The report said that a $5.4 billion portion of the $10.5 billion owed by Chrysler is “highly unlikely” to be repaid, while full recovery of the $50 billion sunk into GM would require the company’s stock to reach unprecedented heights.

via U.S. ‘Unlikely’ to Recoup Auto Outlay, Panel Finds – washingtonpost.com.

Like…DUH! I said this back as soon as it happened.  Obama said he would get a 19,000%+ return on his funds (in five years).  As an expert investor myself who knows how to get above average returns I knew that Obama was lying through his teeth and called him on it here.  Foolishness and more foolishness from those that believed the auto bailout was a good thing!  I wonder how much more money will be sunk here when GM is unable to recover even from with the $50 billion?  It’s no surprise when the government spends money usually bad things happen.

The president has committed $100 billion in new money to the nation’s public school systems, and required that states accepting the funds promise not to reduce their own k-12 spending. The official argument for this measure is that higher school spending will accelerate U.S. economic growth. But a July 2008 study in the Journal of Policy Sciences finds that, to the authors’ own surprise, higher spending on public schooling is associated with lower subsequent economic growth. Spending more on public schools hurts the U.S. economy.

Ouch! Pretty painful stuff there.  It seems it’s not all about school but more about achievement (something our schooling systems are doing less and less of). Read it all here!  Obama has to be the biggest pork barrel spending, lobby loving, irresonsible, wasteful spender of all time!

“Barack Obama is on track to have the most spectacularly failed presidency since Woodrow Wilson.”

I must agree Obama is going down in flames.  Four years from now when his ignorance on so much has stood the test of time he will be voted out.  History will hold him in a dark light indeed as a pawn of the far left bent on moving America to a socialist, transnationalist country that operates on standards of moral relativism.  As he is holding the Bush legacy to the fire on interrogations we as a nation should hold him to the fire for his traitorous views of this country when he deems to stab us in the back verbably with his foreign policy or steals our jobs and money for his and his parties power hungry elite.  The American Thinker puts it right when they say…

“It’s not so much that he’s a phony, knows nothing about economics, is historically illiterate, and woefully small minded for the size of the task– all contributory of course.  It’s that he’s not one of us. And whatever he is, his profile is fuzzy and devoid of content, like a cardboard cutout made from delaminated corrugated paper. Moreover, he doesn’t command our respect and is unable to appeal to our own common sense. His notions of right and wrong are repugnant and how things work just don’t add up. They are not existential. His descriptions of the world we live in don’t make sense and don’t correspond with our experience.”

It’s begining to look a lot like much more then Obama’s speeches but Obama’s entire foreign policy is bad.  Let’s count the following way’s Obama’s foreign policy is turning out bad:

• His silly blunders like giving bad gifts to the English Prime Minister are of course well documented.
• His failure to gather support for his Afgan initiative in Europe (one among many failures) really started things off badly though.
• Then next thing we know Obama’s Buddy Hugo Chavez is helping Iran.
• Russia slows up the buying of our Treasury bills right when we need it the most (I guess the badly translated gifts to Russia didn’t help us much there).
• North Korea’s great opportunity for Obama is quickly disintegrating into a mesh of failure.
• Iran re-elects (not like their elections are free to begin with) a nut job anti-freedom, anti-American, anti-semitic, nuclear bomb loving “president” (read: figure head for Ali Khamenei).

This brief list is just a taste of Obama’s failures.  Keep in mind he’s only had 6 months or so in office so we’re just getting started.  Once countries like China and Russia use their lap dogs like North Korea and Iran to truly test out Obama by trampling our views, making nuclear weapons, and laughing all the way to the bank then the world will know Obama’s full ineptness at foreign policy, his weakness, the lack of resolve of America, and our own moral decay at not standing up for ourselves and our allies.  It is then we are going to be in for some serious hurt.  I wonder if he’ll get ANYTHING right in foreign policy before it’s over.  He needs to hide in the White House and keep his mouth shut for rest of his time in office before he winds up getting us into WWIII.   This guy is a serious DANGER!!!

However, nothing about the culture and content of Islamhas changed.   President Obama could have achieved the same result without prostituting himself before Islam and being so overtly multicultural and multilateral as to so obscenely denigrate the West.

What are your thoughts? Did his speech help this election? Was his demagoguery needed? Is the West ready like Obama to submit to Islam?

However, the speech was so full of lies and junk the analysis of it is pretty easy.  I don’t know what other’s are saying but I look forward to hearing other analysis.  As this speech misrepresented many facts and was dangerous to America and freedom.  His opening was nice and could have been said by anybody.  A very pretty way to proceed with any speech regardless of content.

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.

Immediately though the speech develops severe intellectual problems.

We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.

The centuries of co-existence and cooperation were only when Islam was under European protectorets.  As for colonialism this has never been something done by America and the difficulties with Islam are not due to “colonialism”.   Also, the shear historical weight of these conflicts in a historical timeline are carried by the Muslim world.  Iran for example has repaid us for using them as a Cold War proxy with 30+ years of terrorism even after this has been repaired.  But Obama’s speech appears to give equal weight to all things.  As for “the West” being “hostile to the traditions of Islam” this is actually true when one looks at their superiority belief, their treatment of non-belivers, their treatment of women, their treatment of Apostates, and their views on Jihad.  To deny this is to lend creduality to these ideologies.

