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Article #55: Crusader vs. Caliphate...Bush Doctrine: Destroy the Heretics of Islam

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THE CRUSADER vs. THE CALIPHATE . . . . Nazi combination of new age neo-paganism
The Bush Doctrine: Destroy the Heretics and socialism. Islamic nations have no
of Islam! defined concept of separation of powers,
By Doug Krieger an independent judiciary, private
THE GREEN CURTAIN property, free enterprise, free speech or
From the Pillars of Hercules in the free press.
Atlantic to the Indonesian Archipelago in "Non-Islamic minorities, called
the Pacific a vile and putrid Green 'Dhimmis,' are allowed to live at the
Curtain threatens its descent to enshroud whim of the state as long as they submit
and enslave a vast swath of earth's to second-class status and pay a yearly
inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the extortion. This way they are allowed, in
resurrection of the Moslem Caliphate, most cases, to live yet another year
envelopes "with greater economic and without converting to Islam. Islamic
military and political power . . . able defenders refer to this system as an
to advance their stated agenda: to example of Islamic tolerance."
develop weapons of mass destruction . . . Free Republic
destroy Israel . . . intimidate Europe . It is no small secret that Baathist
. . assault the American people . . . and Socialism and the Left, in general, share
blackmail our government into isolation." a common consternation towards the
(Remarks by President Bush before the American New World Order System-a system
National Endowment for Democracy on the wherein the rich get richer and the poor,
War on Terror, October, 2005). poorer-where the "disparity of wealth"
"We will confront this mortal danger to continues unabated; NOTWITHSTANDING ALL
all humanity . . . We will not tire, or THE RHETORIC TO THE CONTRARY!
rest . . . we will see freedom's victory In his classic text,"
. . . we must stop them . . . we will Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the
never back down, never give in, and never American Left," David Horowitz provides a
accept anything less than complete damning critique of America's
victory . . . there is no peace without Left-extrapolating their connivance with
victory . . . we will keep our nerve and radical Islam and likening it to the
we will win that victory! Hitler-Stalin Pact of the 20th Century.
"The militants believe that controlling In other words: They will stop at no
one country will rally the Muslim masses, lengths to attack Babylon the Great!
enabling them to overthrow all moderate I have meandered all over the
governments in the region, and establish socio-political map-without going into
a radical Islamic empire that spans from elaborate detail/references-highlighting
Spain to Indonesia . . . they are the American Left (world Left) and Islam
fanatical and extreme . . . utterly (seemingly poles apart), who have
committed . . . As Zarqawi has vowed, 'We purposefully and/or unwittingly ascribed
will either achieve victory over the to the old Arab dictum: The enemy of my
human race or we will pass to the eternal enemy is my friend!
life' . . . we must stop them before What Horowitz fails to calculate is the
their crimes can multiply!" (Excerpts simple fact America's Left is not
from Bush's speech, monolithic, nor is its Right (though I'm
THE WAR AGAINST HUMANITY sure he gives mental ascent to this
The battle lines are clearly drawn; the troubling thought). However, both Left
identity of the implacable foe utterly and Right in Americana are loathe to
delineated; the sinister intentions and outrage over the wishy-washy center-a
methodologies of this cowardly lot have center whose pompous protestations are
been, by our President, exposed before adjudged by both as unworthy in
the whole world for what they really are: galvanizing any base.
THE HERETICS OF ISLAM! THIS CRUSADE...THIS WAR ON TERRORISM
Furthermore, "these extremists want to I have presented before you a decisively
end American and Western influence in the religious understanding on the part of
broader Middle East, because we stand for our President in his efforts to "stay the
democracy and peace, and stand in the way course" and rally American public opinion
of their ambitions (as quoted by Osama to his cause. Without projecting the tone
bin Laden, Al Qaeda's leader): '(We) and substance of this debate within the
dedicate our resources, sons and money to nomenclature of evangelical rhetoric-let
driving the infidels out of (our) lands . alone ideological terminology-the
. . The whole world is watching this war American public will NOT persist in the
and the two adversaries (viz. Western efforts of the one who (along with
Civilization vs. Islamic Civilization) . America's representatives) first
. . It's either victory and glory, or announced immediately after 9/11:
misery and humiliation!" (OBL). "They have attacked America because we
The President likened "Radical Islam's . are freedom's home and defender; this
. . war against humanity" (i.e., the crusade, this war on terrorism, is going
"civilized world") to the struggle to take a while, but we will rid the
against fanatical despots like Hitler, world of the evil-doers." - President
Stalin, and Pol Pot-branding them all as George W. Bush (September 16, 2001)
"EVIL MEN, obsessed with ambition and "We are coming after you. God may have
unburdened by conscience." mercy on you, but we won't," Sen. John
Theirs is a "murderous ideology . . . the McCain (R-AZ).
