Malcolm Hedges
It is already here but “the powers that be” refuse to admit it!
The bubbling “World War III” instigated by Radical Islamists publicly vowing to again rule the world will exacerbate the dire straits of the USA if the BDO* regime remains in power. The BDO regime refuses to actually address or fight against the Radical Islamists all aspects of the intelligence and military have been hamstrung by politically correct regulations and rules.
Afghanistan is an exercise in programmed futility while Africa and much of the Middle East is being overrun with Radical Islamist thugs.
Iraq might be able to survive as a “half-a**ed” Democratic Republic if the people and the government have the will to reject Radical Islam. Pakistan is very fragile and subject to collapse at any time.
Iran is the “point-man” for the Radical Islamist grand scheme. Until such time as that regime is decimated Radical Islam will continue to spread far and wide. Iran is the financier of much of the operations with Saudi Arabia close behind promoting Wahhabism worldwide(2). ”...the Government enforces a strict and conservative version of Salafi/Wahhabi Islam. Muslims who do not follow the official interpretation, can face severe repercussions at the hands of Mutawwa’in (religious police).”(3)
“Radical Islam vs. Islam"(4) is a revealing piece: ”Partly because of the timidity of the West, these radicals have gained influence. Some regimes protect them. Some apparently even sponsor them. Many leaders in the West, bereft of and often hostile to their own Christian roots, have patronizingly assumed that radical violence was an essential part of the Islamic faith. Our own weak responses have helped to legitimate those whom Islam fought so earnestly to rid itself of at its beginning. If we have respect for ourselves, if we have respect for Islam, we can no longer tolerate the evil they represent. Two civilizations hang in the balance.”
Below from ”Combating the Ideology of Radical Islam”:
“Nowadays, Americans are likely to hear one of three replies to the question, “Who is the enemy?” The first reply—"terrorists"—is the Bush administration’s response, which insists that there is no connection between Islam and terrorism. According to this view, Islam is a religion of peace, and violence in its name is a perversion of the true religion.
The second reply - “Muslims” - holds that the enemy is Islam itself. This view, once barely articulated, has gained ground since September 11, with prominent spokesmen and book-length arguments. It is especially strong among Evangelical Christians.
A third and better reply is that the enemy is Islamism, a terroristic version of Islam. Islamism is the totalitarian root of the problem; terrorism is only a symptom, an instrument of war used by Islamists to achieve their objectives. Once these facts are understood, it becomes clear that the struggle is ultimately one of ideas and armies, not of law enforcement or religion. As in World War II or the Cold War, the ideological enemy has to be defeated, followed by a rebuilding of the societies in which the ideology took hold.”
Islamism is an ideology with a much broader reach than radical terrorists have. An Islamist is anyone who believes, and actively attempts to implement, the notion that the Qur’an and the tradition of the Hadith should be used to help guide the way societies and governments are run. This definition includes a large spectrum of Muslims, from Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) supporters to Osama bin Laden. The Islamist movement is growing and diversifying rapidly, embracing more and more people with vastly different views of what Islam should be.(5)
Radicals of all flavors are intrinsically despotic and tyrannical. The Radical Islamist preys upon inherently impressionable weak people with a lemming mentality. No matter the title radical agendas are cultish or cult-like demanding blind obedience and worship of the elitists that operate and promote them.
Yes, World War III is here but “the powers that be” refuse to admit it! It is because “the powers that be” are actually radicals that are more interested in their operations and short term power than such obscure concepts as national security or sovereignty.
Unless thing change very soon the winner of World War III will have won by default of the enemy! The “West” refuses to acknowledge the threat and so the Radical Islamists are running free to do what they will and wish.
Malcolm T. Hedges
* Barack “Doublespeak” Obama
1) cusp: a point of transition(as from one historical period to the next)
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabi
3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
4) http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/forte/01/islam.html