But it doesn’t stop with this. Obama continues to misinform and spew arrogent and dangerous lies that lend credibility to dangerous ideologies and which sideline those like myself that fight for the future freedom of our lives and our posterity.

Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This has bred more fear and mistrust.

As I’d pointed out in my analysis of Islam Obama is dangerously lying to the world here when he says it is a “small minority of Muslims”.   Anybody that considers a small group of people to be between 300 million and 600 million small should have their head examined.  Further, the term extremist avoids acknowledging what we are up against.  Extremists could be anybody.  Usually Jihadist Islamic extremists average around 3 killing attacks a day on civilian/non-military targets on the day of Obama’s speech killing attacks increased by 133% which is well documented.  These extremists hold an ideology from which they are taught comes from their religious text.  This ideology is Jihadist Islam, not extremism.   I’m a right-wing extremists as once defined by the Department of Homeland Security.   An extremist is defined as a person outside of a political or social center.  So, here Obama risks either making everybody an “extremist” or making nobody and “extremist” and therefore lending credability to Jihadists as they are grouped in a broad category.

What is truely mind blowing to me is when Obama continues by saying:

So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

The difference that defines Islam and the west is that Islam holds it’s constituents to be unfallen and superior to others.  As it was founded and cannonzied in the height of it’s power it is deeply rooted in a belief of the sword and triumph over their enemies it lacks a basic tenant of love for one’s enemies and caries with it justifications for Jihad.  Therefore, as long as the moderates are silent and America slowly hangs itself on the lies and political correctness of our politicians Islam is the one that is defining things by differences and not America.  Why then is an American President saying this it needs to be the Islamic leaders in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, etc that  are coming out saying these types of things to us. 

Obama further tries to lift up Islam with lies

I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

Notice how he proceeds the lies above with flowery speech.  The principles of Justice between Sharia law and our law do not share very many principles.  Our law calls for equality, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc.  Sharia law calls for this for Muslims not non-believers. Even Obama’s press escorts in Saudi Arabia were forced to Dhimmi status on this Middle East trip.  Islam is not tolerant of non-believers and it has never been.  These are not characteristics of Islam Obama is lying to Islam trying to give grounds and lend credibility to “extremists”.

While the following is mostly true (except for the lie at the end) it ignores a very important historical component to why this was the case.

As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

Islam carried the light of learning in their “Golden Age” after the Caliphate had conquered most of the world by the sword defeating Christian Europe in the Second Crusade and defeating Mongol Asia culturally.  Islam was rich on the plunder of the world.  It also ignores how all of this was given in history.  And that modern Islam in the last 1,000 years had done virtually nothing.

Further, Obama takes a trip down the ridiculous path

I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.” And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They have fought in our wars, served in government, stood for civil rights, started businesses, taught at our Universities, excelled in our sports arenas, won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building, and lit the Olympic Torch. And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.

First, Islam hasn’t played a part in America’s “story” of any positive significance, while containing nearly a quater of the worlds population they’ve only won a fraction of the Nobel Prizes (look this up it’s almost sad).  Islam as a religion has been more at odds with the story of America then a part of it.  The pirates Jefferson had to fight, the terrorism of the last decade, the conquest of ancient Christendom, Hamas and Hezzbollah, Iran’s last 30 years of terrorism, etc.  So what, that Thomas Jefferson had a Koran (why does Obama call it Holy?), I have a copy as well.

But where Obama really crosses the line in my opinion is where he basically admits the perfection of Islam and while he isn’t at war against any type of Islamic Jihadist or even terrorism for that matter he is committed to fighting for Islam against negative sterotypes.  Yes, you heard that right in his speech. 

So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Obama is basically prostituting himself before Islam.  A political whore he perfects Islam as to having no “negative stereotypes” as being allowed for Islam.  He is prepared to fight for Islam against those that would place negative stereotypes on Islam.  Like the fact that 300 to 600 million Muslims are ok with the killing of civilians in a Jihadist nature being a “negative stereotype” I guess Obama takes their side finally?  For what is he prostituting himself?  America why does a whore like this have a popularity rate of 60%?

After his lies and his vow to fight for Islam he goes on to talk about the greatness of America as though our accomplishments and values stand on equal footing.  While equality is one thing America has done A LOT more in a lot less time.  This isn’t to say that Muslim’s couldn’t do the same thing they just haven’t.  So as Obama rant’s on the qualities of America he has also dragged them down in comparing a culture that has had 1400 years to do good and a culture that has had 200 years to do good.  His speech doesn’t fill me with pride but shame that he values America no more then he values Islamic achievement.  Notice he will not fight for those that stereotype American’s while he bows low in his vow to fight for the negative stereotypes of Islam, sad indeed.

But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: “Out of many, one.”

