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The Spectacle Blog
As French commandos closed in on Mohamed Merah, he said he wanted to die “like a Mujihadeen.” Merah got his wish as he engaged in a gun battle which saw him fall to the ground from a balcony. So Merah will be greeted by 72 virgins. Or is that 72 raisins? Whatever awaits Merah, seven people who wanted to live are dead at his hands.
French authorities wanted to take Merah alive for obvious reasons. Was he working with others and if so what information did he have about them? How extensive is their network? Are their other plots being planned at this very moment? How are these plots these organized and financed? Of course, that information will have to come from other sources and by then more innocent people will have been killed.
President Obama has said we are not at war with Islam. But Islam, or at the very least a critical mass of it, is at war with us and by us, I mean Western civilization. Like all acts of violence motivated by Islamic fundamentalism, whether on a small scale or a large scale, this act was intended to paralyze people with terror and wonder when the next attack will take place.
Although Islamic fundamentalists who use violence want to terrorize the general population into submission with the random nature of their attacks, it is clear there are certain people who are the focus of their attention. As the shootings in France demonstrate much of the focus is on a) the military and b) Jews.
After all, this is not the first attack of this sort against military personnel as the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, the two U.S. airmen shot and killed outside Frankfurt Airport last year and the soldier shot and killed in 2009 outside the military recruitment center in Arkansas demonstrate. Nor is it the first time Jews have been singled out for a portion of an attack as was the case at the Chabad-Lubavitch House during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India in 2008.
The longer we insist on denying this, the longer it will take to vanquish this evil and the ideology which brought it about.
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David W| 3.22.12 @ 1:58PM
Will Obama condemn the attacks? Or will he stay silent and lead from behind?
Quartermaster| 3.22.12 @ 7:13PM
Obama will say little, unless it's to blame whitey.
We may not be at war with Islam, but Islam is at war with us. Obama, and idiots like him on both sides of the Aisle, can't bring themselves to acknowledge the facts.
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 2:06PM
News Flash. We are not Israel.
Israel is that Ethnocracy where only Jews are welcome. America welcomes all. Jews and Muslims too.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 3:54PM
Another liberal troll lie. Israel has a very diverse society, Arabs are represented in their government, people of many faiths live there, as well as races. Compared to the rest of the middle east it is incredibly diverse. Shut up and roll back to the Huff and Puff. News Flash, your moniker is not terribly original or amuzing.
9thID| 3.22.12 @ 4:16PM
As soon as I saw the headline I knew it would bring the Liber-al/Liber-tarian anti-Semites out of the their holes. I'm surprised KKKlint and Jackboot haven't showed up yet...
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 4:28PM
You're the anti-Semite.
No, you're the Anti-Semite.
No, you're the anti-Semite.
No, you're the anti-Semite.
No.....
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:50PM
Are you ten years old or a half wit?
The only credible and appropriate response would be,
'sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."
Liberal boy does seem to fit.
Flummery, pure flummery. Skip back to the Huff and Puff.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:19PM
Zombie: you ARE an idiot. And an antisemitic scumbag.
A scumbag murdered a three year old kid, who is freshly in the ground. Shut your pie hole up, you rotting piece of purulent protoplasm.
Clint| 3.22.12 @ 7:12PM
Ronald Reagan,
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.
mzk1| 3.22.12 @ 3:55PM
Only that 20% are already Muslim, and we let them sit in the Knesset and daily speak treason, after which we ask them how we can help them.
Romania is also an Ethnocracy. Try to become a citizen of India. Or Japan.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:31PM
RRRiiigght. That's why Druze serve in the IDF, the Bahais have their world headquarters there, Muslims serve in the Knesset, and Sudanese non-Jewish refugees camp out there.
Zombie, get your braiiins.
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 2:11PM
Correction - Islam is not at war Western civilization. It is at war with those countries, Israel, US, France, England, who send troops to Muslim countries or individuals who make fun of Mohammed. How many terror attacks have their been in Switzerland? Finland? Hungary? Austria? Greece, the birthplace of Western Civ? I am all for killing the terrorists, but Tel Aviv Aaron is clueless about why they commit acts of terror.
