I’m on the road for a couple of days, so I don’t have much time for blogging. But I wanted to pass along two articles on radical Islamic fascists that are particularly insightful.
First, Daniel Pipes has this article that summarizes the evolution of the strange political climate that currently exists in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Pipes notes Bernard Lewis‘ analogy that helps understand the Saudi position among Muslims in general:
“Imagine that the Ku Klux Klan gets total control of the state of Texas. And the Ku Klux Klan has at its disposal all the oil rigs in Texas. And they use this money to set up a well-endowed network of colleges and schools throughout Christendom, peddling their peculiar brand of Christianity. You would then have an approximate equivalent of what has happened in the modern Muslim world.”
H’mm. In other words, Dr. Lewis, sort of like what happened with the Mormons, Utah and the United States? ;^)
The other article of note is this one from Richard Chesnoff, who has been reporting on the wars of the Middle East for over 30 years. I particularly like Richard because he is a real war reporter and does not mince words. An example:
Al Qaeda also has apparently infiltrated a number of nongovernmental agencies. Among them, the Yemen Women’s Rights Organization. My source explains: “Because of Islamic society’s strict taboo on body searches for women, Al Qaeda finds women ideal couriers.”
The situation in Saudi Arabia seems worse. Though Saudi officials frequently cloud or completely deny the facts, intelligence shows that two Saudi Air Force pilots, Lt. Safr al-Shahrani and Major Sayyaf al-Bishi, were arrested last year on suspicion of having Al Qaeda ties and of planting missiles in the Al Qawiza area south of Jeddah Port. Their reported plan: attack U.S. military vessels.
There are also reports that the Al Qaeda terrorists whose suicide bomb killed 35 people in Riyadh last year were secretly helped by members of the Saudi National Guard, the same force that supposedly protects the Saudi Royal Family. In Khobar this weekend, the terrorists reportedly wore Saudi Army fatigue uniforms. Did they steal them? Or were they supplied to them by somebody within the national guard?
There are similar reports of internal infiltration coming from Sudan and Pakistan.
The Islamic fascists remain a formidable threat to United States and world security, and this threat is far too serious to be just another political football during the upcoming Presidential campaign.
President George W. Bush must be reelected if we are to avoid Armageddon. It truly terrifies me that John Kerry even has a decent chance of becoming our national leader. The man is too shallow and inane to be taken seriously. The people surrounding the Massachusetts senator have little use for the brilliant Bernard Lewis. They prefer running away from the reality that Islamic rage has virtually nothing to do with Israel or the sometimes hypocritical behavior of the Western nations. We can no longer allow the Muslim world to continue indulging in self pity and scapegoating. These people must be strongly encouraged to embrace the modern world—or their more nihilistic cohorts may eventually put us to death.