great challenge of our new century!" They "Bomb the hell out of them. If there's
are the killers of "Daniel Pearl, collateral damage, so be it. They
Nicholas Berg, Margaret Hassan and of certainly found our civilians to be
Theo Van Gogh." They justify their random expendable," Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA).
killings " . . . because I believe you "Deputy Secretary of Defense (Now
are an infidel." President of the World Bank) Paul
They hide behind the "veneer of religious Wolfowitz says that we are going to 'end
rhetoric . . . (they wish to) rule the states' that sponsor terrorism, and our
soul itself . . . While promising a entire government puts the world on
future of justice and holiness." Indeed, notice that everyone must 'choose sides,'
the President's religious definitions that we no longer differentiate between
expressions swirl throughout his entire terrorists and the countries they may
speech: "The excuses for violence (range live in, and that they are either 'with
from) the Israeli presence on the West us or against us'" (
Bank . . . the U.S. military presence in Ramzi Kysia, The Lasts Crusade
Saudi Arabia . . . the defeat of the Furthermore, the relentless barrage
Taliban . . . or the CRUSADES of a launched by the Bush Administration in
thousand years ago." the globalization of the War on Terror is
COMMUNISM'S IDEOLOGY WAS DEFEATED-SO WILL laced throughout with the hyperbole of
THEIRS-WITH AN "IRON FIST" religious expression-no wonder Rayan
President Bush asserts that we have been El-Amine posits what lies within most
at war for the past quarter of a century Moslem minds (notwithstanding the "Moslem
against this ubiquitous foe. He likens Silent Majority" of moderates):
the present struggle against "The green menace has replaced the red
"Islamo-fascism, Islamic radicalism, menace, and the 'evil empire' of the cold
militant Jihadism" to the "ideology of war has become the less eloquent, but
communism . . . gulags . . . the Cultural just as deadly, "evil doers" of the Arab
Revolution . . . and the killing fields." and Muslim world . . . The backward and
The victory the West won against the seemingly static image of the Arab that
by-gone "totalitarian aims" of communism, Oliphant (i.e., Pat Oliphant), Hollywood
will repeat its triumph over "the rise of and the Bush administration have
a deadly enemy and the unfolding of a projected comes from classic colonial
global ideological struggle." notions of Western superiority. The
Not only do those who aspire to the rhetoric by George Bush and Condoleezza
resuscitation of the Caliphate wish to Rice about bringing freedom and democracy
expunge the West's influences from the to the Arab world is no different from
"broader Middle East," they, according to the British and French in the 19th
Bush, "regard Iraq as the central front century talking about civilizing India
in their war against humanity." Iraq has and Africa. Neo-conservatives and right
become-for better or worse-the "central wing think tanks see the Arab world as a
front" in America's War on Terror. If the colonial project in which Arabs need to
"militants" persist in Iraq, they will be subdued and civilized. Edward Said, in
"rally the Muslim masses . . . overthrow his definitive work of how the West sees
all moderate governments in the region . the East, Orientalism, explains how the
. . and establish a radical Islamic same system of analysis justifies control
empire" (i.e., the Caliphate). and superiority today."
But, again, as the communists suffered Muslim Wake Up
defeat, even so, they who claim that IMMOVABLE OBJECT MEETS IRRESISTABLE FORCE
Americans are "the most cowardly of God's When I first heard the remark about an
creatures" (i.e., Mr. Zarqawi) shall "immovable object meets an irresistible
likewise "condemn themselves to force" it was presented in the context
isolation, decline, and collapse . . . that if there were a God, could He make
because free peoples will own the an object so large that He could not move
future." No, the US will not leave a it? And, ipso facto, if He could make
"vacuum" in Iraq for their dastardly aims such an object, then He wouldn't be God!