LiveFreeOrDie| 3.22.12 @ 2:45PM
Just so I'm following you, it's your position that if our troops never set foot on "muslim" soil and nobody made fun of the false prophet there would be no terrorist attacks?
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 3:50PM
That's not my position. That is the undeniable truth. Before the CIA's coup that put the puppet Shah in power, there had not been one terror attack on the US since the days of the Barbary pirates. I know some idiot will say the 'Moro Rebellion,' but that was a rebellion responding to American Imperialism, not a terror attack.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:10PM
You are an incredibly ignorant and arrogant liberal troll. The twentieth century has been marked with anti-semitism and radical muslim ideology through out its entirety. Hitler actually coined the name of Iran, asshole. It is farsi for Aryan. This country and others were part of the axis alliance and cooperated and supported them. Their intention was destroy all Jews. There were incidents of violent aggression from radical muslim groups throughout the twentieth century particularly during the first world war. Jihad has never gone away nor the desire for world domination that is built right into this fanatical religion. They have been slowly taking over the whole mideast not only with violence, intimidation, and population growth for nearly a century. Lebanon is a prime example, once the 'paris of the middle east', a christian nation, a democracy.
By the way that puppet was disposed of by one of the most liberal presidents of this century, with his blessing and direction, which led to an even greater dictatorship and threat.
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 4:23PM
You are right. Muslims are old hands at killing imperialists. By the way, i seem to recall some Israeli terrorist groups commiting acts of terror against the British. Funny, you didn't know about that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.....el_bombing
There will be terrorism and war as long as we meddle in the Middle East.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:43PM
That a pretty pathetic and weak response. That is all you got, liberal boy? Muslims are old hands at killing imperialist? We were not discussing terrorist tactics nor the use of them by every single group in this world. We were discussing your ignorant claims that Israel is not diverse, radical Islam is not in a fight for world domination and with the West, and your idiotic analogy of your neighbors and the muslims in France. I was not speaking of the terrorism against the british in palestine. You made that assumption.
You know, you give free speech a bad name. I find these liberal troll feedings quite tedious, unrewarding, and extremely boring.
The only reason I reply is to correct the lies, misinformation, and slander from your liberal trap on the chance that uniformed might stop here and believe that you represent conservativism or that your liberal claims have any merit.
Just wanted you to know that I could give a rats ass what you think or am attempting to pursuade your liberal trap, you call a mind. That is definitely hopeless. It is really not about you.
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 4:46PM
I have George Washington on my side. You have George W. Bush on yours:
“Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other.” Geo. Washington
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:54PM
If George was alive he take a switch and beat your silly, childish liberal ass and then send you to bed without supper.
Please I can not reply to such ridiculousness. You really have to do better than that if you want to be taken seriously.
frisbee| 3.22.12 @ 4:21PM
So the moslems invaded Spain in the 7th century because of which American foreign policy?
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 6:26PM
When the Muslims invaded Sapin in the 7th century Their North African Jewish allies were riding right beside them. They were all welcomed by the native Spanish Jewish community. For 700 years the Jews of Spain were the middle men for their Muslim allies in the ruling and persecution of the Christians. Why the hell do you think Ferdinaand and Isabella gave the Jews and Muslims of Spain the option of converting or leaving with their property peacefully? They had had enough of both groups.
JmsA| 3.22.12 @ 11:41PM
While your retelling of the history of the "Reconquista" history is partly right insofar as mercenary Jewish activity in Spain, the Jews also allied themselves to some Christian Spanish princes. That said, your point is hardly germane or in context to present day Israel, unless, of course, you're not partial to the jews. If that's your choice, so be it, but I, for one, and although not Jewish, but of Spanish descent, believe Spain ultimately the poorer for expulsing the Jews from the peninsula during "La limpieza de la Sangre" (Cleansing of the Blood)--but not the oppressive Muslims.
