming increasingly radical.  Another is if they did know, why didn't they do something about it?

My main concern is the fallout within the military community itself.  This is not the first incident where a Muslim soldier decided to kill his fellow soldiers.  One can imagine that a Muslim soldier in a unit right now would be looked at with a healthy dose of suspicion.  It's human nature.  Indeed, I can imagine he would be sleeping with one eye open.

Obviously, I don't condone someone taking vigilante action against anyone, but human nature being what it is, I believe some of these guys might be in real danger.  This is their reality. 

Profiling people by law enforcement is not always a bad thing.  When you have statistics and specific actions to look at, you need to profile.  You need to get ahead of the game or you will see people getting killed.  Unfortunately, profiling is an inexact science and care must be taken, but we need to start looking at who we have in our armed forces.

I know that not all Muslims are evil or bad.   Most are pretty ordinary folks.  I met some fine Muslim people when I was recently in Qatar.  People I am now proud to call my friends.  However, when you have some bad apples, you need to inspect the barrel and in this case, the specific barrel is the Armed Forces. 

God bless the families of the killed and wounded.  May he comfort those who grieve. As for Hasan, let justice be done.

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Abdulhakim Muhammad Deserves Death

Two of America's finest were gunned down in cold blood by a man not fit to lick dog excrement off of their boots.  Abdulhakim Muhammad killed William Long and wounded Quinton Ezeagwula because he was "mad at the US Military because of what they had done to Muslims in the past."

I'm not trying to excuse this slimebag's action one iota, but I can't help but think he was played.  I'm certain that his head was filled with all kinds of hate and crap by some nut job Jihadis and when he returned, he acted out of conditioning..  Who knows?

I hope this guy gets the needle and becomes an example to any other would be instant Jihadis out there contemplating some sort of stupidity.

My prayers and condolences to the Long family and my prayers for a speedy recovery for Private Ezeagwula and comfort for his family.  

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Islam Day

In Hawaii, they decided they needed an "Islam Day" to celebrate "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" of Islam.  There is no doubt that Islam has contributed much to those things.  A huge example would be algebra, which was first developed by a Muslim by the name of Muhammad ibn Musa Khwarizmi back in the ninth century.

Other religions have contributed much to the world as well.  So why don't they have a Christianity Day or a Judaism Day?  How about Buddhism Day.  I'm willing to bet there are a lot more Buddhists in Hawaii the Muslims.

I suppose one argument that might be made is that we have Christmas, but it's not quite the same.  Christmas isn't about celebrating the contributions of Christianity to the world.  It's also become so secularized that Christmas is almost devoid of much that is Christian outside of a church service. 

I'm generally a live and let live kind of guy.  I believe in liberty and part of that is freedom to believe in whatever deity, philosophy, creed or system that you want.  So long as you aren't trying to hurt people or practicing other illegal activities, more power to you.  You are also free to be an atheist or a doubter.  It's an American thing that even some Americans have trouble dealing with some times.  This appears to be one of those times.

There should not be any day set aside for Islam.  Not because of what happened on September 11th, 2001(although that should be a factor), but because there should be no day set aside for any faith. 

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Blogrolling.com Was Hacked

UPDATE Oct 9, 2008 - 1600:  It appears that many blogrolls were deleted by the jihadi jerk and that includes mine.  Blogrolling.com is down at the moment.  Perhaps they'll be back up, maybe not.  If not, Ill figure something else out.

It appears that Blogrolling.com was hacked.  It has this screen up:

Here's a screen shot of the screen.

Maybe Obama can talk to them and make them stop hacking!

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USAF Thunderbirds Are Protecting Iran!

Sometimes, you just gotta wonder if there isn't some kind of Islamic Jihad School of Journalism somewhere that teaches its graduates to make up the most audacious crap to pass off as news.  It reminds me of a cat trying to make itself look bigger when threatened. 

Here's the link

Iran-Army-Commander

Enemy is by no means able to launch military attack against Iran, Air Force Commander Brigadier General pilot Ahmad Miqani said on Thursday.

Addressing a ceremony to celebrate graduation of a number of officers in an air base, the commander stressed Iran's military strength in the region.

"Relying on efforts made by its young experts, the Air Force of the Armed Forces has made remarkable achievements in various fields and this has resulted in promoting Iran's authority inside and outside the region," said the commander.

