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You're entitled to ...

You are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ... you are not entitled to everything that you want.  You are entitled to pursue all things, but you are not guaranteed you should have all of those things.  There's a big difference and many Americans don't see the difference.  Some people believe that they deserve all things, even if someone else has to share what they have.  There's a lot wrong with this idea.  Being 'equal' means we have equal freedoms, not that we have the right to equal possessions or equal wealth.

You are not entitled to a fancy house, a shiny new car, cheap gas, college education, and many other things.  One problem with those on the Left politically is, they seem to think their constituents are entitled to anything they want.

 Hillary Clinton thinks she is entitled to be President of the United States.  Illegal aliens think they are entitled to the same rights as legal American citizens.  Terrorists think they are entitled to our legal system and courts.  In fact, the first words out of their mouths, when caught on the battlefield, were "I want a lawyer."  Young people think they are entitled to all the worldly possessions their parents have, and have worked, scraped and saved their entire lived to accumulate.

Entitlement is the ultimate affirmative action, tipping the scales in one's favor before the game even starts. In fact, if you really think about it, you realize that most if not all liberal views on most topics can be traced to the notion that certain people deserve certain things, certain treatment, or certain benefits simply based on who they are or what their history is. [snip}

These folks do not find competition entertaining or motivating because they are annoyed that they even have to compete in the first place. Open competition has become a bothersome public relations exercise for them. It is something that they do to look good, to seem as if they have earned something. This is why liberals most often win national elections when the other side messes up. It is difficult to become good at winning when you think wins should be handed to you.

  ...   It spreads like a virus among the groups liberals champion, mixing in with the victimization which they know so well. Thus, women are entitled to this and that because they have been victimized by society and by men for far too long. African-Americans are entitled to this and that because they have been victimized by society and white people for far too long. Illegal aliens are entitled to this and that because they have been victimized by intolerant nativists for far too long.

Entitlement mixed with victimization is a toxic cocktail, making its adherents drunk with excuses, rationalizations, passivity and terminal dependence on tired slogans. If I am entitled to something, if I have a divine right to it, having to fight and struggle for that thing becomes an injustice in and of itself, hence the continuation of the whole injustice/victim chain. Carried to the extreme, by many quite willing to do so, entitlement leads to passivity, resentment and selfish arrogance. (continue reading   her at Family Security Matters, author  Gabriel Garnica, Esq.)

Republican National Committee Ad

Obama's Ill-Timed Tax Increases and Economic Ignorance

The Republican National Committee's "not ready to be president" ad notes that in an ailing economy, Barack Obama promises to raise taxes "at the worst possible time." It notes his proposal to double the capital gains tax "for purposes of fairness" and raise the payroll tax cap on millions of workers and small businesses. It questions Obama's understanding of basic economic principles and says his tax hike ideas are "out of touch," and hurts the middle class. (NewsMax)

Someone has to pay for all the entitlement programs in Washington. Who will that be? You, the average, hardworking American tax payer.

Dirty Bomb Scare Continues

Terror networks around the world continue to plot and plan, each with different battle plans but the same ultimate goal -- the end to Western countries and replace freedom with Islam.  When moderates do speak out they are attacked and smeared by the majority of Muslims in Western countries.  See this article for a perfect example here in the US.

It should be no surprise that the Beijing Olympics in August could be a target for terrorists using radioactive materials.  "The International Atomic Energy Agency says a group might try to release radioactivity at an Olympic venue, possibly using a “dirty bomb”."  (BBC)  Millions of tourists are expected in Beijing for the Olympics and then there are all the athletes from around the world.

Christopher S. Carson at FrontPageMag says,  "Where a nuclear attack once may have been beyond the capacities of stateless terrorists, that is no longer the case."

According to the New York Daily News  and its sources, the captive KSM told his interrogators that Osama bin Laden was planning a “nuclear hell storm” in America.

Normally such a lurid claim would be disbelieved by our “inside-the-box” intelligence officers, but KSM’s recovered laptop had corroborating details. The agents learned that the chain of command for this new operation went simply: bin Laden, his terrorist doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, a mysterious scientist named “Dr. X,” and an operational coordinator. The scientist turned out to be Dr. A.Q. Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, national hero, and nuke material proliferator extraordinaire. The operations ringleader was known as “Jafer the Pilot” (Jaffer al-Tayyar). This ID was corroborated by former al-Qaeda No. 3 Abu Zubaydah when he himself was waterboarded.

