Is Iran on the path to self-destruction? Forbes
Jihadists on the police force. Riehl. Yes, that is suicidal.
The newest line on Iraq: "The Iraqi government let us down." Blame them. Of course, there is some truth to it.
Alan Johnson's ransom paid by the BBC: 5 million dollars and a million bullets. Where does one buy a million Kalashnikov bullets? And does the Beeb care who those bullets end up inside of?
Samizdata quotes a Telegraph review of The Islamist, which is written by Ed Husain, former terrorist:
Mr Husain, whose book, The Islamist, exposed the workings of Hizb ut-Tahir, is contemptuous of the idea that the latest plots were inspired by the West's intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. "This is just an excuse. They reject Western culture full stop, not just 'slags in night clubs'. They would have supported the bombing of Muslims attending the cinema in Cairo in the 1950s. They do not want Muslims to enjoy social freedoms. If it was not Iraq they would cite Chechnya. Or Palestine. These are angry men. Accommodation is not an option. It has to be containment or annihilation."
A quote from Augean Stables, re dealing with the Moslem manipulations to which some are so foolishly susceptible:
...isn’t it time we stopped being condescending racists, treating them as children even as we loudly proclaim our respect for them?
The conflict right now divides along two mutually exclusive lines. The hawks say, “let’s get tough, only force will work.” The doves say, “let’s be nice, only talk will work.” How about some verbal confrontations? How about every Western newspaper publishing the Danish Cartoons (with the three fake ones identified as psy-ops incitement) so that Muslims the world over are embarrased by the revolting behavior of their co-religionists, rather than we and decent Muslims are subject to the temper tantrum of the touchiest and most violent of the lot? How about the Pope saying “you’ve got to be kidding!” when the Muslims violently insist he apologize for calling them violent? How about the Brits saying, “We take this level of self-criticism as part and parcel of a decent and tolerant society. If you can’t stand the heat, a) get out of the kitchen, and b) don’t expect us to take your criticism of us seriously until you can take the heat?
Re the above, Cal Thomas: "I'm going to keep pointing it out until they blow me up"