Jack in Wi.| 3.23.12 @ 1:41AM
A large number of Spanish Jews did convert either before or after the expulsion order. I don't think Spain would have ever been a world power or spread it's culture all over the world if it had let the Muslims and Jews continue to really keep the country in turmoil. Look at what both groups are doing in this country. In fact eveywhere they inhabit the West, in large numbers, they are both a pile of trouble.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 4:58PM
The Israeli terrorists kill innocent Muslim children all over their neighborhood. Sometimes a Muslim kills some innocent Jewish, or on occasion Christian children. A pox on both their houses. I haven't seen much discussion here about the monster who guned down almost a dozen muslim children in Afganistan last week. To me as a Christian the blood of any child is blessed in the eyes of God, be they Jew, Muslim, Christian, or most of all innocent babies in the womb.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:22PM
Right, Jack. You are full of shit, you do know that. ALL You do is try to get Jewish kids killed, you scumbag.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 5:30PM
jackboot,
That monster was a US soldier who by all accounts has become mentally disturbed by several brutal tours of this region and is ill. He does not represent the US Army, its valor, its decency, and its intentions. He represents the result of the abuse of some of our politicians, their politicization of war, their cowardice, their lack of leadership, and their exploitation.
I am getting really sick of your phony, contradictory, and manipulative rhetoric and misinformation. The state of Israel does not engage in routine and organized terrorist activities nor is this a common occurence or practice as it is with the Palestinians.
The really odd thing is three fourths of the lies and garbage you spew is unnecessary to make the point that it might be more advantageous to the US to proceed with caution, not nation build over there, and disentangle its strange relationship with Saudi Arabia, and limit its financing of these conflicts particularly on the Palestinian side.
What do you do? You come out here daily spewing this misinformation, demonizing Israel, historically revising, making false claims, making false equivelencies, and telling us about how much you care for life.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 6:12PM
Baloney: Jewish terrorists have been killing innocent Mulism and Christian Arab children since Israel's founding. I say a pox on all killers of children including all abortionists, the worst killers of all
.
Those who live by the Sword will die by the sword. The two biggest callers for genocide on this site, Occam and Simon Templar are now upset that some innocent children and others are killed by a crazed Muslim extremist. Well the murder of all innocent children is an awful crime, be they of any ethnicity or religion.
Simon Templar| 3.23.12 @ 12:02AM
Case in point. Thank you for demonstrating exactly what I was commenting about...
You are making this too easy...
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 3:49PM
How many muslims occupy these countries, Switzerland? Finland? Hungary? Austria? Greece?
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 3:52PM
I thought it only took one to commit a terrorist attack, one who sneaks in across the border.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:14PM
Just another typical liberal misdirection and avoidance of the point being made.
Quartermaster| 3.22.12 @ 7:16PM
The term is "intentionally obtuse," and it describes all libtards.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 6:15PM
There are lots of Muslims in Austria, Switzerland and Greece, Simon. It all called blowback. They kill us and we kill them. Meanwhile the innocent are caught in the crossfire.
mzk1| 3.22.12 @ 3:53PM
And they just happen to aim at Jews.
mzk1| 3.22.12 @ 3:57PM
And I'll give odds two-to-one that the victims were so-called "ultra-Orthodox", and did not consider themselves Zionists.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:39PM
Switzerland (from Free Republic): 1969
Feb. 18 - Boeing 707 attacked at Zurich, Switzerland, killing the pilot and 3 passengers.
Aug. 29 - TWA 707 hijacked from Rome to Damascus, released with only wounded.
Nov. 27- EL AL office in Athens, Greece attacked. Innocent bystanders killed.
1970
Feb. 21 - Swiss airliner blown up over Switzerland, killing all 47 people on board.
I didn't bother to go further---but blocking the minarets will be a problem.
Hungary had a long history of being attacked by Islam. Hint, dumbass: when Vienna was attacked in 1683, where was one of the countries that the Sultan's armies went through on the way? And, in 1683, where was Israel and the US? There are also current attacks as well: Budapest 1991, for example.
These things don't get reported because only the most ferocious of assaults by Tasmanian devils get reported, idiot.
PCC| 3.22.12 @ 2:24PM
Yeah, fine, as far as it goes, in terms of opposing radical Islam and supporting Israel, but there is no way that this justifies the U.S. spending billions (trillions?) to kill a relative handful of religious maniacs.
