In his address to the UN today, President Bush repeated the mistaken notion that Islam is a noble religion hijacked by a few extremists. He also expressed respect for the peoples of Iran and Syria. Now if he’d only pay the jizya he’d be all set with Islam. His kow-towing to mainstream Islam smacked of dhimmitude and I kinda wanted to slap the man back into reality.
He’s certainly on the right road in terms of keeping Iran from having nuclear weapons. For Islamic nations, the concept of “Mutually Assured Destruction” will not work: they are eager to die in service to Islam as it gives them an automatic pass to Heaven and 72 virgins. (Question: do the gals who die in service to Islam get 72 male virgins? Or do they just end up as chattel there, as on Earth? Inquiring minds want to know.)
Jihadists will not mind going out in a radioactive blaze of glory provided they kill infidels and further the cause of a world dominated by Islam. Sadly, our President does not grasp the need for action, now, before it’s too late. With huge reserves of oil, Iran has no legitimate claim or need for nuclear energy for electricity; the whole argument voiced by Iran is a joke. It has been reliably reported that Iran purchased cruise missles capable of delivering a nuclear payload within about a 1,500 mile range from one of the former Soviet republics in 2002. Ahmadinejad and his ruling party are intent on having nuclear weapons technology, and given time they will have it. This must be stopped before Tel Aviv vanishes in a nuclear flash and Israel retaliates with its own arsenal. Time is not on our side. It is on theirs.
One other problem: our cars aren’t equipped to handle radioactive gasoline.
Our illustrious leader did a fair job of stating that we will continue to advance the spirit of freedom (as mangled as that concept is in US Government legislative quarters) and implied that we will never yield. That part was good, but there was too much concessionary-sounding language in that UN speech. Putting on my “jihadi” hat, I’d say he sounded weak, and I expect there to be some protests and violence over his comments that Syria was being hoodwinked by Iran – among other things.
At least he walked out of the assembly alive and undamaged. Ahmadinejad is one unhinged dude.
– Cincinnatus