Obama goes on to pretend like he is tackling the difficult tensions between the West and Islam. 

That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.

Is he going to confront Islam’s religious doctrine of the unfallen nature of Adam and the fact that Islam was cannonized during the height of their power leading to psychological superiority and doctrinal view that can most likely only be changed through some serious cogniative dissonance and that has further leads to strength their sociological views of the oneness of church and state and therefore into their political views of the design for a global theocratic state, which has often been expressed through their historical views as historical determinism (i.e. Jihad).  Our will he address their doctrinal views of the rule non-Muslims play in their states and socieites.  Or perhaps he is going to take on the simple concept of how they treat Apostates in countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia.  Or instead he is going to be bold and tackle the concept of Jihad!

The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.

In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security. Because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people.

Oops! He ignored the source of tension.  Of course the killing of innocent people is wrong.  This is the result of the tension.  What about the source what is the “source of tension”.  After all it was Obama that said we needed to confront the “source of tension”.  His words not mine!  He must have lied.  Maybe he will address it in a minute…

The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America’s goals, and our need to work together. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity. I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.

Is this the “source of tension”?  He comes close by saying, “I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11.” but then backs of the “source of tension”.  How has al Qaeda, Hezzbollah, Hamas, etc been able to recruit nut job lunatics into their ranks? Why does Saudi Arabia spawn so many of these individuals? Why do 30-40% think the actions of these individuals are justifiable, what is the source for the up to 600 million Muslims being “ok” with this?  I guess Obama didn’t really intend to address the “source of tension”.  But he does need to excuse America’s action.  As though he has to justify our right to us defending ourselves, which I guess after whoring himself to Islam he might need to actually do.

Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We seek no military bases there. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict. We would gladly bring every single one of our troops home if we could be confident that there were not violent extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can. But that is not yet the case. 

He continues with this type of ignorant justification of war and obscene lifting up of the “Holy” Koran and Islam.  Until finally he get’s to say something about Iraq, while ignoring it’s successes and in affect apologizing for our actions by talking about the wisdom of diplomacy when we in fact entered a war.

Let me also address the issue of Iraq. Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world. Although I believe that the Iraqi people are ultimately better off without the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, I also believe that events in Iraq have reminded America of the need to use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: “I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”

Today, America has a dual responsibility: to help Iraq forge a better future – and to leave Iraq to Iraqis. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources. Iraq’s sovereignty is its own. That is why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq’s democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron.

Another “source of tension” is Israel.

The second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world.

He goes on to try and justify Israel and our relatinship and then to compare the Isrealies suffering to the Palistinians suffering.  I guess now the Jew’s are the modern day Nazi’s?!?!

America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable. It is based upon cultural and historical ties, and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied.

Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich. Six million Jews were killed – more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. Threatening Israel with destruction – or repeating vile stereotypes about Jews – is deeply wrong, and only serves to evoke in the minds of Israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve.

On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. They endure the daily humiliations – large and small – that come with occupation. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.

To compare the Palestinian’s suffering to Jewish suffering is pretty sad for a “student of history” as Obama claims he is…

Another “source of tension” is the fact we don’t want a bunch of Arab nations carrying nuclear weapons, that we value democracy, we respect women, and we value religous freedom.  I’m not going to address these except religous freedom.  Obama says,

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country. That is the spirit we need today. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.

Among some Muslims, there is a disturbing tendency to measure one’s own faith by the rejection of another’s. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld – whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.

Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. We must always examine the ways in which we protect it. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat.

Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit – for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.

Indeed, faith should bring us together. That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews. That is why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah’s Interfaith dialogue and Turkey’s leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action – whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster.

Islam has more of a proud tradition of not tolerating non-belivers so Obama again whore’s himself out with covering over the facts of history.  Then he points to King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue as something of religious freedom.  While Saudi Arabia is still one of the nations that Apostates can be killed for leaving Islam.  Why Obama is holding King Abdullah up as a beacon of Interfaith cooperation is really quite disgusting.

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort – a sustained effort – to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

Obama seems ready to lie to find common ground.  How lying to find common ground and actually finding true common ground would be different I don’t know.  I agree with what Obama says here, but I disagree that lying to find common ground is the right path to take and I don’t think prostituting oneself for Islam in order to call for peace is the right path to take.  I’m not yet ready like Obama is for America to become the wife of Islam.  Islam needs to make this sustained effort as well before we take this leap.  Telling by the Moderate Muslim’s silence at particular parts in Obama’s speech I’d say they are not yet ready for this “sustained effort”. 

Obama has dangerously sold America short and lifted up Islam.  He ignores the true “sources of tension” between the West and Islam while prostituting himself before them at our expense.

Here is President Obama’s speech…

Here is the text of the speech.

More to come on this very soon when I get some time for analysis.

Background

This article has been in the making for some time now.  What has prompted this post is a recent debate, which oddly started in a blog topic not at all related to the subject matter. For a little historical reference this debate can be read at the AmericanMissive.com. However, I intend to go into more depth here.