Awlhattin O'Kaddle| 3.22.12 @ 2:28PM
I spoke with a guy who recently spent time in France.
He said that at night, Muslim kids beat, torture and kill dogs. He said you can hear the dogs crying in pain and terror.
Zombie Reagan| 3.22.12 @ 3:53PM
My white trash neighbors used to bury cats up their heads and run them over with lawnmowers. Point?
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 4:22PM
The point? You need to get a different set of neighbors. These are not the kinds of people you want in your neighborhood, let alone your nation.
Just what did you do liberal boy when they ran over the cat heads, by the way? Did you have the balls to call animal protection services?
frisbee| 3.22.12 @ 4:24PM
Never heard of that one. You know lying is evil, right?
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:23PM
Well, did you join them? You seem like the type of human filth who would, Stumpy. Aluminum baseball bats are calling to you, Stumpy.
Skippy| 3.23.12 @ 1:47PM
BS
Muslims like killing dogs.
In Iraq, Saddam's soldiers were trained to live, eat and sleep with a dog.
Graduation concluded with each soldier brutally killing their dog, who had grown to trust them.
As long as Muslim scum hate and kill dogs I will happily hate and kill them.
But hey, that's just me!
Awlhattin O'Kaddle| 3.22.12 @ 4:19PM
Ohhhh Kay, Zom
I don't usually piss away my precious time borrowing my kids Crayons to 'splain my 'points', but I'll 'humor' you.
Muslims and their Cultural Brethren, like you and your white trash neighbors, need to be rounded up and deposited in Oman.
Ho need for ya'll to have access to lawn mowers there.
C Bowen | 3.22.12 @ 4:20PM
The European Jewish/Zionist organizations that promote Islamic immigration into Western countries should certainly be taken to task-- Mr. Goldstein continues to not mention this salient fact.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 4:46PM
Bowen most Jewish organizations have promoted diversity as the answer to the fact that Jews would be one of many groups and not stand out so much. Of course diversity of race and religions is great for us, but not for them in Israel.
C Bowen | 3.22.12 @ 4:55PM
My guess is we are both familiar on how it works--I am focusing my criticism on the sloppy effort from Mr. Goldstein.
Mr. Goldstein says we are at war with Islam yet the other day on this subject he cited the head of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, with a dishonest method.
Mr. Goldstein should rather, in the context of his position, be calling Kantor a traitor or at least an enemy of the people.
His failure to do so underscores your point.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:29PM
Riggght, Jack. That's why the Bahai faith has its world headquarters in Haifa. De-ass your head---you're wearing your ass as a hat again.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:28PM
What Zionist organizations promote Arab immigration into Europe, Bowen. I know of none, and I belong to two.
C Bowen | 3.22.12 @ 6:09PM
The European Jewish Congress and Moshe Kantor--did you not read my post? Goldstein went so far as to cite Kantor as a serious advocate--completely contradicting (even misdirecting) the issue at hand.
Dmitry Aleksandrovich | 3.22.12 @ 4:42PM
Good riddance Wahhabist scumbag. I am no fan of the zionists and/or Israel but children should never be targets and the Wahhabists are my enemy and always will be. I will never forget Beslan. Wahhabists have no tolerance for anyone but themselves (including their fellow Muslims who disagree with their rigid interpretation of the Koran). They are like a virus and the more of them that are dispatched to the next world the better. Everyone should remember that the biggest proponent of Wahhabist Islam and the biggest funder of Islamist terrorism are the same nation. It's called Saudi Arabia.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 4:51PM
The Wahabi and the Zionists are our allies in the region. With friends like that who needs enemies. The Saudi's were 15 members of the 9/11 terrorists. The Zionists of the Mossad were jumping for joy on the banks of the Jersey shore, as the world Trade center collapsed. Lets let this scum fight it out, without our support.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:27PM
This Zionist was NOT jumping for joy as the trade towers collapsed, you lying sack of filth.
Jack in Wi.| 3.22.12 @ 6:18PM
Googgle 5 dancing Israeli's on 9/11 and you will get over a million hits. The whole story was on Fox News for 4 straight nights. The Mossad loved 9/11. They could now sucker us into doing their dirty work for them.