to multiply . . . they will be crushed by This convoluted reasoning is,
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation nonetheless, politically valid in the
Enduring Freedom, OPERATION IRON FURY, context of the socio-religio imbroglio of
OPERATION IRON FIST . . . ad nausea, ad the War on Terror. What comfort does the
infinitum. world embrace to know that "most
OPERATION IRON FIST IS BIGGER THAN IRAQ insurgencies last a minimum of nine
Alas! The US military has no end in years?" (In a March, 2005 press
announcing yet another operation to smash conference, General George Casey, the
the burgeoning insurgency now, according U.S. military commander in Iraq,
to CNN (October 15, 2005), flush with pointedly noted that insurgencies
some 200,000 militants . . . wherein some typically last nine years-
10,000 have been slain, 30,000 imprisoned The New Republic . . . this flap of the
and some 300 to 400 infractions occur chops was once vigorously subdued by the
each week! Iron-Bullet, Fist, Force, Administration; now, however, it's a
Fury, Grip, Hammer, Justice, Promise, reasonable statement as the war drags on
Resolve, Saber . . . and the list and on!
continues to grow! "YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH AND YOUR
List of Military Operations and AGREEMENT WITH HELL" (Isaiah 28:18)
Non-Military Operations Meanwhile, in their article, A New Vision
In addition to this "must win" for a New World, Roger Morris and Steve
aforementioned iron resolve-a sort of Schmidt in Counter Punch, among other
"Triumph of the Will"-style items, present a rather innocuous, yet
determination-epitomized by President potent prophetic prospect-and, since
Bush himself, those "helpers and Morris served on the National Security
enablers" of the would-be Caliphate, Council Staff under Presidents Johnson
SYRIA and IRAN, shall NOT go unpunished . and Nixon, his "foreign policy"
. . initiatives should not be taken lightly .
" . . . authoritarian regimes, allies of . . first, he is NOT touting the
convenience like Syria and Iran, that President's National Endowment for
share the goal of hurting American and Democracy pronouncements . . . no, he is
moderate Muslim governments, and use allegedly proposing a comprehensive
terrorist propaganda to blame their own resolution to the current
failures on the West and America, on the administration's foreign and domestic
Jews . . . we're determined (against crisis from a decidedly "left-leaning"
Syrian and Iran) to deny radical groups (to say the least) perspective:
the support and sanctuary of outlaw "The war on Iraq is a strategic disaster.
regimes . . . STATE-SPONSORS like Syria Unilateral invasion and a bloody,
and Iran have a long history of profiteering, open-ended occupation have
collaboration with terrorists, and they torn our alliances, cost unparalleled
DESERVE NO PATIENCE FROM THE VICTIMS OF international hostility and distrust,
TERROR. The United States makes no heightened a still-misread, thus
distinction between those who commit acts still-undeterred threat of terrorist
of terror and those who support and vengeance, further swollen a malignant
harbor them, BECAUSE THEY'RE EQUALLY AS budget deficit, strained US ground forces
GUILTY OF MURDER (Applause from as never before, and altogether drained
audience). Any government that chooses to and diverted the nation amid a host of
be an ally of terror has also chosen to other grave problems. Added to America's
be an enemy of civilization . . . and the unremitting complicity with Arab
civilized world must hold those regimes dictatorships and with an Israeli regime
to account." gone from self-defense to colonization,
Be it abundantly clear to the entire subjugation and Berlin-wall apartheid
world: SYRIA and IRAN, the enemies of vis-à-vis the Palestinians, the debacle
civilization, shall be "held to account" in Iraq compounds an escalating crisis.
. . . they are the "enemies of The contrast between our declared
civilization . . . "THEY'RE EQUALLY anti-colonial, democratic ideals and our
GUILTY OF MURDER!" conquest of Iraq is seen as flaunted
Not only is Bush determined to extinguish hypocrisy in our centuries-old image of
the spiritual aspirations of Caliphate standing for freedom and the downtrodden.
from the OBL's of the world, and not only We risk an epochal change in the cultural
will he prohibit their acquisitions of belief systems of hundreds of millions,
any state, but he most certainly will in an alienation from and hatred of America
accordance with his military plan and for generations to come with incalculable
"offensive operations . . . clear out consequences."
enemy forces" from those states which But then this curious possibility stands
"collaborate with terrorists!" out in glaring distinction amid their
Listen-first SYRIA is mentioned, then imperatives, though clothed in the
IRAN . . . is that coincidental? I think language of political balance:
not-for it is in that precise order that "To Israel - we would pledge, by treaty
"freedom" and "democracy" shall extend and a joint resolution of Congress, that
her grip on the region! any invasion of its pre-1967 territory
The "enemy" shall be denied "control of would be equivalent to an attack on the
any nation!" For this very reason was the US, obliging our full defense. We would
Taliban ousted from Afghanistan; and, it urge other powers to join that guarantee.
