Thursday, July 14, 2005
Be Nice, “Understand” Them, “Establish Dialog,” and They’ll Leave You Alone
On tonight’s bilingual news in Japan, a segment on terror risks here featured one of those “expert” clowns that are often brought in to guide us regarding subjects we may lack knowledge in. Of course sometimes they do offer some information of value. To tell the truth, I’m usually more impressed when the “expert” is a geologist discussing the nature of earthquakes.
The genius they had on tonight recommends confronting the threat of terror by doing more to “understand Islam” and “…establishing dialog” (Did you know that the Muslim
holy book is called the Koran? Now don’t you feel safer?).
“Understanding Islam” won’t advance one’s safety a bit when dealing with some of it’s more aberrant and violent sects. I wonder if this guy would have advised an understanding of German literature to quell the advance of Nazism in Europe. Regarding “dialog,” I think Bin-Laden and company have made it very clear what it is they “want” and it’s not a friendly chat.
Beyond the immediate “demand” that America and the elected Iraqi government turn Iraq over to terrorist thugs, the international “Jihad” wants nothing less than a world where women are shrouded in Burkas and everyone lives under constant fear of punishment for such crimes as listening to music. The oppressive theocracy these people are seeking is non-negotiable. Islamo-fascists have never sought “dialog.”
It’s nice to see that there are some Japanese intellectuals with the same pathetic level of cluelessness we find in many American universities. Remember, this is the same clique of fools that think Fidel Castro has been fairly "winning elections" for over forty years, "because his people love him."
What is it going to take for the appeasement crowd to get a clue?