A cautionary note is also needed. This article is not intended to offend but it is also in no way politically correct. In fact, it is by it’s very nature politically incorrect.  Those of you that are like minded as I am may want to read a interesting speech on the subject of political correctness.  This topic flies in the face of political correctness because it deals directly with Islam, war, and culture.  Further, I recognize that if my beliefs were believed more broadly it would probably lead directly to more immediate bloodshed.  However, as is often the case with the difficult, waiting to solve a problem doesn’t make the problem’s solution any easier.

Finally, I will point out here that I recognize the difference between a people and an ideology.  In America we have the freedom to debate and argue back and forth.  At this time in this country there is no need or excuse for violence (although perhaps non-violent resistance is in order) of any type against those with a different ideology.  Those that carry out violence against Muslims in this country sicken me and will get what they deserve.  If in the history of man the ideology of Jihadist Islam comes to control our capitol, dictate our debate, or restrict in ANY way our freedoms perhaps strategies would have to change.

Summary

Islam was born out of war.  The often used term Jihad means struggle.  Islam comes to us for the last 1400 years carrying a sword.  We are therefore at war with a large portion of Islam (the religion not the people) whether this is open war, cold war, or a cultural war does not matter.  Further, Islam and the following theocratic governments in the Islamic world by their very nature are fascist.  It is for these reasons that I theorize Islam must be confronted in a very particular kind of way. It is my intention to outline my reasoned response to Islam which is a need for a response of the sword, the pen, and the economy.  Tomorrow President Obama will ignore the history of Islam.  He will deny it’s threat to the west and he will enhance their belief in the Muslim’s superiority.  He will cause neither change in the Islamic world nor wake the west out of their catatonic slumber.  He will ignore the warnings of history and further endanger our freedoms.

In the course of human history the powers that wage war for our hearts and minds take form on this earth in order to oppress the freedoms granted by God. In so doing only vigilance and sacrifice will secure us and our posterity from greater difficulty and threat of further separation from truth and freedom. Without vigilence and sacrifice lovers of truth and freedom (true freedom) will pay more dearly then ever.

“We are met together at a time when great exertions and a high constancy are required from all who cherish and sustain the Liberal cause. Difficulties surround us and dangers threaten from this side and from that. Exultant enemies are gathering: weak friends are nervous or disheartened. Voices are raised in counsels, both equally unwise, of impatience or of lassitude. From such a situation you may emerge triumphant, but to do that there will have to be, in leaders and in followers, shrewd clear plans of action, true stout-hearted comradeship, and unwearying determination.” – Winston Churchill

Islamic Fascism

The term Islamic Fascism is batted around today but seldom do I hear a speaker say this term in a way that implies they understand it’s roots; neither do I hear a response that reasonably refutes this term.  The common response to Islamic Fascism is that it is politically incorrect.  It is indeed unfair to compare somebody to Hitler or shoot out the term of fascism without thought.  It is so brutal an accusation as to easily close the ears of the more soft hearted.  However, to allow the debate to end because of soft-heartedness or political correctness is dangerous to say the least.  It takes reason, logic and fact out of the debate and without reason we are indeed doomed.

Fascism as a political movement (as opposed to economic fascism) is broadly defined (and oft debated) as a political movement that stirs a group through a belief in their superiority or the inferiority of others.  When this belief enters government a fascist state emerges. 

Islam is fascist in it’s nature.  While it holds provisions for non-believers (Jews, Christians and others) it requires of non-believers (dhimmis) to pay tribute to the Islamic state and openly acknowledge Muslim supremacy for personal safety (note nothing else; no rights or other liberties are granted).  These following legal, social and religious restrictions highlight non-believers inferiority.  As most Islamic nations are theocratic in nature these fascist type beliefs of inferiority and superiority are ingrained the State. 

Part of the reason why this is the case (in my opinion) is due to Islams views on psychology.  They believe Adam and Eve fell from the garden but that they were fully forgiven by Allah.  Therefore, unlike say Christianity man is unfallen creating a certain superiority of the Muslim here on earth.  This leads strength to their sociological views of the oneness of church and state and therefore into their political views of the design for a global theocratic state, which has often been expressed through their historical views as historical determinism (i.e. Jihad).

As a VERY important side note Christianity does not hold a superiority doctrine. Christianity states that Christ is the only way to heaven.  A Christian is saved by grace.  This grace or mercy shown by God does not in anyway make a Christian superior to a non-christian.  In fact, the Bible unlike the Qu’ran is quick to point out we are all sinners and therefore all equal.  It is my God that is superior not myself.  Further, currently we do not live in a politically fascist state (perhaps economically facist) and I would never support this.  I believe in the seperation of church and state. Religion should be an individual and personal thing and NOT a state thing.

Islam and the many Islamic states that are fasicst therefore pose a very dangerous and a very unique threat.  Thankfully or unfortunately depending on timing and perspective we have historical examples of fascist states and how the battle is waged and won against such dangerous ideological foes. 