is for this very reason why the US With or without others, however,
co-labors with Musharraf "to oppose and America's commitment to a just and
isolate the militants in Pakistan." lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace would
To achieve all the above stated goals, be unequivocal. If Israel failed to
the noble extensions of DEMOCRACY and withdraw forces and provide for colonists
HOPE shall be spread across the broader to return, it would be the US position
Middle East. that dispossession of the Palestinians is
DENYING JIHADISTS RECRUITS THROUGH a multiple threat to the peace, our
DEMOCRACY principled support since 1947 does not
Yes, we shall "deny the militants future extend to a geo-political mutual suicide
recruits by replacing hatred and pact, and in refusing to act responsibly,
resentment with democracy and hope across Israel will be sanctioned like any other
the broader Middle East . . . there's no international obstructer."
alternative . . . OUR FUTURE AND THE Counter Punch, October 11, 2005
FUTURE OF THAT REGION ARE LINKED . . . The reasoned remarks that guarantee
America is making this stand!" Israel's security in light of their
Indeed, as Condi Rice clearly enunciated compliance, cooperation, and sacrifices
American foreign policy in February of for peace and coexistence with a
2005 at the American University in Cairo: sovereign Palestinian State, though
"For 60 years, the United States pursued proposed by the Left, would be strongly
stability at the expense of democracy in supported by the Religious Right in
the Middle East - and we achieved America, let alone the Republicans! The
neither. April 19, 2005 JERUSALEM RESOLUTION reads
"Now, we are taking a different course. as follows:
We are supporting the democratic Jerusalem Resolution (Introduced in
aspirations of all people" Senate) Providing for the recognition of
The Arabist Network Jerusalem as the undivided capital of
No longer will Middle East despots Israel before the United States
receive a polite nod from their Western recognizes a Palestinian state, and for
patrons; instead, they shall be other purposes. SJ 14 IS 109th CONGRESS
vanquished from their dictatorial ways, 1st Session
from their absolutist and tribal Among the resolution's numerous
monarchies-once and for all! affirmations, these "biblical"
Yes, a "different course" - altogether confirmations are most notable:
different! What you are witnessing here (1) Jerusalem has been the capital of the
is an all out diplomatic-military effort Jewish people for 3,000 years.
to radically alter the course of Middle (2) Jerusalem has never been the capital
Eastern history/culture through the for any other state other than for the
aggressive propagation of "democracy"-for Jewish people.
"Wars are not won without sacrifice -- (3) Jerusalem is central to Judaism and
and this war will require more sacrifice, is cited in the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible,
more time, and more resolve." 766 times.
This war, according to Bush, is fought on (4) Jerusalem is not mentioned by name in
two levels, two primary fronts: The the Koran.
terrestrial (earthly/military) and the To what am I alluding? The political
psychological (ideological battle for the "climate" on both sides of the aisle has
minds and hearts of the people). reached "prophetic convergence" - the USA
Notwithstanding the overt attempt to is set to enter into a binding accord to
persuade the world that such be the case, underwrite the peace with Israel,
there is another-though it be deeply unequivocally, unprecedented, and
embedded within the rhetoric of his expeditiously.
doctrine discharged before the National "Then he shall confirm a covenant with
Endowment for Democracy: The CELESTIAL! many (the Jewish people) for one week
THE SPIRITUAL CONFRONTATION OF THE AGES (i.e., Seven Years-the 70th Prophetical
"Evil men, obsessed with ambition and Week of Daniel the prophet); but in the
unburdened by conscience, must be taken middle of the week he shall bring an end
very serious(ly)-and we must stop them to sacrifice and offering" (Daniel
before their crimes can multiply." There 9:17a).
is, most definitely, religious symbolism Though some expositors crudely abuse the
and tone throughout the President's context of this above reference-they do
impassioned pleas for "freedom and so in complete disregard for both the
democracy." To conclude otherwise misses original language and its English
the entire significance of the speech-its translation-and to their own peril. They
raison d'être. To bestir, persuade, and claim that the antecedent of "he" in
enflame the conscience to sacrifice in Daniel 9:27a refers to the Messiah (i.e.,
defeating this global contagion-he must Christ) mentioned in Daniel 9:26a ("And
couch the parameters of the conflict in after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall
terms of spirituality! For . . . be cut off but not for Himself")-while
"These extremists distort the idea of they ignorantly and stubbornly circumvent
jihad into a call for terrorist murder the entire sequential nature of the
against Christians and Jews and Hindus . complete text (Daniel 9:26-27).
