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Oderint dum metuant—“Let
them hate us, so long as they fear us”
“This is the Perfect War. They want
to die, and we want to kill them.” -Sgt. Major Henry Bergeron, 1st Marine
Division, Iraq
"You have to understand the Arab mind," Capt. Todd Brown, a company commander with the Fourth Infantry Division, said as he stood outside the gates of Abu Hishma, Iraq. "The only thing they understand is force — force, pride and saving face."
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The Anglosphere
Anglosphere
Primer
"It's been said that those who live near a police station find it hard to
believe in the triumph of violence, in the same way free peoples might be
tempted to take for granted the orderly societies we have come to know.
Europe's peaceful unity is one of the great achievements of the last
half-century. And because European countries now resolve differences
through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that
the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget how
Europe's unity was achieved -- by allied armies of liberation and NATO
armies of defense. And let us never forget, beyond Europe's borders, in a
world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a
moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders." -
President Bush
Whitehall Palace in London, Nov. 19, 2003
"As one of the Islamic fanatics who inspired al-Qa'eda said: "We are not trying to negotiate with you. We are trying to destroy you." The Islamic terrorists who destroyed the World Trade Center, those who bombed Bali, and whoever it is in Spain who has now demonstrated a comparable appetite for indiscriminate killing, do not have specific political goals, in the way that terrorists such as the IRA or Eta have. They wish to destroy the whole basis of Western society - secular democracy, individual liberty, equality before the law, toleration, and pluralism - and replace it with a theocracy based on a perverted and dogmatic interpretation of the Koran. That is why the suggestion that we should try to negotiate with such terrorists is so fatuous: there is nothing whatever to negotiate about. It has been suggested that, had Spain not backed America's invasion of Iraq, then the bombs in Madrid would not have happened. It has also been claimed that our Government could save Britain from further depredations by withdrawing troops from Iraq and condemning America's presence in that country. But al-Qa'eda did not kill nearly 3,000 people in New York in order to persuade President Bush to change American foreign policy, and the idea that we could prevent the next al-Qa'eda outrage by any change in policy at all is just silly. Yesterday The Guardian published a leading article providing an object lesson in how not to tackle this global threat. "We need to get beyond them and us, the good guys and the bad guys," opined the newspaper - which also called for "an international conference to bridge the divide between Muslim and Christian communities". The idea that we should try to appease the terrorists is wrong in every respect. It would not protect us, for nothing acts as a greater incentive to terrorists than the realisation that their target is weak and frightened. And it would only weaken the institutions we are trying to protect, and demonstrate to the terrorists that we are - as they frequently allege - too decadent and craven to defend the way of life to which we claim to be attached." - Sunday Telegraph Editorial, 14 March 2004
The Axis of Evil:
Syria
Iran
France
North
Korea
House of
Saud
The BBC
The
Guardian
The Nation
Howard
Dean
Prime Minister Blair Warns of Continuing Global Terror Threat
The War Against Israel and Growing European Nationalism by Ilka Schroder MEP
At least the Europeans Are Neutral, Not Enemies by Victor Davis Hanson
December 13, 2003: Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein captured alive by
coalition forces after a manhunt of more than eight months.
President Bush Addresses Nation on the Capture of Saddam Hussein
The Saudi Connection - How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network by David E. Kaplan
December 14, 2003 - On a snowy day in
Times Square, Jeff Gump of Jacksonville, Fla., reacted to President Bush's
speech.
A Real War - Fighting The Worst Fascists Since Hitler by Victor Davis Hanson
Fantasy: The Geneva Accord by Yossi Klein Halevi & Michael B. Oren
The words 'We got
him,' spoken by U.S. CPA administrator L. Paul Bremer at a press
conference announcing the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein, are illuminated on the air traffic control tower at Basrah
International Airport, in Southern Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. The
message was written by the employees of the control tower.
President Bush Discusses Iraq Policy at Whitehall Palace in London
If It Weren't for America, You Wouldn't be Free to Protest by Victor Davis Hanson
December 14, 2003: Iraqi people celebrate the capture of ouster dictator
Saddam Hussein at al-Fardus square in Baghdad, holding a placard signed by
'the honest people of Iraq' reading 'Congratulations, congratulations to
all honest Iraqis, shame on Aflaqism,' referring to Michel Aflaq, one of
the founders of the secular pan-Arab Baath party.
The Left's Love Affair With the Palestinians by Paul Hollander
Signs that we're winning: Explosions in the Saudi Arabia not New York or
London. The war has returned to the land of its birth. The true battle
between Islamo-fascism and modernity can no longer, thankfully, be focused
on the "infidels." Fires burning after an explosion in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, Nov. 9, 2003. A huge explosion gutted a Riyadh compound housing
foreigners and Saudis.
The Arab World is Running Out of Alternatives to Democracy by Victor Davis Hanson
U.S.
Army tanks patrol Baghdad, Nov 2, 2003
Pakistani Prime Minister Jamali meets with
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah in Islamabad October 19, 2003. Our "friends"
the Saudis and the Pakistanis = Disingenuous:
Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: “an ambitious,
disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who... exemplified...
the most disagreeable traits of his time.” Generally, “insincere”
and a synonym of cynical or calculating.