A Little History 

Islam was born of the sword.  Mohammad was financial oppressed and early on in his “struggle” he and his followers made war against other Arabs that were making their financial trade difficult. 

He waged war for 8 years until his death.  In context the final 8 years of his 22 Qu’ranic years were in war.  Nearly 50% of the prophets time was at war.  Compare all other major religions of the world and find one that was written in so much bloodshed.  Only Judaism comes close until one factors in the centuries of nomadic peaceful life and oppressed slavery whether in Egypt or by the Romans to name a few. 

It is obvious Islam was born of the sword and is dangerously unique in this way.  Further, Islam has shown it’s true nature for 1400 years going directly from Mohammad’s war-faring ways to the Caliphate and subsequent “Golden Years” of Islam to piracy and now to terrorism. Please, take a minute to look at how deep and wide the Caliphate spread Islam in this 90 second quality multimedia production it’s important to watch a least up to 1200 AD (45 seconds or so).

At the end of the reign of the Caliphate and the “Golden Age” of Islam it had spread over much of ancient Christendom encroaching into Christian Europe and Mongol Asia.  Put simply Islam was taking over the world.

This brings me to a second important side point.  Often the blame for Islam’s modern hate of the West is pointed at the Crusades. Don’t believe the hype!  This is often just an easy target for the anti-Christian to attack Christianity.  By 1200 AD Islam was a serious threat to Christian Europe  as it had conquered all of Ancient Christendom and encroached on Europe via the Iberian peninsula (modern day Spain).  It also wasn’t just Christian Europe that was threatened but Mongol Asia as well (as an aside Mongol Asia was all but completely defeated culturally by Islam). 

The Crusades were not unprovoked attacks on a benign and hapless peaceful people but a response to a very real threat.  It wasn’t until the black plague ravaged the Islamic Caliphate that Islams power dissipated and was subsequently placed under various European protectorates.  If it hadn’t been for the black plague we may very well be living in a very different world.  Saladin defeated Europe in the Second Crusades (Note: Watch the movie Kingdom of Heaven for a fun little history lesson) and the balance of power by my estimation had all but tipped in the favor of Islam.

The Modern Threat

Here in Christian America we are asleep at the helm.  Islam is conquering the world once again and at the current growth rate of Islam my grandchildren will be Muslim before they reach their life expectancy (2096).

 But what if the world population continues to slow it’s growth (as it has been doing lately) and what if Islam continues to advance it’s growth (as it has been doing) by only half for the world population and only 1% for Islamic growth(conservative assumptions):

Then you and me, my kids, and my grand kids will all be Muslims before we die.  Please, note I didn’t do any trending on the data so it could be slightly worse then what I predict here (or better although I used conservative assumptions).  I used the most conservative growth rates for Islam and started Islam at a lower population then some analysts have Islam at currently.  The following are where I obtained my data:

Islamic Population and Growth: http://www.religioustolerance.org/growth_isl_chr.htm 

World Population and Growth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_growth

Culturally Islam is winning.  Take for example the fall of Europe in it’s many various forms and most recently the fall of the freedom of speech in England.   Yet, while England and Europe face conquest by Islam by refusing to confront it directly and therefore conceding the fight they still are under heavy attack.

The dangers of political correctness hampering the argument are a serious problem.  I wrote about it recently as the United States has foiled one terrorist plot after another this year.  Not only the plot in New York but the plot in Chicago are important to note.  It gives us a perspective on the cultural battle.  You have to read so deep into the articles and really pay attention to find out that these are actually Muslim Terrorists.  This is Islam attacking us.  Yet our media seems to try and hide the fact we are at war with Jihadist Islam.  Our leaders call Islam a “religion of peace” and pronounce “We are not at war with Islam.”  Yet a large portion of Islam is at war with the world. 

Please note the above number doesn’t include combat related fighting but only deadly terrorist attacks (therefore, reducing the above number by taking out fighting attacks and non-deadly attacks).  While a good number of these terrorist attacks are taking place in Iraq and Afghanistan currently there are attacks taking place in Israel, Gaza, Pakistan, Thailand, India, Chad, Philippines, Somalia, Chechnya, Jordan, and Algeria just to name a few of the most common over the last couple months.   This leads me to ask what are our leaders are thinking when the do and say the following things:

• President Bush’s claim that Islam is a religion of peace when it is a religion of the Sword as much as anything else.
• President Obama’sstatements that we are “not at war with Islam” when much of Islam is at war with the West and has been for 1400 years. 
• President Obama’s bow to the King of Saudi Arabia, which is a sign of submission and fealty.
• President Obama preparing to give the Palestinians $900 million in aid (as Bush also did). When this Government report from the GAO raises some concerns about Obama funding terrorism.

Not only are our leaders doing this we are doing it to ourselves. 