As for the threats made against Iran by certain countries, the commander said, "Such threats have been always made against the country but the question is why they have never been carried out?" The commander urged the newly-graduated officers to protect "the sky of Iran" using their knowledge, expertise, scientific ability and self-reliance.

And if all else fails, paste some really cool looking airplanes into your news/announcement to impress the infidels with your military prowess.

Just make sure they aren't the really cool looking airplanes owned by your enemy! In this case, they used a photo of none other than the USAF Thunderbirds!

I guess if you are going to lie, lie big!

Flattery will get them nowhere!

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The Pope Baptizes A Muslim

From Breitbart:

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Italy's most prominent Muslim, an iconoclastic writer who condemned Islamic extremism and defended Israel, converted to Catholicism Saturday in a baptism by the pope at a Vatican Easter service.

An Egyptian-born, non-practicing Muslim who is married to a Catholic, Magdi Allam infuriated some Muslims with his books and columns in the newspaper Corriere della Sera newspaper, where he is a deputy editor. He titled one book "Long Live Israel."

This is almost sure to upset some jihadis and radical types.  Death threats will be issued and may even be carried out.  In fairness, so far, no one has issued that threat yet.

There is no overarching Muslim law on conversion. But under a widespread interpretation of Islamic legal doctrine, converting from Islam is apostasy and punishable by death—though killings are rare.

Egypt's highest Islamic cleric, the Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, wrote last year against the killing of apostates, saying there is no worldly retribution for Muslims who abandon their religion and that punishment would come in the afterlife.

And that should be the way to look at it.  Unfortunately, there are some radical goons who will think, say and even try to do otherwise.  You cannot convince me that if a prominent Christian converted to Islam, that that someone from the Southern Baptist Headquarters would be issuing death threats, but we will not be surprised if some fundamentalist Muslim cleric issues a Fatwa similar to the one issued upon the life of Salman Rushdie.

Some liberals try to say that there is no difference between fundamentalist Christianity and radical Islam.  They can say those kinds of things because if they were the least bit honest, they would have to admit that if that were true, they would be in fear for their own lives.  They know they aren't, but they try and tell you that there is no difference knowing full well they are safe in doing so.

Good luck and may God watch over you Mr. Allam.  There is bound to be someone looking to make a name for himself by taking you out

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It's In The Star

In the Toronto Star today, I read a column filed by one Isabel Teotonio concerning "justice" for terrorists.  Ms. Teotonio is was in Guantanamo attending a trial for some Jihadis.  To say that she is sympathetic with these murderous bastards is a bit of an understatement with her pro-terrorist rant  but she is either deliberately misleading or very uninformed.   Here's the relevant parts:

For a reporter more accustomed to trekking out to a Brampton court to cover the trial of the so-called Toronto 18, this maiden voyage to Guantanamo highlights some differences in Canada's and America's war on terror. Or, at least, the war waged in the courts against those charged with terrorism. (emphasis added)

In Brampton, it's primarily relatives of the accused who fill the court's body. Many take notes during the pre-trial hearings against those arrested as part of a massive police sweep on June 2, 2006, which netted 18 men and youths. Even the accused, who speak English and seem engaged, scribble notes for their lawyers.

The men, who are all Canadian citizens or have lived there since they were young, are accused of plotting to bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange and Toronto offices of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Do you see what she is doing here?  She is telling you that in Canada, terrorists have rights because they have access to the courts.  I think she is deliberately trying to mislead her readers.  Surely, as a journalist, she would know that statement is not entirely true. 

The terrorists in the courtroom in Brampton are Canadian residents caught in Canada for acts the planned to do in Canada.  The terrorists in Guantanamo are enemy combatants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Suspected terrorists caught in the United States are held in US jails and given access to US courts.  They are not sent to Guantanamo. 

Ms. Teotonio's leftist ideology does not let her print the facts.  She must paint the US as some kind of rogue state that would send its citizens to off shore prisons.

Another thing that should tell you her slant is that if Gitmo was such a horrible place, she would not be allowed anywhere near the base, let alone be allowed to witness a trial.

Ms. Teotonio is no real journalist.  She is a left-wing ideologue with access to a major North American Newspaper where she allowed to spread her purposeful disinformation.

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