The night meeting went well. 'Jafer the Pilot" is the nom de guerre of U.S. citizen Adnan el-Shukrijumah. Young, intelligent, fluent in multiple languages and a trained jet pilot who had apparently been in flight schools with Mohammed Atta, Shukrijumah had studied and worked with other jihadis at the 5-megawatt nuclear reactor at McMaster University in Canada.  But one day all the terrorists disappeared from campus forever.

John Loftus of WABC news reported on November 7, 2003, that in the immediate wake of Shukrijumah and his fellow travelers’ disappearance, 180 pounds of uranium ended up “missing” from the reactor.

 

None of that information is new to those of us who keep tabs of terrorist activity.  You may not know that al-Qaeda reps met with  the violent street gang MS-13 (Mara Salvatruchas) and traveled throughout South America making contacts.  What better way to get a bomb into the United States, than through the Mexican border?    Continue reading the FPM article here.




So far, so good, we have not been attacked here at home again since September 11, 2001.  But how long will that last when we don't secure our borders?

The security of the population is the primary responsibility of the government. In times of war it may require extraordinary measures, some of which will affect basic freedoms. That's how it happened that, following the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, many thousands of U.S. citizens were interned in camps for the safety of the general public, even as some of their relatives were called up and served with great distinction in the Armed Services. It was unpleasant, unconstitutional and possibly even ineffective, but it was widely regarded as necessary.

I cite the above as an example of measures which may need to be taken to protect the public from danger. I do not suggest similar draconian measures are needed now, but a review of the security of this country shows gaping holes which have already been exploited by our enemies and which are still a major cause for concern. The "Open Arms" policy of welcoming visitors to this country needs to be balanced against security, and America today has arrived at a balance which is more dangerous than is comfortable. While there are numerous laws which would, if enforced, provide a greater level of protection, the lack of enforcement of border security, identification requirements and visa qualifications are among matters of grave concern.  (by Tim Wilson at Family Security Matters)

Hezbollah's Communication Network Confirms Its Terror Goals, Dr. Walid Phares

An intelligence map released by a French web site, referencing Lebanese sources, shows the extensive communications network established by Hezbollah throughout Lebanon. These closed telephone circuits are operationally independent of government networks. The Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications has no link to these closed cable-based networks. These systems were at the heart of the latest confrontation between the Seniora cabinet and Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah. The latter accused the government of attempting to seize these networks or supervising them, and the Lebanese government naturally stating that all telephonic networks in Lebanon, as in any country, must be under the auspices of the legal government. Hezbollah rejected this "normal" status and responded that since it perceives itself as a "resistance" therefore it can and should have its own "closed communications system." In other words, a state within the state.

Other reading:

An attorney and top foreign policy adviser to Sen. Barack Obama, Greg Craig, is coming under fire for representing controversial figures, including an accused human-rights abuser, an alleged murderer of a U.S. soldier and even the would-be assassin of former President Ronald Reagan. (WND)

The Socialist Militant and the ACLU, (video) at Stop the ACLU

Check out a new site to me, The Sisyphus Files

PATIENT EVIL - An R.J. Godlewski / Right Truth Blog Exclusive - Chapter Seven

PATIENT EVIL

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Chapter Seven

    The thin, lanky Ukrainian dressed in green medical garments and a white lab coat was deeply disturbed; it was the first time that he had entered the dungy little cell with its foul-smelling occupant fully awake and staring at him with those insidious, unholy orange-brown eyes that appeared like spheres of clay glistening underneath water. Someone blew their assignment, he realized; he was never permitted to enter the chamber unless the infamous Sorcerer was fast asleep. Trained to remain in tight control within the presence of his patients, however, Andrei did his best to act as if it were a fairly common occurrence for him – to enter the dwelling of the world’s most infamous mass murderer, alone. He thought hard about placing the metal tray on top of the feces bucket but opted to set it down on the concrete floor precisely nine meters away from the prisoner as per standing instructions and slowly exited the premises. He prayed that the filthy, naked Arab wouldn’t detect the loud exhale as he finally closed the door from the outside and proceeded towards less threatening cells on the lower levels.

    Mohammad had sat with his back against the far corner, never moving a muscle. He could’ve cared less about the tall, beardless infidel; Allah would eventually take care of him. He wanted to begin the process of antagonizing his captors – forcing their hand by letting them know that he was privy to their methods. He needed to gauge their response once they realized that he was observing them – it was crucial to his plans.

