Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln

On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 50 would change the world. Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln b. Feb 12, 1809

p.s. If you didn't notice this was also a subtle dig at Tyson Degrasse's Christmas tweet as today also happens to be Charles Darwin's birthday.

The roots of Islamic Terrorism

Liberals, Libertarians, and Islamic apologists would have us believe that Islamic Terrorism is the result of the United States foreign policy and interference in the middle-east. The truth is Islam has been at war with western civilization for 1400 years. Islamic Terrorism is not new. In fact the United States first foreign war was fought against Muslim Barbary pirates in 1801 and again in 1815. What is new are the shift in tactics. Several events in the last century have helped shaped Islamic terrorism to what it is today, but the goal remains the same.

Islam has a long history of conquests since it's inception. There's far too many to list here, so here is a map of Islamic conquest upon classical civilization, up until the end of the Ottoman Empire. Bear in mind this does not even include every battle but those primarily of Europe, the Mediterranean, and parts of the middle-east:

The roots of modern Islamic terrorism really began with the formation of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 shortly after World War 1 and the dissolvement of the Ottoman Empire. The primary goal of the Muslim Brotherhood has been to restore an Islamic caliphate. Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, has said, “It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.” Another Muslim Brotherhood member, Sayyid Qutb, was instrumental in penning the ideology for modern Jihad. Osama Bin Laden was a student of Sayyid's brother, Mohammad Qutb.

The Muslim Brotherhood is responsible for spawning or inspiring many terrorist organizations including Hamas and al-Qaeda. Abdullah Azzam, known as the father of global Jihad, was once a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who splintered off and formed al-Qaeda with Osama Bin Laden and other radicals. Osama in turn helped Abu Musab al-Zarqawi start his terrorist organization in 1999 which today is known as ISIS.

Nazi fascism is responsible for energizing Islamic jihad. The link between the Arabs and the Nazis is well known. Many Arabs supported Hitler including Hassan al-Banna and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj-Amin-al-Husseini. The two groups shared common enemies including the Bolsheviks, England, America, and especially the Jews. Many high-ranking Nazis expressed sympathy for Islam including Hitler and Himmler, who called Islam "very admirable". As a result one of the greatest mobilization campaigns of Muslims by a non-Muslim power was undertook.

Massive programs of propaganda were launched in the Arab world, first by Fascist Italy and later on by Nazi Germany. The Nazis in particular focused on impacting the new generation of political thinkers and activists. Nazi propagandists in these areas tried to use religious rhetoric, vocabulary, and iconography to mobilize Muslims against Germany’s enemies. During this period there were many wealthy Arabs who traveled to Germany in the 1930s and brought back fascist ideals and incorporated them into Arab Nationalism. Today, Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) remains a best-seller in the Islamic world, and the continued influence of Nazism on Islam remains apparent.

The formation of the state of Israel in 1948 offered Islamics a rallying point. This is significant because there has always been a lot of internal conflict within Islam, such as Shiite's against Sunnis. Israel has been one of the few unifying forces for Muslims. Here also the roots of modern Islamic terrorism can be found. The Arabs (and Persians) were unable to defeat Israel militarily, as a result they resorted to terrorism and modern Jihad was born. This shift in tactics was also due to the Wests technological and military superiority which made Jihad impossible to wage through conventional means. Now Jihad is waged through terrorism, propaganda, politics, and immigration.

Another key factor in the growth of Islamic terrorism is the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Iran, under the Mullahs, have been a significant source of funding for state sponsored terrorism, including Hezbollah and other groups. Islamic terrorism took off after the Mullahs came into power. Islamic terrorism remains a global problem, regardless of foreign policy. See the list of Islamic terrorist attacks since 1983.

ISIS is not Islamic?

How do you destroy America?

How do you destroy the most powerful country in the world? A country who became the world's premiere superpower in less than 200 years of it's founding. A country that is economically, politically, militarily, and morally strong? Land of the free, home of the brave. It's far too powerful to be defeated externally so I would work to defeat it from within, and here's how I would do it.

I would practice class warfare to divide and conquer. I would turn everyone into either a victim or a victimizer. I would encourage multiculturalism so I could break society down into tribes and groups to pit them against each other.

I would change the narrative of our founding. I would only focus only on negative things like slavery and Indian genocides. I would  keep racism alive by continuing to focus on the past, never letting old wounds heal. I would stir up resentment and strife to create problems where none existed before.