Bigotry in Print. Crowds Chant Murder. Something's Changed. by Paul Berman
The Enemy is Still Betting Against Us by Victor Davis Hanson
Cairo:
Egyptian students of al-Azhar Universty, the highest Islamic Sunni
institution, flash V-signs and copies of the Quran, as they shout anti-U.S.
and Israel slogans inside their campus Sunday, Oct.19, 2003
= Delusion: A false, fixed,
odd, or unusual belief firmly held by the patient. The belief is not
ordinarily accepted by other members of the person’s culture or
subculture. There are delusions of paranoia (others are plotting against
them), grandiose delusions (exaggerated ideas of one's importance or
identity), and somatic delusions (a healthy person believing that he/she
has a terminal illness).
What if it works? A Liberating Experience by Christopher Hitchens
A KC-10A Extender refuels an F-15E Strike
Eagle on a combat patrol over Iraq.
Edward Said and Ali Shariati didn’t get the West by Amir Taheri
2001 Nights - The end of the Orientalist critique By Charles Paul Freund
New York - World Trade Center - 9/11/03
The Thin Veneer of Civilization: Eternal Lessons From a Hot and Hairy Month by Victor Davis Hanson
Who would believe how much we’ve accomplished? by Victor Davis Hanson
The war on terror has gone much better than anyone would have expected by Amir Taheri
Here and here and here...
Worry About the Home Front - How We Collapse by Victor Davis Hanson
The treason of the
intellectuals
and “the undoing of thought” by Roger
Kimball
The “Banality of Evil” and The Political Culture of Hatred By Paul Hollander
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They think Bush is worse than the Baghdad bullies by Andrew Sullivan
The Return of Balance in Foreign Policy by Victor Davis Hanson
Iraqi
children push a U.S. Army soldier on a bicycle in the town of Falluja on 2
July 2003
From the evil empire to the empire for liberty by Paul Johnson
The Ungreat Washed - A Refutation of Fareed Zakaria's "The Future of Freedom" by Robert Kagan
Iraqis doing something they could not do before:
protesting, July 2003
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Conventional ignorance about the present war Victor Davis Hanson
What we have witnessed is unprecedented in military history by Victor Davis Hanson
A statue of
Saddam Hussein being toppled in downtown Baghdad Wednesday 9 April 2003
The end of the beginning: There must also be regime change in Syria and Iran
A
framed image of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen broken as British
troops patrol the streets of Basra in Iraq 7 April 2003
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Ignorance about this war is everywhere by Victor Davis Hanson
Operation Iraqi Freedom:
U.S. Marines tear down a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein.
Some say Iraq is a distraction. History won’t. From Manhattan to Baghdad by Victor Davis Hanson
Members
of the Desert Rats, British Royal Fusiliers, drive their Warrior tank into
a picture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
The gigantic bluff of UN power has been called by John Humphrys
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The Background of the Conflict:
The Jihad repulsed - Islamic Imperialism
halted by the victory of
Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers, 11
October 732
Western response to 500 years of Islamic
Imperialism in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain and Asia Minor:
Crusader Godfrey de Bouillon leads the Romans against
Saladin, 1180s
The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 - Islamic
Imperialism triumphs as an ancient Christian city falls and the Turks
storm the city
The repulse of the Caliphate: the destruction of the Turkish
Fleet by the West at the Battle of Lepanto, 7
October 1571
Religion of Peace? Islam, without the comforting clichés
by Roger Scruton
Polish King Jan Sobieski destroying the
Turkish Army besieging Vienna, blocking and reversing the Islamic Jihad drive
into Europe, ending the siege of Vienna, 11-12 September 1683.
Reversal of fortunes: The French defeat the Turks at the
battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798
The present war begins: Seizure of the
American embassy in Tehran by Iranian students on 4 November 1979 and the
beginning of the hostage crisis, and America's own "Useful Idiot," Jimmy
Carter.
Support:
The Enemies of God by Bernard Lewis
September 11, 2001. Al Qaeda, in the name
Islam and Jihad, attacks the United States
Support:
Power and Weakness
by Robert Kagan
The Future of History by Stanley Kurtz
Iraq and the
Arabs' Future
by Fouad Ajami
A now-familiar scene in the middle east -
terrorist murderers, wrapped in the colors of Islam, calling for Jihad and
war, caught up in the rage
of the failure of their own societies and cultures, calling for the death
of just about everyone else.
Support:
The 1930s, Again -
A hard rain is going to fall
by Victor Davis Hanson
Left: Al Qaeda terrorists in
Afghanistan, 1999. Right: Saudi Prince
Nayef,
Saudi Minister of
Interior
Support:
Who is Prince Nayef?
by Bill Tierney
On Anti-Semitism:
The Uncomfortable Question of Anti-Semitism by Jonathan Rosen
Incipient Islamic Imperialism nipped in the
bud - The Jihad crushed by Operation Enduring Freedom - Aboard USS
John C. Stennis,
24 March 2002 — The "shooter"
(the catapult officer) gives the signal to an F/A-18 Hornet for
launch.
Support:
Occidentalism
by Avishai Margalit & Ian Buruma
The Hatred of America is the Socialism of Fools by Michael Gove
On Anti-Semitism:
Islamofascism, Islamic Imperilism and Jihad repulsed -
Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees sit in a
holding area under the watchful eyes of U.S. Military Police at Camp X-Ray at
Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary
detention facility on 11 January 2002.
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