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This is just a ‘natural’ defense against the Bangladeshi Budhist’s imperialist politics around the world…
October 4, 2012 — xanthippaThoughts on Omar Khadr’s repatriation
October 2, 2012 — xanthippaWell, well, well.
The chickens have come home to roost.
Or something like that!
It seems like the vast majority of the media is jubilant over Omar Khadr’s return to Canada – in stark contrast to the polls of actual Canadian people, the vast majority of whom opposed his repatriation. He killed an American medic, he was sentenced in America – why should Canadian taxpayers foot the bill for his jail time and rehabilitation?
And the cost of rehabilitation will be high!
Not counting the ten million he is suing Canada for, that is…
Because this 5 times war criminal is unrepentant and more militant than ever. He is a racist, misogynistic bigot who is hell-bent on using any means available to him – including violence and propaganda – to wage jihad against us, non-Muslims.
We know this because he openly says so.
No, not to the media and the useful idiots from the consular office – but he says it nonetheless.
He boasts of having killed Americans.
He says his best days were when he was manufacturing roadside bombs and planting them, to blow up our and allied military personnel.
And he is proud of having cold-bloodedly murdered a medic – not in the heat of a battle, but while the unarmed medic was attempting to render him medical assistance!
Forget the lie so often repeated in the media that he is a ‘child soldier’ – he is not. Not according to either the spirit or the letter of the law, which is very specific in its definition of the legal term ‘child soldier’. But I have ranted on that in the past…
What is important now is how we will deal with this hardened terrorist in our midst: will we pretend that he is just another petty criminal who can be rehabilitated through education, or will we recognize the clear and present danger he poses to us all?
He had, after all, committed treason by taking up arms against our and allied forces.
It’s right there, in our criminal code.
The only reasonable course of action is for him to be charged and tried under that law because if the laws are not applied equally to everyone, the very foundation of our society will be undermined.
Flag-burning: OK, let’s!
September 21, 2012 — xanthippaBurning a flag is a very clear way of sending a message: fuck you and the horse you rode in on!
Or, for the more dainty among us: we reject you and what you represent.
OK, fair enough.
Except the hose bit – cruelty to animals is never OK.
The sentiment, however, is validly expressed by the burning of the flag that represents the despised ‘rider’.
Sure, it is not a pleasant sight to see the symbol of one’s culture (and, by extension, values) so unambiguously rejected. But, that is rather the point, isn’t it!
As is burning someone in effigy: it is an unambiguous rejection of who they are and what they stand for.
As a political statement, flag-burning is not only a valid form of expression, it is one that must be protected at all costs, whether it is directed at us, our allies or our enemies. Regardless of whoose jimmies it rustles!
What is not valid is violence against actual people and property damage (unless, of course, it is your property you are damaging – then that is your business entirely)!
For clarity’s sake – raping and murdering a country’s ambassador falls into the ‘not OK’ category…it being an act of war and all. As is raiding a foreign embassy, ripping down their flag and putting yours in its place. After all, every embassy is legally the soil of the country of that embassy, so using violent means to enter the embassy grounds and replacing its country’s flag with your own quite literally means the conquering of a part of that country’s sovereign territory and annexing it to your political entity, as symbolized by your flag.
In other words, storming an embassy and replacing its flag with your own is also an unequivocal declaration of war.
Pretending otherwise is past naive. It is criminally negligent or actively complicit or a host of other unpleasant things, but it is past even wilfully naive.
Luckily, you and I are not the people who have to make the call about what is an appropriate response to an act of war – against your country (if you are an American) or that of your allies (if you are part of the Western World) – we are just the people who will have to live with the aftermath of whatever decisions those in power will make.
And, this is certain: whether you are an American, a Westerner or live in another part of the world – whatever the response (or lack thereof) is, you and I will have to live through the consequences.
A war has been declared.
Whether or not those in power send it the troops (literally or figuratively), it is happening…
What is within our power, however, is to let our leaders know what our opinions are.
In order to do that, in order for the mesage to cut through the clatter and chatter, in order for it not to be misunderstood or misinterpreted, the message has to be clear, visible and unequivocal.
I suggest that at all the anti-Islamism protests planned in the Western world, we include the burning of the Islamist flag.
Remember, this flag does not represent Islam in general: it represents exclusively political Islam.
And, as it was the flag raised over the US Embassy in Egypt, it is fair comment to burn it here, during our protests, in order to send the clear and unambiguous message that we rejcect it and what it represents.
After all, flag-burning is a message that is understood by all.
It’s about time we started sending it!
John Robson on the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens
September 14, 2012 — xanthippaWhat he said…
September 11th is a day for mourning…
September 11, 2012 — xanthippa…no matter how much the political elites and the inteligentsia want to twist the message…
Canada expels Iranian diplomats, closes embassy in Iran
September 7, 2012 — xanthippa
It seems that those predicting that violence will come from the Iranian regime while the Americans are bogged down in an election campaign may be more correct than any of us wish.
This is a sign of bad things happening…
A few hours of lectures by Stephen Coughlin on our ineptitude on ‘the war on terror’
September 3, 2012 — xanthippaYes, this lecture series is a little long – but very, very informative.
If you have read the Koran and the Hadith, and if you are familiar with Shariah, you will be impressed by the depth of Stephen Coughlin’s background knowledge – but there is still a lot of new material there for you because he draws the connections between the beliefs rooted (rightly or wrongly, but demonstrably held by the majority of pro-Sharia Muslims worldwide) in these and the decision-making and behaviour of Islamic political entities.
For example, he is one of the few people to have predicted the ‘Arab Spring’ months before it happened and accurately described it as a Muslim Brotherhood-driven action. He also accurately predicted other events many had considered ‘unpredictible’ – and in this lecture series, he walks us through the steps that made the events predictable.
If you are unfamiliar with the underlying doctrine, Stephen Coughlin provides an accurate grounding in their belief system and demonstrates its doctrinal roots. He also explains the very different concepts meant by Islamic political bodies when they use terms we consider familiar: words like ‘human rights’ (Sharia), ‘terrorism’ (killing of a Muslim without Sharia approval), and ‘freedom’ (freedom from ‘the laws of man’ in favour of the laws from Allah alone), ‘religion’ (Islam and Islam alone as Muhammad’s revelations abrogated all other religions) and more.
What is quite appalling, however, is his description of the depth of willful ignorance of all this by the politically correct decisionmakers who are directing the ‘war on terror’… His frustration is plainly visible and his Cassandra complex and the accompanying frustration are, at times, palpable.
Yet, it is precisely this willful ignorance among our decisionmakers and intellectual elites poses a clear and present danger to protecting our culture, our society and our very basic human rights.
Stephen Coughlin, Part 1: Lectures on National Security & Counterterror Analysis (Introduction)
Stephen Coughlin, Part 2: Understanding the War on Terror Through Islamic Law
Stephen Coughlin, Part 3: Abrogation & the ‘Milestones’ Process
Stephen Coughlin, Part 4: Muslim Brotherhood, Arab Spring & the ‘Milestones’ Process
Stephen Coughlin, Part 5: The Role of the OIC in Enforcing Islamic Law
July 28, 2012 — xanthippa
Here is a professor of international law, explaining the terms that regularly crop up with respect to Omar Khadr.
This is important, because legal terms are narrow in their scope and if we don’t understand them correctly, we cannot have a meaningful discussion on any topic these terms refer to.
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