COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Khamenei said (Aug 2) No way except Martyrdom



Pope Benedict XVI remarks this past week have stirred up a bee-hive of indignant Mohammedan response including the murder of a nun.

Compare what the Pope said with what the Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei said on Aug 2, 2006:

"There is No Way to Confront the Barbaric Zionist Wolves and the Aggression of the 'Great Satan' Except Through Martyrdom"

"The Islamic world, and the Muslim youth in all the Islamic countries know that there is no way to confront the barbaric Zionist wolves and the aggression of the 'Great Satan' [i.e. America] except through martyrdom. Capitulation and obedience to the American politicians, and to those who instigate quarrels and internal strife [in the Muslim world], only increase their avarice and insolence, making their actions against the [Muslim] peoples more severe.
Double standards, hyprocrisy and fear are rampant. We demand that Khameinei apologise for inciting violence and hate.

And I (2164th) would like to add a little note to Whit's Post. I know Whit had posted the picture with Khameni and Maliki. Do you think the demand for apologies can extend to the team that brought us this little get together? is it an automatic now for the regime we installed to have a little get together with our arch foe? I have also added a picture of a bill board in Iran with a picture of you know who with a you know what.

5 comments:

  1. "SEN. ALLEN: The, the point of the matter is, is I have no interest and the United States has no interest to be permanently in Iraq. I want our troops home the second possible.

    MR. RUSSERT: So, no permanent bases.

    SEN. ALLEN: Of course no permanent U.S. bases. But the four bases that my opponent will talk about all the time, that we’re building these bases, is a consolidation. It’s for force protection and so have...


    MR. WEBB: And so how long are we going to be in these, in these bases?

    SEN. ALLEN: Well, no longer than necessary. The Iraqis...

    MR. WEBB: If your—if, if, if our conventional mission is done in the cities of Iraq, we should be getting our conventional forces out of Iraq.

    SEN. ALLEN: Sure, of course. And you...

    MR. WEBB: Not into the remote areas of Iraq.

    SEN. ALLEN: Well, no, there—look, you cannot...


    MR. RUSSERT: Let me...

    SEN. ALLEN: Jim, you know this, it’s important for force protection. It’s important to have the military...

    MR. WEBB: There is no—as long as the United States forces...

    SEN. ALLEN: ...options, whether it’s ground forces or air forces.

    MR. WEBB: ...conventional forces are in Iraq there will not be peace in the Middle East.

    SEN. ALLEN: No, that’s not the...

    MR. WEBB: That is the point. That is different from Kuwait, that is different from Qatar.

    MR. RUSSERT: All right. Let, let, let me turn...

    SEN. ALLEN: No, no, no, no, no. Let’s get on these bases. The bases are to protect our forces. They’re hardened, they’re buffered so they can’t be hit by, by terrorist attacks. They are being shared, they are being...

    MR. WEBB: I think George has a fundamental misunderstanding of how the military is, is used...

    SEN. ALLEN: ...they, they are being shared—no, you don’t under...

    MR. WEBB: ...if he believes that you can—if that—you’re still going to be able to assist in these city areas like Ramadi from remote bases somewhere. That’s just not true. That’s just not true.

    MR. RUSSERT: All right. Let me...

    SEN. ALLEN: Hold it, whoa, whoa, whoa. Tim, you’re saying...

    MR. RUSSERT: No, no, no, we, we have a...

    SEN. ALLEN: ...you’re saying, you’re saying that we ought to move...

    MR. RUSSERT: ...we obviously have a disagreement on this...

    SEN. ALLEN: ...all these folks out of the area and, and that’s the way to handle it by moving them to Kuwait and elsewhere.

    MR. RUSSERT: All right.

    SEN. ALLEN: The point of the matter is, is the Iraqis will ultimately take over these bases.

    MR. WEBB: Then we do not need bases—we do not need American bases in Iraq.

    That’s the point.

    MR. RUSSERT: All right. Let me, let me move...

    SEN. ALLEN: We need to protect our forces.

    MR. WEBB: Iraqis can build their own bases. You’re not protecting forces if you’re sitting in one area.

    MR. RUSSERT: This is obviously an area of disagreement. But we have to move on. We, we have a limited amount of...

    MR. WEBB: So let, let the record show that we are not totally aligned on this issue.

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  2. I saw your earlier comment DR about Allen being as dumb as a rock. You are unkind to rocks.

    I suppose the Pope has to backtrack somewhat. Tough call. Everyone has a reason why they cannot take these people on, but no one expects the Muslims to reciprocate. How did we get ourselves in such a mess that they set the agenda and then we have to react?

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  3. Quig, I spent some time during the last week with some of your fellow Australians and they all agree with you and the good news is they believe as I do that PC is on the way out. Let us hope that is true

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  4. I don't believe the Pope backed down.
    Only one who hasn't.

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  5. Whatever the Pope now says, he has made his point. Or should I say, Islam has made it for him. Something of a stroke of genius, it may well be said.

    One little line was all he said,
    To turn Mohammed on his head.

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