C Bowen | 3.22.12 @ 6:30PM
ABC News covered the dancing Israeli's/Moving Company angle as well.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Sto.....2un-Nm2bos
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:26PM
You are no fan of Israel because your logic sucks, Dmitry. You can't follow your logic train to its obvious conclusion because you hate Jews too much, Dmitry. Ne kulturny, although your comment on kids is correct.
Why don't you see that two peoples may have common interests? I fail to see how the Israeli problem with the Palestinians and the Russian problem with the Kazakhs and Chechens are different. You do, for some reason. Makes no sense.
Dmitry Aleksandrovich | 3.23.12 @ 2:57AM
Russians don't have any problems with Kazakhs. Kazakhs have Kazakhstan. Russians have Russia and in both countries you can find significant numbers of both people. As for Chechens as of right now those running Chechnya are friends of Moscow. There is a problem with Wahhabist scum and Israel has a problem with Wahhabists as well. My problem with Israel has nothing to do with Jews in particular and everything to do with for lack of a better term the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians (both Christian and Muslim) that took place during the birth of the zionist state. I have no hatred for Jews and I think that its a tragedy when children be they Israeli or Palestinian are killed.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 5:09PM
Aaron, paying close attention to this thread?
Have you noticed who is defending Jews and Israel and who is spreading lies and misinformation about them?
Our resident liberal trolls and libertarians do not seem to like you, Aaron.
You might want to reconsider who you call bad apples and those that you find have outdated, intolerant ideas. Still have that card in your wallet?
Clint| 3.22.12 @ 7:26PM
Ronald Reagan,
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.
Simon Templar| 3.22.12 @ 11:56PM
You continue to quote this and take it out of context as some kind of proof that modern libertarians are conservatives and that Reagan was saying that modern libertarians represent the liberarianism as defined in the 18th century.
It is really a laughable interpretation. You have a very weak mind, not much ability to form your own opinions, can not communicate with the lame exception of continual quotation from other thinkers and authors, and seem to have a childish predisposition for name calling.
Now, for those that truly want to understand this qoute read it carefully.
Reagan begins by stating that the modern terms use to describe conservativism, liberalism, and libertarianism today are misnomers...ill fitting and actually misleading. What he is saying is today's conservatives are philosophically closer to being more accurately described as 18 CENTURY LIBERTARIANS as they called themselves then, NOT those that are calling themselves libertarians today. He underscores this by stating that todays libertarians are all over the map, conflict with many of his own values, and take positions on national security, the rule of law and order, and the boundaries of individual freedom that he thinks go too far.
He states however that the 18th CENTURY libertarian idea of limited government is consistent with todays concept of conservativism and is a PRETTY GENERAL DESCRIPTION of the basis of conservativism. And on that point and that point specifically he is saying that modern conservativism and 18th century libertarianism are traveling the same path.
Clint| 3.23.12 @ 5:34AM
Duuuuuuhhhh !
Ronald Reagan Was Talking About Big "L" Libertarians & Little "l" libertarians and Phoney Fake Conservatives Like You Israel Firsters Compared To Real Conservatives.
You Wouldn't Know Real Conservtism If It Jumped Up And Bit Ya, Israel Firster Smear Bund Faux Conservative Pseudo-Intellect Elitist Wannabe Bloviator.
Read George Washington's Farewell Address, Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, The Old Right And Get Back To Us.
" George Will, "Today, we have a very different kind of foreign policy. It’s called Wilsonian. And the premise of the Bush Doctrine is that America must spread democracy, because our national security depends upon it. And America can spread democracy. It knows how. It can engage in national building. This is conservative or not?"
William F. Buckley, " It’s not at all conservative. It’s anything but conservative. It’s not conservative at all, inasmuch as conservatism doesn’t invite unnecessary challenges. It insists on coming to terms with the world as it is …”
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.
Occam's Tool| 3.22.12 @ 5:41PM
He died like Clint and Jack will die: pissing his pants, crapping in his underwear, while people cheered the death of a subhuman vermin.
