Exiled Cleric Behind London Protests

Rusty has the scoop and a look at some of the inner workings of an Islamo-fascist organization.

As suspected, it was followers of exiled cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed who organized a rally yesterday outside of London's Westminster Cathederal calling for the death penalty for the Pope's blasphemy.

Meanwhile, Jules Crittenden isn't happy with the Pope for handing our enemies a victory. He has a point.

The pope blinked.

He picked a fight with Islam. Then he gave Islam a victory.

All of this was unnecessary. Pope Benedict XVI, an erudite theologian, decided he needed to play an academic game with Islam. In furtherance of open dialogue between world religions, he decided it would be helpful to quote a 14th-century Byzantine emperor’s disparagement of Mohammad.

And STACLU lists ten reasons why the West will lose the WOT. I think the jury is still out on that one. Wait until a US city or two burn. Unfortunately, that will likely happen eventually. Not to mention the reaction when some local area in MI, or elsewhere, decides it wants to invoke home rule to enact Sharia Law - Constituion be dammed. And, no, I'm not kidding. It's only a function of time and demographic trends.

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[PhoenixPat]

First, just a comment about a particularly weak expression I'm growing increasingly tired of reading. The first reason given in Stop the ACLU's list of "10 reasons why the West will lose the WOT" includes the statement that "9/11 has been relegated to historical movie status, not the 'wake up call' it should have been." "Wake up call" seems much too mild and cozy for what we should have grasped. Earlier events, dating back 10 and 20 years, might properly be termed "wake up calls," as these initial forays should have captured/focused our attention and made our government begin to prepare a short-term and long-term response (whether defense or offense). 9/11 went so far beyond the earlier, less-severe episodes that "wake up call" is a completely inadequate term to describe the body-slamming jolt we received and should still be feeling. I propose that we use a much more descriptive expression for the message of 9/11, something like "cattle prod up the butt."

Now that I've unleashed my inner English teacher/nonfiction editor, I'll go on to state that I pretty much agree with Stop the ACLU's list. It will take a lot more than a cattle prod up the butt to deliver the jolt that will make Congress and our betters finally realize what we face. I just hope they come to their senses while there's still time to fight back.

I believe our politicians are still fighting a Gentleman's War, much like the Brits in WWI who objected to spying on the enemy on the grounds that "gentlemen do not read other gentlemen's mail." George Orwell, whose novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" are referenced so frequently these days, also wrote "Homage to Catalonia," which examined his experience fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He noted that, early in the war, soldiers felt their idealism keenly and these civilized ideals prevailed in their approach to dealing with the enemy; as the war progressed, these ideals faded and bored ferocity took their place. Orwell understood the downward slide into accepting savagery and barbarity as part of the daily routine. In the WOT, we will have to experience a lot worse before we begin to fight seriously.

Do you remember Richard Speck? He raped and murdered 8 student nurses maybe 40 years or so ago. I remember that my father was terribly upset about it. After all, he had three young daughters who would all be going off to college before you know it. I expect that fathers all over America were really shook up. Anyway, my dad had a private talk with me about not trying to reason with or appease a maniac (as the dead nursing students had done) and taught me one self-defense technique (even a young child can stop a man in his tracks, you know, at least long enough to get a running start). It was a terribly embarassing conversation (times were different then, and children were protected from grown-up concerns), and I never discussed it with my sisters. A few years ago, though, I asked my older sister if she remembered Speck and if Dad had spoken to her as well. Yes, and the technique he taught her was how to break someone's fingers, starting with the thumbs (brilliant!). She was older and bigger than I, and he had chosen what he thought would be the one best technique for each of us, according to our individual abilities. Getting to the point (finally), I remember exactly what he said: "Don't be a lady. Fight like hell!" (And then he sent us off to ballet class and piano lessons, not karate!)

If I could send one message to Congress and others who would appease and obstruct our efforts, who appear willing to embrace dhimmitude, it would be to quote my father: "Don't be a lady. Fight like hell!" They could really use the advice.