. . Muslim scholars have already publicly The Messiah has already been "cut off"
condemned terrorism . . . 'Whoever does --- if you would, He is in no "sequential
such a thing is not a Muslim, nor a position" to either conclude (i.e., as in
religious person' (Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the original language, impose a "defense
the Koran)." pact") nor terminate such a covenant or,
Here is one who decisively marshals the as in the original language, impose a
resistance of his implacable foe at the "defense pact" with the "many" (i.e.,
very root of their strength: The Spirit! Israel). For one, He is "out of the
It is mandatory that he split picture"-instead, another vile creature
Islam-acclaim the foundations of Mohammed is left to carry out this subterfuge;
are predicated upon PEACE! this deceptive guise of assurance is none
Naturally, and historically, the other than: The Antichrist! The
foundations of Islam, and the emergence Anti-Messiah! The False Deliverer!
of the Caliphate wrought the separation "And the people (the Roman legions under
of the Sunni and the Shiite sects of Titus) of the prince who is to come
Islam: (i.e.,
"The rulership of Islam; caliph, the The Coming Princeof Sir Robert Anderson's
spiritual head and temporal ruler of the classic text--shall destroy the city and
Islamic state. In principle, Islam is the sanctuary (the Romans did so in 70
theocratic: when Muhammad the Prophet A.D.) . . . then "he" (i.e., the prince
died, a caliph [Arab.,=successor] was who is to come) shall confirm a covenant
chosen to rule in his place. The caliph with the many for one week . . ." (Daniel
had temporal and spiritual authority but 9:26b and 27a).
was not permitted prophetic power; this This is not a new interpretation-what is
was reserved for Muhammad. The caliph new about it is the ominous identity of
could not, therefore, exercise authority this final artifact of evil! That nigh
in matters of religious doctrine. The two-thousand years separates the
first caliph was Abu Bakr . He was destruction of Jerusalem under Titus,
succeeded by Umar , Uthman , and Ali . until "the Coming Prince" is revealed, is
Sunni Muslims recognize these first four, a classic Jewish prophetic style in
or Rashidun (the rightly guided), apocalyptic literature (Note: Our other
caliphs. Shiites , however, recognize Ali writings on
as the first caliph. After Ali's death, The Tribulation Networkdiscuss this
Muawiya became caliph and founded the "technique."
Umayyad dynasty (661-750), chiefly by Israel's complicity in concluding this
force of arms. Its capital was Damascus. infamous accord with the aforementioned
In 750 the Abbasid family, descended from figure mentioned in Daniel's
the Prophet's uncle, led a coalition that account-i.e., "the coming prince"-proves
defeated (749-50) the Umayyad family." the words of Jesus: "I have come in My
But, one thing is altogether Father's name, and you do not receive Me;
certain-Islam's religious tolerance, if another comes in his own name, him you
though incessantly touted as widespread will receive" (John 5:43).
and obvious-was and is hardly the case! Undoubtedly, such an agreement, defense
All the rhetoric to the contrary, Islam's pact, will, as Scripture concludes,
toleration of Christian, Jew, Hindu, or initiate from "the prince who is to
of Buddhism/Confucius, is NOT borne out come"-for it is he who "causes (it) to
in the record. That is precisely why bear" or "imposes" the accord.
Bush's appeal to "religious freedom" (and Nevertheless, the seductive nature of the
he knows exactly how this "sounds" in the deception to a war-wary Israel will be
West-secular and/or religious) does NOT heralded as "divine deliverance" at last!
play out in Islam: PEACE & SAFETY...THEN COMETH SUDDEN
"We're standing with dissidents and DESTRUCTION
exiles against oppressive regimes, "When they say, 'Peace and safety!' then
because we know that the dissidents of sudden destruction comes upon them, as
today will be the democratic leaders of labor pains upon a pregnant woman . . .
tomorrow. We're making our case through and they shall not escape" (I
public diplomacy, stating clearly and Thessalonians 5:3).
confidently our belief in The above text occurs within the context
self-determination, and the rule of law, of the Apostle Paul's prophetic burst and
and religious freedom, and equal rights defense of the same: "Do not despise
for women, beliefs that are right and prophecies!" (I Thess. 5:20). He is
true in every land, and in every culture. speaking about the "Day of the Lord" and
(Applause.) likens it to a "thief in the night" (I
Does he know what he is saying? He most Thess. 5:2).
assuredly does! Imagine the sound of As you, or even the most casual of
"religious freedom" and "equal rights for observers will eventually
women" in the ear of Islam? Is he aware conclude-exhausted by the ceaseless wars