tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post3795122980438767901..comments2023-04-11T09:46:53.479+00:00Comments on anticant's arena: Worrying - and not surprisinganticanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-20001121934716534552007-03-07T02:02:00.000+00:002007-03-07T02:02:00.000+00:00I've been hammering the US government on this very...I've been hammering the US government on this very issue in recent posts -- just got done with another one regarding Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>By the way -- I linked to you! Excellent blog!Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-42813987007223546252007-03-06T12:41:00.000+00:002007-03-06T12:41:00.000+00:00What's even more worrying is that no-one in office...What's even more worrying is that no-one in office in the West seems to WANT to stop them - certainly not Bush or Blair, who count the Saudi princes as their dearest Muslim friends. Blair's halting the BAeS corruption/Saudi slush fund investigation as "against the public interest" speaks volumes. If, as the article I reposted suggests, the Saudis are now in cahoots with al-Qaeda, the unfolding scenario is nightmarish. [My belief, in fact, is that they always were.]anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-55704238948028350042007-03-06T11:42:00.000+00:002007-03-06T11:42:00.000+00:00Jose,You've got a lot of good points. Let me just...Jose,<BR/><BR/>You've got a lot of good points. Let me just address a couple of things.<BR/><BR/>1) The idea that under Islam Christians and Jews lived peacefully with Muslims is to a great extent a politically correct fairly tale. Yes, there were isolated examples where this was so, in certain places at certain times. But, most of the time, other religions were oppressed and suppressed under Islam, as the Koran directs. And, for every example of peaceful coexistence one can point to at least one example of brutal persecution.<BR/><BR/>2) I of course offer no excuse for any excesses done when the tables were turning during the <I>Reconquista</I>. I would like to point out, however, that past behavior on the part of its enemies, whether such behavior (or even such enemies) be real or imagined, has often served as justification in the Islamic World for continuing the jihad with increased brutality.<BR/><BR/>When much of the Islamic World makes noise about defensive jihad, they are often defending themselves against exagerrated insults (like cartoons) or events that occurred long ago (like when Bin Laden declared in the early 1990s the need to defend against the Crusaders).<BR/><BR/>3) True that what we consider the Arab World is highly divided, despite certain pan-Arab ideologies that have been advocated. My point is an economic imperialism of the Islamic World, in which Saudi Arabia's petrocash is used to spread Saudi Arabia's radical, hateful brand of Islam, Wahhabism, which many Muslims consider to be simple Kharajism. Thus, I am not implying that Mubarak, Assad and the kings of Morocco and Jordan are in favor of this; I am pointing out that the Saudi Royal Family and its religious elite allies are seeking a Wahhabi Muslim empire that is in large extent controlled by the Saudi Arabs.<BR/><BR/>That's why at my blog I often refer to the Saudis as <I>Saudzilla</I> -- nobody seems to have the guts to stop them.Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-3421265926316699822007-03-05T01:45:00.000+00:002007-03-05T01:45:00.000+00:00Jose, Arab Imperialism first began under the banne...Jose, Arab Imperialism first began under the banner of Islam. As more peoples were assimilated, it became Islamic Imperialism. Now the Saudis, backing Wahhabism with petrodollars, are rearabizing the Islamic World. I write about this at my blog.<BR/><BR/>Anticant, I did a post about this topic today, also. I'm linking to yours.Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-3685667800832077652007-03-04T09:22:00.000+00:002007-03-04T09:22:00.000+00:00It's naive to imagine that even dangerously corrup...It's naive to imagine that even dangerously corrupt governments such as we currently have in the UK and US are a greater threat than nuclear weapons in the hands of fanatical Islamists. The governments can and will be removed; the weapons will almost certainly be used against us sooner rather than later.anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-69651259053552941752007-03-03T23:10:00.000+00:002007-03-03T23:10:00.000+00:00Western power elites - state power - are as much '...Western power elites - state power - are as much 'terrorists' as anybody else. "It may not alarm you, but it scares the hell out of me..."<BR/><BR/>Our 'system' (eg 'The Pentagon System') requires lies and killing to keep it propped up - and we'd be naive to think otherwise.<BR/><BR/>We need to look closer to home for the real enemyRichard W. Symondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783091361323437959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-13287782877670789972007-03-03T21:56:00.000+00:002007-03-03T21:56:00.000+00:00Richard - I'm not a great one for conspiracy theor...Richard - I'm not a great one for conspiracy theories, but one of the fishiest aspects of post-9/11 is the USA's failure to capture bin Laden and his associates and put them on trial. It's pretty obvious that a deal has been done - but what sort of a deal? And the article's assertion of a de facto alliance between al Qaeda and the Saudis confirms my hunch that all these wily gents are not merely double-crossing the West, but treble-crossing us. Presumably the Americans are willing to go along with this until they have secured alternative oil supplies in Iraq and Iran. <BR/><BR/>Jose - I do not think we can afford to be complacent at the prospect of rogue groups such as al-Qaeda, who are implacably hostile towards us, getting their hands on nuclear weaponry. I think the article's scenario is highly likely - they obviously haven't been sitting twiddling their thumbs for the past five years. It may not alarm you, but it scares the hell out of me.anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-70459345347758400622007-03-03T07:39:00.000+00:002007-03-03T07:39:00.000+00:00The article says the Taleban have struck a deal wi...The article says the Taleban have struck a deal with Pakistan, but I read that Pakistan has arrested an outstanding leader of the Taleban. News appear confusing regarding deals, sides and actions at this stage in the ME.<BR/><BR/>We have so far included all Muslims in the same threat, but perhaps it is about time to see which is which in the wider panorama of the region. The Arab ethnicity has always shown its supremacy over the rest of Islam, but Iranians are not Arab, Pakistanis , Indonesians are<BR/>not either.<BR/><BR/>Although much is said about the Islamic danger, I am afraid this is not so much so. The Arab world is very much divided and I cannot see we should anticipate that something really catastrophic may arise from all this.<BR/><BR/>I can be wrong, though, and perhaps I am, but I feel the real danger comes from those who are Islamic but who are not Arab, while the Arab world is split there is nothing much to be scared of in that connection.<BR/><BR/>My opinion as always.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081096450259201426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580535460030164028.post-49235234582436776562007-03-02T23:00:00.000+00:002007-03-02T23:00:00.000+00:00Hitler made a pact with Stalin, so maybe the Bush ...Hitler made a pact with Stalin, so maybe the Bush regime will make a similar pact with Al-Qaeda ?Richard W. Symondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783091361323437959noreply@blogger.com