“If global oil dependence (“The Petroleum Economy”) continues at over 85 million barrels per day, and the price of oil remains around $50 per barrel, the global economy will pay out over 1.5 trillion dollars per year for oil. With 40¢ of every dollar going to OPEC, Islamic nations will take in about 600 billion dollars per year from the oil they sell.” – American Energy Independence

It would be one thing if we were using that oil to produce and then be thrifty with that money we make from production but we aren’t.  We’re squandering it on bailing out Wall Street, bad mortgage loans to people who can’t afford homes, forcing credit card companies to lend to poor payers, and bailing out bad car companies.  Then on-top of the government squandering our money our companies are doing the same thing (why the need for bailouts if this wasn’t the fact).  Companies have been raising their debt-to-equity ratios for two decades and going. And ontop of the government and corporations doing this individuals are doing it too (why the need for “stimulus” money and new credit card laws).   Suffice it to say we’re selling ourselves into slavery.

Seriousness of the Threat

It is my understanding there are quite a few religious leaders even among Sunni that support the concept of Jihad. Also, it is my understanding among Sharia Law and Islamic jurisprudence that the meaning of Jihad is warfare against non-Muslims. Sunni and Shi’a Muslims make up the majority of the 1.6 to 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide and while not all leading Muslim authorities preach Jihad their is a large enough portion that preach it worldwide as to greatly endanger the world. Taking from a 2006 PEW research poll and estimating that somewhere between 20-40% are ok with attacks on civilians at least sometimes or rarely this is still in the hundreds of millions that are ok with the concept of Jihad.  Hundreds of million is a serious threat.  With Jihad Islam racking up over a hundred kills (non-combat) a day across the world this problem is serious.  I suppose with the hundreds of millions of Muslims who are ok with the concept of Jihad we are lucky the number isn’t much larger.

In the United States if somebody kills somebody because “God told them to do it” they are mentally unstable. Islam’s mentally unstable rate seems to be very high.  Simple examples of this are how can the Palestinian people elect Hamas? How can the people of Iran and Syria tolerate their leaders?  How are moderate Islamic nations responding to the threat?

I believe as long as the following conditions exist Jihadist Islam poses a clear and present danger:

• Denying the individual the freedom of choice to leave Islam
• The concept of Jihad and various calls to violence through out Islamic text
• The psychological belief of unfalleness
• The belief in Muslim superiority
• The silence of moderate nations against the previous four points
• The missing concept of love for one’s enemies

The Solution

Unfortunately, much of the Islamic moderate world is not doing much of anything to counter act Jihadist Islam, whether out of fear or due to the difficulty in mounting a counter argument it appears the the religious and state leaders throughout the Middle East are as complacent as China was against the rise of fascist Japan, as Europe was to the fall of Albania to fascist Italy, and when Germany annexed Austria at the turn of the last century. 

I have a difficult time, though I search,  finding great Islamic leaders calling for the expulsion of Jihadist concepts from the Islamic texts, or a denunciation of Muslim superiority, or most importantly a scriptural call for Muslims to love their enemies.  Instead the Islamic leadership appears ready to continue to “ride the tiger” of national sentiments in order to maintain their power and wealth.

So what then is the solution.  Do we sit ideally by and let Islam conquer the world therefore strengthening their view of superiority and the value of Jihadist revolution?  Or should we act in the face of evil to secure freedom for us and our posterity?  I believe we should act.  Fortune forever favors the bold and the brave. 

The theortical solution prepose is three-fold.  It is the sword, the pen and the wallet.

The Wallet

First, we must change our primary economic structures to enable the land of the free to have even greater economic freedom and to be competitive on the world stage.  We must move away from oil dependence and towards future oil independence.  Therefore, economic policies should be two fold taxation changes and energy changes.  As this is neither a post on energy policy or economic policy I’ll remain brief here even though this is of utmost importance.  Energy independence primarily will come through unleashing the power of human ingenuity and entrepreneurial expansion.  But nothing should be left off the table including American oil expansion, alternative energies, and very importantly nuclear energy.  Currently, we seem only capable of trying to come up with a forced alternative even though most innovation historically is not forced. 

As for true economic reform this comes in the form of taxation.  Currently, our convoluted, oppresive and counter-productive tax structure is a mess.  The 16th Amendment must be repealed and a new system should be designed.  It should be comprehensive and replace the current tax structure in a way the encourages thrift as opposed to squandering by taxing spending, not income and by taxing luxary, not investing and savings.  It should still provide protection in a progressive type of nature to ensure no American pays taxes on spending up to the poverty level and it should provide for dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality.  It should be easily implemented and administered.  It should be fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent in order to truly unleash economic liberty by allowing workers to keep their paychecks, retirees to keep their pensions, create fair global competition, bring absolute transparency and accountability to tax policy and close all loopholes bring fairness in taxation.

The only way to bring this about is through our vote.  Politicians will not bring this change as they are indebted to K-Street lobbiest that buy bailouts, tax rebates, and much more.  A fair tax policy would turn K-Street into a ghost town overnight and they know it.   This is an internal battle we must have amongst ourselves but in order to win the war against Jihadist Islam we cannot be slaves to debt and cowardice internally.