Clint| 3.22.12 @ 7:24PM
Bibi's Little, Short, Fat, Aging Israel Firster Neo-Chickenhawk Coatholder,Tool Job's Mouth Is Writin' Checks Hia Body Can't Cash, Again.
Tool Job's The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooge ,Who Said He'll Vote For The RINO-CINO Frontman, Mittens Romney.
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.
Dixie Pixie| 3.22.12 @ 5:42PM
Question....Was anyone else faintly amused at the attempt of the French government to imply the French police had nothing to do with the death of Mohammed Merah?
Of course without knowing the geometry of the apartment nor having a video of the raid, it is pure speculation as to what happened.
If the French police are anything like the American SWAT teams, anyone who comes out of a bathroom firing at the police is going out the window riddled with bullets.
Reportedly 300 shots were fired by the police in a matter of seconds.
The really interesting speculation is why the French government is scared of the Muslims.
Is it fear of retribution, the families wrongful death lawsuit, Muslim Lawfare or some really nasty letters to the French Newspapers?
Feel free to speculate.
Drek| 3.22.12 @ 6:18PM
In mohammadenism, only he who slays and is slain in the course of jihad is guaranteed paradise.
Only he.
All others face that road that either widens, or narrows to the width of a single hair.
albert constantine jr.| 3.22.12 @ 9:26PM
During the 1970s, there was a series of homicides in San Francisco known as the “Zebra” killings. According to one of the accounts published, a faction of what was then known as “Black Muslims” decided that they could earn points toward jihad if they killed white infidels. Maximum points were awarded if the shooter killed a child, next was a female, and lastly an adult male.
There were some who noted that since the highest pointage was awarded for those who could provide the least defense for themselves, this was a sign of the true cowardice of the killers. In that his last victims were also children, the late Mohammed Merah would seem to share this preference with his earlier homicidal co-religionists.
This seems to be offset, though, but the fact that several of his other victims were soldiers, who arguably are trained to respond to threats to life. I imagine, though, that like most members of the American military stateside (as well as those in the combat zone if Leon Panetta is visiting), these soldiers were reliably disarmed prior to leaving the confines of their base.
At that point, though likely well-regulated, they ceased being even a “militia”, and became instead victims. While there certainly are many hazards associated with large volumes of individuals possessing sidearms, the likelihood that Abdul Hassan or Mohammed Merah would have killed as many as they did in the presence of more armed soldiers is quite low.
Likewise, those who administer Hebrew Schools and the congregations of synagogues would do well to consider their security needs, as well.
Frog in Uniform| 3.23.12 @ 1:19AM
The beast is dead. For the time being, because even if only 1% of French muslims behave like terrorists (according to the imam of Paris) this could be misleading as 1% of 12 million (by serious estimates because the actual number is kept top secret and it is illegal to disclose it!) still makes about 120,000 other islamo nazi beasts like "Momo" Merah hiding in plain view in our "occupied territories". Monsieur Dixie, our crooks in chief are afraid of muslims because they're a bunch of corrupt wimp who pander to the muslims out of political correctness. Nobody wants to be accused of islamophobia and we are in electoral campaign. Who wants to lose the goat molester vote?
Israeli disco Jihadi shot | 3.23.12 @ 1:57AM
The suspect wont talk after a shot in the head, but we know now that he like to travel to Israel and disco dance (just last week). lol.
According to a report published in Le Monde on Thursday, Merah was not a member of any well-known Islamic terrorist organization, but did undergo a process of radicalization. Merah also reportedly had entry stamps to Israel and other countries in the region in his passport.....Merah was also added to a "no fly" list maintained by U.S. authorities
http://www.haaretz.com/news/di.....l-1.420249
However, two of his friends said he was a “nice guy” who “got on well with everyone”, JDD reports.
One of them, Samir, said Mohammed Merah had been seen in a Toulouse night club only last week.
http://eastangliandivision.wor.....xtraction/
mossad?
Frog in Uniform| 3.23.12 @ 9:03AM
Yeah right, Israeli disco, a Mossad hitman who kills a rabbi and jewish children! Nice try. And you rely on the quote of a goat molester? Do you know about "taqqiya" or systematic lying to infidels as a method of warfare?