A Quick Update on That War Thingie

Hmmm. This started out as a quick note to visit a Jewish World Review article and morphed into a rather eclectic war roundup. Here goes....

Why Trust a Moslem Saying "Peace"?

At Jewish World Review is an excellent sampler of what Moslem leaders mean when they speak of peace with non-Moslems.

Musharraf then explained why Mohammed was willing to sign a peace agreement with the infidels even if its temporarily made Muslims look weak." There was a battle between Muslims and Jews, and of course by the grace of G-d, Muslims won the battle ... Mecca was conquered. What lesson do we derive with this incident? ... On this occasion, a strategic decision is to be taken...if you are facing two problems and you have to choose one, then it is better to take the lesser evil....

The temporary good relations between Mohammed and the Jewish tribes of Arabia (Qurayza, Khaybar, Khaynuqa, and Nadhir) who were wiped out by Muslims is well-known in the contemporary Muslim world, as it is often mentioned in textbooks, sermons, and TV shows. Yasser Arafat frequently referred to the concept of a temporary truce in justifying the Oslo Accords with Israel. Other Arab and Muslim leaders also frequently refer to this.

This kind of double-talk (and the example of photoshopping by CAIR at left) makes the leader of Iran look good by comparison. At least when he says Iran will share the bomb with other Islamic countries, you know he's telling the truth.

And we should listen to him for another reason: The U.N. is a lot closer to toing his line than the reformist (and futile) U.S. line.

"The raison d'etre of the United Nations is to promote global peace and tranquility," [Ahmadinejad] told the General Assembly. "Therefore, any license for pre-emptive measures [What? Like building a nuclear arsenal for terrorists? --ed] which are essentially based on gauging intentions rather than objective facts ... is a blatant contradiction to the very foundation of the United Nations and the letter and the spirit of its charter."

And this is just for sanctions. Via TIA Daily is this link on how those reforms are doing. Or not.

The U.N. World Summit opens today with a hard-fought but watered-down declaration that fails to include many reforms sought by the United States, including a replacement for the discredited Human Rights Commission.

It could be said that the U.N. embraces reform in the same way that Islam embraces peace. This is hardly a surprise when membership requirements fail to include some kind of minimal standard for what constitutes a legitimate government.

War Memorial Roundup



And speaking of "embracing", Cox and Forkum have a good roundup pertaining to the ill-conceived Flight 93 memorial, which should be a war memorial.

Six-Party Stalls

In the meantime, talks with the other Axis of Evil nation we've decided to dignify with conversation rather than bombing into oblivion have stalled -- after we waited for over a year to start them back up! Surprise!

U.S. chief negotiator Christopher Hill described Pyongyang’s continued calls for Washington and others to build it a light-water reactor as a "nonstarter."

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Hardliners in Washington and Tokyo say light-water reactors require enriched uranium, which could lead to the manufacture of nuclear warheads.

Hardliners?!?!? I bloody well wish we had some hardliners on our side! (Amazingly, when I looked up the name of this publication, Chosun Ilbo, I confirmed that it is a South Korean paper! I had wanted to say that at least Kim Jong "Mentally" Il possessed a sense of humor!)

Memo to Bush: Don't be like Ray Nagin.

Engage in talks and stall. Moslems have followed this obvious tactic since the beginning, and only a fool would think North Korea is doing anything besides. What the hell is our President doing, other than playing the useful idiot in this game?

-- CAV