Misinformation, Innuendo, and Side-Stepping

It’s almost impossible to write about another shooting in the United States. It’s so hard not to feel almost removed and desensitized to the whole mess. This time it was in San Bernardino on Wednesday December 3, 2015. Fourteen people were killed and seventeen were wounded. In response to the overwhelming reality of another shooting PBS published a map of all of the mass shootings in the United States in 2015. There are 355 just this year alone! President Obama addressed the San Bernardino shooting saying,  “a pattern now of mass shooting in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”

The most disturbing part of it all is that so many of these shootings have been carried out by devout Muslims, but the media, the president, and so many others will NOT refer to it as terrorism! The latest one was perpetrated by a couple got married a year ago and just had a baby. He worked for the city. Normal right? Not when you look beneath the surface. Syed Rizwan Farook

was said to have travelled to Saudi Arabia in 2014 and returned with a new wife, Malik, whom he had met online. Malik is a citizen of Pakistan who was in America on a K-1 visa, according to the FBI.

Ok, so many people from Middle Eastern cultures prefer arranged marriage, so what? Well, apparently Farook was also consorting with known terrorists at some point in the last year. Also, according to police, he had a large arsenal of weaponry including 12 pipe bombs and 8000 rounds of ammunition indicating this shooting required much forethought and planning. Three of his explosives failed to detonate which would have upped his casualties considerably. From the amount of ammunition and unused materials it was clear they planned more carnage. STILL the media and the president maintained that the motive for the San Bernnardino Shooting was unclear and the authorities were currently looking for an explanation. Really??  Would you like a magnifying glass for that sir?

FINALLY, one day after the massacre the media and others finally get around to calling it terrorism. Why not earlier? This possible explanation was only conceded more than 24 hours later, and with many reports of Farook being a devout Muslim who recently visited the Middle East AND was in contacts with known terrorists. I mean, the public was not going to be fooled by the old “Workplace Violence” explanation with this one so why not just call a spade a spade? Where is the harm in telling the truth? What could be worse than what is already happening? What is this delusion that has covered the eyes of America? Why is it so hard to identify a terrorist as a terrorist?

North America clearly does not understand Islam. Western culture does not understand the deeply religious and the honour status given to those who give their lives in order to wage Jihad. How do you fight with someone who seems so normal, then flips the switch and becomes a killer? CAIR was busy doing major damage control with a press conference to address why Islam is not the problem because it’s a peaceful religion, blah, blah, blah. Right. So why are so many devout Muslims, normal seeming people who paid their bills and had babies suddenly picking up a gun and killing random people? Why is CAIR and other agencies running around accusing anyone who asks these questions of being Islamophobic? After France (TWICE!), UCC, Fort Hood, 911, and Boston are so many people unwilling to believe that there exists a whole network of Muslims who answer to the command of some higher up religious figure or political figure and will in the space of days or weeks commit Jihad? The bodies are piling up and people continue to stick their heads in the sand? Why?

The video below shows what is in store for America. It’s not nice, it’s not peaceful, and it’s completely real. I am not encouraging hate, but I am encouraging knowledge. I am not prescribing violence or bigotry, but I am advising watchfulness. I am not spreading paranoia, but I am spreading awareness.

 

Satire: On Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of Speech, and Religion

For the past week or so we have all been inundated with images from Paris, France. First the shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, and then the hostage taking at a Kosher supermarket. Seventeen people lost their lives. At first people were shocked that such a thing could happen in the western world. Then came the fear. Three long days of it. Slowly, shock and fear gave way to anger. People raged at the terrorists who committed these sick acts of violence. Rallies were held and social media was ablaze with shouts of #JeSuisCharlie and #WeAreNotAfraid.

It took a couple of days but then the Islamic world pushed back. #JeSuisAhmed was a trend on Twitter, for the terrorists killed “one of their own”, a Muslim. How could they, was the question asked? The answer came in on a white horse called “Liberal Media”. We were told again that a “Peace Loving Religion” was hijacked by extremists and that Islam is not about violence or intolerance. Somehow these “extremists” are interpreting the Quran wrong. Indeed, they don’t know their own religion as well as Liberal Media does.