I would change the culture. I would present traditional values as old-fashioned and outdated. I would  marginalize and demonize Christianity, while embracing anything that is not Christian. I would use Movies and TV to subtly teach my values under the guise of entertainment. I would teach people that are not a special creation but a random accident and life has no meaning. I would reject absolute truth and embrace moral relativism.

I would vilify the military. I would focus on civilian deaths and frame soldiers as murderers and baby killers. I would create empathy for the enemy, portraying them as underdogs and freedom fighters while portraying the military as aggressors and invaders. I would create feelings of shame and guilt so people no longer loved their country or have pride in it. I would destroy patriotism so they no longer wanted their country to succeed. I would malign the founding fathers making them appear as old-fashioned and out of touch. I would refer to the Constitution as a "living document" so that I could change it at whim.

I would vilify the rich, fermenting envy and bitterness while calling for the distribution of wealth. I would secretly work to replace Capitalism with Socialism and turn the people into Marxist without them even knowing it. I would make people believe the grass is greener on the other side, when in reality it isn't.

And that is how you destroy a country. Abraham Lincoln once said, "Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."

Thought's on the Washington Redskins' name

*Most of who object to the Redskin's name are not even Native American.

*Not all Native American's agree, such as Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly and Chippewa Cree tribesman Wade Colliflower who support the Redskin's name.

*Where does it end? Should we force a private business to change their name for a tiny minority? Should we change state named after Indian tribes if someone objects? Should we ban all Jeep Cherokees, Pontiac cars, and Winnebago's if someone is offended? Should we change the name of the Minnesota Vikings if someone of Norwegian decent is offended?

*This is political correctness run amok.

*In a free society offensives are inevitable, the only way to stop offenses is to stop free speech. You can either have freedom or you can have political correctness, but you can't have both.

*Native American's refereed to themselves "red men", such as Sitting Bull who said, "I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place."

*Ten years ago, the National Annenberg Election Survey polled Native Americans on the NFL franchise’s name. Nine percent said the name bothered them. Ninety percent said that it didn’t. 

*A small minority does not speak on behalf on the majority, nor should they dictate to the majority.

A deceptive map of the Arab-Israeli conflict

The following is a deceptive map depicting Palestinian lands lost to Israel:

http://images.alarabiya.net/israel-palestine_map_19225_2469.jpg

This map is deceptive because it begins with a false premise, that is all the land initially belonged to the Palestinians. This is false. First of all, the land previously belonged to the Ottoman Turks. Secondly, there is not a distinct ethnic people with a distinct language known as the Palestinians.

Palestine was originally known as the land of Judea by the Romans. After a series of Jewish revolts against Rome, Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed the land "Palestine" (Philistia) around 135 AD, after the Jews ancestral enemies the Philistines, and the name stuck. The idea was to disconnect the land from the Jews. The Roman coin below commemorates the Roman victory with the words "Judea Capta" meaning "[the land of Judea] is captured."

Fast forward several centuries later and the region is now under the control of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1923). During this time Palestine was a backwater province in the Ottoman Empire, it was not an ethnic people. Arab people did not widely adopt the name "Palestine" until the 20th century. Prior, even Jews were known as Palestinians. Jews in the area used the name Palestine for their symphonies, newspapers and other enterprises. There was the Palestine Post (later the Jerusalem Post), the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, the Palestine Electric Company, the Palestine Potash Company and others. Arabs in the region were referred to as Arabs not Palestinians. Only in the 1960's did the name become associated with the Arabs in the region due to the influence of the PLO and Yasser Arafat.

The Ottoman Turks sided with the Central Powers during World War 1 and lost. It then came under British control. The British and French are responsible for the nation states in the middle-east that we see today. Prior to this, there were no nation states. The British gave up their control on May 14, 1948, the day Israel declared independence, it essentially became up for grabs at that point. Israel had previously accepted a UN Resolution to partition the land, the Arabs rejected it and went to war. To everyone's surprise, Israel won. Note at this point Egypt annexed Gaza, and Jordan annexed the West Bank.

Following the 1967 war Israel did gain control over Gaza, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Israel's justification for keeping these territories was to act as buffer zones against future attacks, and to deter further aggression so that the Arabs could not start wars without impunity, but losing would cost them something.

