I'm not a racist. I'm not a homophobe. Well, not too bad, but I digress. The point here is, I really and truly at my core have no hatred or distaste for anyone, regardless of color or background, or even belief. That being said, the explosion of radical Islam onto the world stage has me quite seriously reconsidering that mentality. This is the biggest threat the free and civilized world has ever faced. Ever. At least the Nazis fought in an organized military, making it easier to stop them.
Islam is by its very nature a violent faith. Anyone who can prove me to be wrong on this, please, go right ahead. Mohammed was a pedophile, rapist and murderer. Just the type of guy I'd think of as a prophet of the 'one true God.'
Islam spreads its tendrils through violence leaving nothing but carnage in its wake. Look at countries that live under Shari'a law. Now look at western countries. Do you see a difference there? Islamic states are typically little better than stone-age medieval tribal enclaves with the occasional modern city thrown in for good measure. Makes for good PR. As evidenced by their disregard for human life, the only thing that Muslims respect or even understand is brute force. Time and time again it has been proven that you simply cannot negotiate with them. They will stare you in the eye and smile at you, plotting to stab you in your back the second you look away. Don't believe me? Read the news.
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that they believe in freedom of speech when it comes to telling the world how wonderful Islam is and how horrible everyone else is, but yet someone publishes a cartoon mocking their prophet and they go apeshit ballistic and start rioting.
I want to make this explicitly clear. They are fucking CARTOONS. Drawings. Nothing more. Sorry if you don't like it. The thing is, it's not really these cartoons that are behind this newest wave of violence. Islamists use any and every reason they can find that could even remotely 'justify' their hate, and go full bore. It's like when there's a riot here in the US after a particular football team wins the Super Bowl. Are fans really so incensed that their team won? No, it's an excuse to go outside, break stuff, burn shit, and generally act like a degenerate immoral asshole.
The difference here is that Islamists pretty much are degenerate immoral assholes. Not just rank and file ones, either. Their leadership seems to have acquired an almost frighteningly distinct and elevated form of immoral assholishness. In fact, Amr Mussa, the Secretary General of the Arab League is urging Arab leaders to pressure the UN to address the 'cartoon issue' in a strict manner. Not that it would really matter even if the UN did so, because nobody gives a shit what they say anyway. The UN only rarely has the balls to back up their resolutions, which makes them pretty much irrelevant. They aren't the issue however. It's the fact that these people seem to think the cartoons are such a massive international crisis that we need to approach an international body about it, while simultaneously remaining oblivious to their own actions.
I think it all comes down to the fact that they can dish it out, but they simply can't take it. They're all gung-ho about butchering civilians, blowing up Americans whether by plane, carbomb, vest, IED, or whatever else they can come up with. These are the people who brought you 9/11, the USS Cole, the Khobar Towers, and about 100 other terrorist attacks, and they can't seem to understand why we're projecting a military presence in the middle east, nor do they understand why we don't particularly give a shit about their demands or their prophet. They don't seem to be particularly bright in this respect.
The sad thing is, the EU is already caving in to them. It's already a crime in several European nations to insult religious beliefs, and now the EU is tabling resolutions making 'blaspheming prophets' a crime. Europe needs to get a spine and stand up to them, and do it now before it's too late. As David Jonsson of the Canada Free Press points out, Islamists are hellbent on spreading Islam to every corner of the world, and the violence may be just a diversion - a symptom of a larger disease. The now infamous UAE ports deal may be one piece of this tangled web.
I'm scared. Not of Islam; I'm sure one day we'll stem the tide of the Islamist onslaught. Whether or not it leads to World War 3 is part of my fear. The other is that we may be forced to play the role of fascist conqueror in order to win it. Defeating them may require it. That's what scares me. Not them, but what they're forcing us to become.