To this lunacy I have a few words to say: It occurred to me a couple of days ago that the Liberal Media, in attempting to support the notion that Islam is peace loving religion, is doing more to destroy that very image than anyone else. It might even be argued that they are indirectly propagating more terror! How you say? Well, it’s simple. There have been many, many examples in the last few years of terrorists desperately trying to get a message across to the West. This message is that Jihad is being waged, and that terror is being struck in the hearts of the infidel just as the Quran instructs. The Liberal Media, bless their hearts, are thwarting them at every turn! Every time some terrorist shouts “Allahu Akbar” and kills someone that phrase is left out of most news reports. It must so frustrating to wage Jihad when those your supposed to be terrorizing will not even have the decency to be afraid! Then, to add insult to injury they call you crazy! I mean, seriously, how many times have you heard reports of a “mentally unstable individual” murdering one or more people in the news lately? How many times is it reported that the person just happens to also be a Muslim?

What can be done? Well, I’m thinking that these terrorists have been seriously pondering this dilemma and have come to only one conclusion; they must try harder! They need to send so many Jihadi’s out there that the Liberal Media has no choice but to take notice, and take them seriously. The Australian hostage taker in Sydney went so far as to acquire a Jihadist flag and hang it in the window of the Lindt Cafe. Alas, the significance of it was ignored, and the Liberal Media focused on the fact that it was not a true IS flag and therefore was of no consequence…SIGH, a good manifesto would be useful in these types of situations! All is not lost however, because even Pope Francis stood up and announced that one can “expect” such violence when insulting another’s religion. Alas, where there’s a (collective) will, there’s a way.

The Iran Nuclear Deal: Who Will it Ultimately Benefit?

Today is the day that Iran begins implementing the interim nuclear deal. Some say it’s historic. Others say it’s disastrous. What is absolutely certain is that the sanctions against Iran are to be lifted, boosting their economy. In this video, it is reported that UN inspectors will daily visit two of Iran’s nuclear sites, which sounds great, but what about the other three nuclear sites? Also, who is looking at another three nuclear research sites? For a comprehensive history on Iran’s nuclear program see here.

Iran agreeing to stop enriching uranium past 5% and, according to this article, Iran has “also agreed to convert half of its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium to oxide and dilute the remaining half to 5% over a period of six months” which sounds wonderful, but people are forgetting that this is an interim agreement, not a lasting, permanent one. This temporary agreement exchanges a strong Iranian economy that, maybe at a later date can continue it’s nuclear program without western influence because of this new stronger economy. Anyhow, in this article, under the agreement, “Iran may continue to enrich uranium and does not need to dismantle any centrifuges or its plutonium reactor”. I would say that is the elephant in the room that people really should be focusing on. Even more of a concern is the fact that, no matter what may happen from this moment on, Iran is now a full-fledged legitimate nuclear power. This changes much in the Middle East, and the world. The implications are far reaching and unknown.

If the above information doesn’t make you pause and question the decision by the P5+1 to make a deal with Iran then consider their leader with me for a moment. Hassan Rouhani (also spelled Rowhani) has been called a moderate Islamic president, but his history and role in Iran’s nuclear development, as well as his involvement in past terrorist activities would say otherwise. As Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 – 2005 he was quoted as saying, “If one day we are able to complete the (nuclear) fuel cycle and the world sees that it has no choice, that we do possess the technology, then the situation will be different.” Today, my friends, is that day. He was also quoted describing how he has proceeded with caution regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions so as not to arouse suspicion and anger in the west, and the rest of the world:
“If we decide to start enrichment in the face of opposition by the West, we must find the best time and the most favorable conditions, and if we decide to work with the West, we must utilize all our capabilities and everything that is in our power to achieve our objectives. We should not rush into this. We must move very carefully, in a very calculated manner.”

Does this sound moderate to you? In case you think he may have been misquoted here is a video where he says the exact same thing.
The bottom line is that the world has stood by on many of the milestones in Iran’s nuclear development, yet repeating over and over again they must be stopped at each new stage, yet no-one made a decisive move to truly stop them. Why is this?? Now this deal is giving them everything they have ever dreamt of. How far will it go before the world steps in? I thought that the world was done with pacifying those with extreme idealogical views? I am certain Israel, having suffered more indignity, more horror, and more alienation is not happy with the way things have been going. No wonder Netanyahu forcefully declared they will stand alone.

Now, I didn’t want to begin with how he obviously hates Israel and has actually called for their destruction because that would instantly make everyone defensive, especially during the “Peace Process”, but the evidence is there. It should be considered, very carefully and very seriously.