Israel has since given away land for peace. Since the 1967 Six-Day War Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1979. Israel withdrew from Southern Lebanon in 2000, and from Gaza in 2005. Israel was planning to unilaterally withdraw from the West Bank as well, but that was cut short by unrelenting rocket attacks following the Gaza withdraw. Jordan has since renounced their claims to the West Bank in 1988, and Egypt renounced claims to Gaza in 1979.

And what of lands Israel has lost? The original British Mandate included all of Israel and Jordan (then called Trans-Jordan) as a Jewish state. Arabs complained so this was cut in two, 77% percent went to the Hashemites. Note that Trans-Jordan was created to absorb Arab refugees from the defunct Palestine province and today they make up over 70% of Jordan's population. Arabs complained again and the Jews were left with just 13% of the original British Mandate.  Most of this was land nobody wanted, such as swamps and desserts. Jews were the majority in the land allotted to them under the U.N. Partition Plan 181.

The Truth is there is one Jewish state and 22 Arab states.

Is Obama a Muslim?

Is Obama a Muslim? What evidence is he a Christan (other than his word)? What evidence is he a Muslim? The following is an article from Usama Dakdok (thestraightway.org) that is food for thought. Additions by me are in blue text.

1. He was born from Muslim blood (his father). (Which in Islam makes him automatically a Muslim).

2. He was educated in a school where as Muslim he was educated on Islam for a minimum of two hours weekly. He has said the Muslim call to prayer is "the most beautiful sound in the world;" he regularly quotes from the Koran and cites it for directing his life; ...

3. For a better education he attended a Catholic school, which many Muslims do.

4. He had nothing to do with Christianity until he married his wife.

5. He joined a cult church, a non-Christian church

a. The church teaches separatism (black and white)

b. They teach black theology, not Christ Theology

c. The church honors and respects Islam and Muslims to the point they welcome Muslims to be members of the church and gave Louis Farrakhan an award for being the man who will unite the true Christian to the true Muslim to the true Jew. WHAT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH!

d. Why would Obama leave Islam to join such a church? He joined skillfully to cover-up, knowing that a Muslim in America would have little chance to become a senator or the president.

e. When you believe in Mohammad you deny Christ.

6. He never denounced Islam or Mohammad or the Qur'an.

7. There is no record that he was baptized.

8. From his own words, we can judge him, for he made fun of Christianity, the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament, which proves he is not a Christian. 20 Obama Quotes About Islam Contrasted With 20 Obama QuotesAbout Christianity

9. When a Muslim leaves Islam to Christianity, there would be a 100% fatwa (decree for him to be killed) issued against his life.

a. A Fatwa has never been issued on Obama. But the opposite is true, for the Muslim world is endorsing and supporting him. This includes Louis Farrakkan's endorsement. Some may say that Obama has distanced himself for his radical minister and from Louis Farrakkan but my response is very simple, it is an act because he, his pastor , and Farrakkan, know if he does not say that. he will lose the vote of the rest of the country.

b. He was welcomed to Kenya as a Muslim hero recently.

c. Muslims in America support him, even financially “One dollar for one nation under God “(Allah).

d. As a senator, he has and continues to employ members of The Nation of Islam. Cynthia K. Miller was the treasurer of His U.S. Senate campaign. Jennifer Mason is Obama’s director of Constituent Services in his U.S. Senate office and is also in charge of selecting Obama’s senate interns. - (debbieschlussel.com)

10. His agenda for the Whitehouse clearly shows he is Muslim.

a. Remove our army immediately from the Middle East.

b. He sits and eats dinner with Muslim jihadist. Including the Muslim Brotherhood.

c. Removing the idea of the use of nuclear weapons in any circumstance.

d. Passing a hate crime bill that will silence anyone who speaks against Islam.

e. In the past year alone he made a big deal out of hosting a celebratory dinner to open the month of Ramadan -- held in the state dining room; he refused to attend the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts (an avowed Christian organization), and, refused to attend the National Day of Prayer because he claimed to do so would be offensive to non-Christians.

11. His stance on the issue of gay marriage and abortion proves he is not a Christian. He does not support traditional Christian values.

12. Under his administration Christianity has become marginalized and vilified.

At the very least we can conclude Obama is a Muslim sympathizer, at the worst he has lied about his faith. And "if" he lied about that what else did he lie about? What does it say about his character? You decide.