The Sword

Let me say that the way to fully win the war against Jihadist Islam is not fully military, but the military must play a role in this war.  Iraq was a strong first step but it must be followed up.  Winning the war starts at home (primarily in our economic structure but also in our culture as well), but due to the passive complacent nature of the world and moderate Islam it must also be confronted in their capitol’s.  Culturally (i.e. winning by the pen) dropping books on a culture that is oppressed by current Shri’a law and either their complacent governments or oppressive theocratic regimes will not bring change.

Iraq was a strong first step and a great target of opportunity.  Having a democratically elected government that provides for a level of freedom and choice to it’s people should provide the opportunity for a culture to evolve (if it ever will).  Helping establish a free Iraq that can translate it’s own books and integrate a broader culture into itself to me is one of the best bets to make and something VERY justifiable for the long term stability of the U.S. (I’m talking decades down the road if not centuries here). Of course perhaps it fails, perhaps it works, or perhaps it even backfires but the Islamic Jihad culture never evolves.  Jihadist Islam will not evolve of it’s own 1400 years and counting is proof enough. It has great abilities to with stand cognative dissonance and currently it has very little cognative dissonance.

The #1 Principle of Warfare as pointed out so aptly by Neapoleon is that a battle is never one on the defense. It is much better to try to defend ourselves and push change onto Islamic Jihad then it is to wait for Islamic Jihad to come change us by the sword.  Of course democracy is not always the antidote.  Palestine did elect Hamas.  However, what we must defeat is the view that Muslims are superior.  We must defeat this concept on the battlefield in order to open the minds so they seek alternatives to this view on a logical level.  Our advantage is we have the pen AND the sword. Islam has only a sword.

It is important to point out that even though Iraq was a strong start just because we “liberate” the country doesn’t mean we have won the war.

Vast amounts of research has shown that the most dangerous time for a soldier or a police officer is when the battle is won or the criminal is arrested. The soldier and police officer are trained for warfare or a gun fight – they know how to handle this. After the battle is when it becomes dangerous or when the criminalin the back of the car has had time to let reality sink in. Great bodies of evidence show the advantage of counter-strikes and injured policemen as they lead the criminal up the steps of the jail. Our guard is down.   If we think setting up a democracy is the only step we need to take we are in trouble. I don’t think our militaries guard is down though they are building hospitals, schools, libraries, and many things in Iraq let’s hope it works.  The cost of freedom is vigilence! As long as the idea of “Americanism” is an ideal based on truth, liberty and justice no “anti-Americanism” should be tolerated because all it takes for the evil and unjust to succeed is for the good to do nothing. Why would we tolerate evil?

One of the greatest modern military strategists was Alfred Mahan who served in the Civil War and later wrote broadly on navel military strategy. His ideologies influenced much of our navel fleet prior to WWI and enabled us to have a strong upper hand in that war (he is still studied broadly today at the navel academy). Alfred was the person that originally termed the phrase “Middle East”. One of his most famous sayings was

War once declared must be waged offensively, aggressively! The enemy must not be fended off, but smitten down.

However, it is important to realize you can’t “fight” people into liking you. You can fight people into thinking about the benefits of the ideologies they hold though.  One of the MOST famous strategist who helped in the defeat of Neopolean was Carl von Clausewitz a Prussian who went to Russia to work to defeat Neopleon he had three keys to conducting the offensive actions of war:

(a) To conquer and destroy the armed power of the enemy;

(b) To take possession of his material and other sources of strength, and

(c) To gain public opinion.

Now, I’m not an expert but I study this stuff for business. I’ve been studying Sun Tzu and the minds that have followed him since high school. It is my understanding that these principles in coordination with another principle are in order of importance.  Notice the third principle.  How does one gain public opinion?

Clausewitz theorized that to gain public opinion one had to win great victories (shock and awe, not his words but it does correlate) and one had to occupy the enemies capitol. Now, I understand that Bagdad isn’t the capitol of Islam so we’re kind of in a different realm here but it is a first step I think.  It is important that we continue to take the fight to Jihadist Islam including Iran, Afganistan, and Syria. 

We should also demand of moderate Islamic nations to do the same internally.  America doesn’t tolerate the neo-Nazi or the KKK they are scorned in our media and our public.  Moderate Islam should not tolerate Jihadist Islam, the Muslim superiority belief, they should refute the apostacy doctrine of Islam (i.e. death in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran), and create a scriptural call for the love of ones enemies.  However, only a focus on economic thrift and expanded energy policy would enable us to demand change without the fear of sacrificing oil and therefore our economic well-being.  Currently, it appears we will choose the easy route of selling ourselves slowly into slavery.  However, taking an outside-in view would probably be the only way to force change upon ourselves which is to say act first and “become the change” (Ghandi) you want to be.

Further, I theorize that in defeating fasiscm controlling the capitol is more critical then in a war over resources or territory or some such tangible thing. WWII being a prime example of this necessity. Germany didn’t fall until the very end and Japan, well, we didn’t occupy the capitol we had to do something much harder and worse.

Why is this? Think about the root of fascism it is seated in a belief that their ideology or race or whatever is superior and because of this they can’t be defeated. The only way to defeat fasicsm therefore is to completely defeat the enemy as long as they stand their “ideology” is self-fulfilling. It won’t self defeat because it is rooted in it’s belief of superiority. It is not based on reason. You can’t culturally debate it until you physically defeat it and they are forced to look for a reason for their defeat. They must be first forced to conclude that ideologically the Muslim is not superior to the non-Muslim.  Until they are forced out of their comfort zone they cannot and will not self correct.  I am not aware of any historical context of a fascist belief being defeated with reason as it is by it’s nature culturally superior.

 The Pen

The Islamic world has only translated something like 10,000 books into Arabic in the last century.  While the entire country of Spain does this many books into Spanish every couple of years and English, well, we won’t even go their.  Islamic nations need to be fighting hate and illogical fascism with ideological free thinking.  Building schools and libraries is critical to our success in Iraq.  But it is something that the Islamic world needs to be taking up on it’s own.  It should be encouraging free thinking, free reading, and a balanced liberal education.  Liberal arts are the study of broad subjects.  Currently, Arab countries focus primarily on strong religious education and not on broader comprehensive worldview education and other various subjects.  Starting a modern rebirth of thinking in Islam will be hard to stimulate but by defeating the ideology of Jihad and superiority held by many Muslims they can be forced into open out-of-the-box thinking that is drastically needed. 

 In the meanwhile, we should be supporting institutes like the American Univeristy in Kuwait and in Lebanon for example.  It is also important that we provide what assistance we can to help with the liberal education of those throughout the Middle East.  We should take interest in our Muslim brothers political leaders and support those that stand for openness, freedom, equality, and the love of one’s enemies. 

Thankfully and confusingly enough, the Qu’ran is not a closed book Allah is “open to all types of plans”.  It’s own text allows for editing and adjustments over time.  The Muslims can change their religious text if they so desire.  What is confusing to me is why this has not yet been done. 

My Dire Concern

I put this to warning to the world.  IF Islam was ever able to unite again under a common banner (al la, a new Salidin or Mohammed) we would be in serious trouble.  Bin Laden of course thought that this would be him; thankful it wasn’t.  There is even Christian Theological debate that holds that Islam will be united under something similar to a modern day Caliphate in accordance with Christian religous prophecy.  At the growth rate of Islam perhaps my dire concern will be visited upon the world sooner rather then later.  Jihadist Islam must be confronted now waiting only will broaden not lessen the problem.

In Conclusion

Jihadist Islam counting for hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide is at war with the west.  They are a threat to our freedom and culture.  President Obama will be speaking to the Islamic world tomorrow will he call for revolution, will he express his concern for their treatment of those that are inferior to them, will he challenge their leadership to expand on liberal education, will he call for the moderates to stop sitting on the sidelines and confront Jihadist and superiority extremism, will he challenge their religious leaders to seek out scriputural support for the love of enemies, or will apologize for the West’s failure to “understand” Islam and in so doing feed their belief in superiority and Jihad? 

We must focus on internal change ourselves, we must confront evil illogical reason on the battlefield when it holds deadly intent, and we and our peace loving Muslim brothers must take up the pen against tyranny, fascism, and the hate of our enemies.

Candidate Obama promised to deliver a major speech to the Muslim world from a Muslim capital. On June 4, President Obama will make good on that promise in Cairo.

via Obama’s small Muslim world.

I will be delivering an article tomorrow outlining where we find ourselves and what we should do about it.  Then we can read how Obama will stab us all in the back in his speech which I will analyze.

It appears President Obama is being a coward and hedging his bet.  President Obama’s government will be the single largest voting right in the company.   As the leading board member in the corporation they will be responsible for hiring and firing the right CEO, monitoring the CEO’s results, working with any internal auditors, and much more. 

While he appologizes  to us in his speech today for forcing us all to sacrifice for the “good of future generations”.   He is apparently not wanting to be responsible for the results of GM.  If GM flops five years from now and is a marginal car company that has not paid back the taxpayers of this country history will view Obama as an abject failure in regards to this policy.   

The Democrats and Obama that support this action should own it.  Obama and Democrats are responsible for the results of GM since they’ve forced me to invest in this company. 

Today General Motors sits at $0.88 per share.  Let’s see what type of ROI DEMOCRATS deliver.

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UPDATE (6/2/09):

The government is investing $50 billion into GM. Shares outstanding are 610 million. He says they are buying a 60% ownership in GM. Sixty percent of 610 million is 366 million shares. 366 million shares for $50 billion is $136.48 PER SHARE. Again today the stock is trading at 69 pennies.

I guess Obama thinks he can achieve a 19,799.39% return on his “investment” (read money stolen from tax payers) JUST TO BREAK EVEN. We’ll see. Those Obama supports should be buying up GM stock if they think Obama is telling the truth when he says, “5 years until the stock trades at $136.48 per share.”

UPDATE (6/3/2009): GM Stock is now traded over the pink sheets and has been delisted.  Perhaps a year or so it will return to the stock market and we’ll see how it trades and how quickly democrats will get their “investement” (read money stolen from tax payers) back.