    What the tall, barren Arab didn’t allow them to detect was the sizeable clump of human hair that occupied his mouth. If needed, he could’ve easily swallowed the mass but that would’ve set everything back several weeks – if not longer. So, he simply sat there; as rigid as a statue, as patient as a saint, as diabolical as someone with the world’s future resting within his grubby hands. Only his eyes – which remained wide-open and unblinking – proved that the sculpture was one of human flesh instead of stone. That and his uncharacteristic sitting position.

    Satisfied that his wakened presence did not result in any immediate visitations from persons more threatening than the orderly, Muhammad calmly turned around and faced the damp concrete blocks as had been his habit for the past several – well, several of what he thought were days if not weeks. Time had a very nasty habit of disappearing without any reference to the sun, the outside world, or even a convenient acknowledgement from someone bearing a wristwatch.

    He was beginning to dread the isolation imposed upon him by the infidels; there was hardly a moment that he did not think that some sinister torture was about to be unleashed upon his person. After a while, the remoteness of his captivity seemed to be a torture in and of itself. Still, he had his master plan – the salvation of his kind through the manipulation of Islam and the subversion of the rest of the planet. It, was what kept him going; providing him with the courage, determination, and abject revenge necessary to dwell within an environment even more unbearable than the caves of Eastern Afghanistan.

    Slowly, so as to avoid undue suspicion from those undoubtedly observing his every breath, Muhammad regurgitated the ball of hair that he had theretofore stowed next to his cheeks. The exiting clump was nearly half the size of his fist and exceedingly damp and filthy. He knew that separating its filaments would be far more difficult than had the last batch which sat somewhat concealed within the never-emptied bucket of other human wastes.

    Saddled with the glare of the incandescent bulb high above, Muhammad knew that being continually bathed in the brilliant light inconvenienced his plans if it didn’t disrupt them altogether. Somehow, he knew, he would have to extinguish the damn light. This might necessitate their entering his cell and scrutinizing its every square centimeter. It might also leave him interminably in the dark. Still, light bulbs burned out – that much he knew and so did the infidels.

    The only problem was, was that Muhammad ultimately needed the light bulb glowing – at least when he was to affect his escape. Incandescent lights gave off much more heat than light. They also consisted of a thin filament that literally glowed – burning in the absence of air from within a vacuum. All of this served his needs and the only question which remained was one regarding mechanism.

    Muhammad had the basic ingredients at his disposal. He had his hair which required drying and combing. He had a nearly full bucket of human waste – feces and urine – which never had been emptied during the course of his incarceration. He was frequently given access to an aluminum tray on which sat his meals. And, most importantly, he had a source of ignition in the presence of an as of yet unbroken light bulb. All of the ingredients which he needed, just none in their proper state for the time being.

    No undue hurry, he thought, at least for the moment. He still needed much more hair and he still needed to figure out a way of actually reaching the incandescent light which glowed far above his head. The latter problem was the biggest obstacle and was compounded by the presence of the surveillance camera. His future actions therefore needed to be calculated and orchestrated to perfection. He needed to discover a way of reaching the light. He also needed a more efficient method of scraping the metal shavings off of the aluminum tray – simply grinding the utensil against the concrete blocks was both time-consuming and unnecessarily suspicious.

    Once he had solved these problems then Muhammad would have the workings of his escape; instruments in which he could aide those who were, at that moment, planning for his rescue. What all knew, even at this very earliest of opportunities, was that Muhammad himself would signal the time for action. All that his men had to do was to be in the area, awaiting his communication. It would not be easy, but Muhammad was demanding if anything else. When he was ready; they would have to be ready. Death awaited both the unsuspecting as well as the unprepared.

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It's the religion...

A girl age 7,  in Handsworth, Birmingham,  starves to death and her five siblings were founds emaciated, after their mother converted to Islam.  Any connection?  The Mail Online reports  that the children had been seen eating bread crumbs thrown out for birds to eat.  Where were the neighbors, the other family members, and where was Children's Services???

Lying on mattresses in a squalid bedroom were six starving children, all seriously emaciated.

For one, seven- year- old Khyra Ishaq, rescue came too late. She died in hospital hours later.

Say Anything Blog says:

I see no direct, objective evidence that this mother’s conversion to Islam had anything at all to do with her change in motherly behavior; but, it appears that a great change took place in this household almost immediately after the mother converted, wherein her happy, healthy children virtually disappeared and when the police finally investigated they found the children starving, one unto death. Is there any connection?

In another instance, in another country, a Christian factory worker in Pakistan, Danish Masih age 25,  was approached at lunch by some Muslim co-workers who tried to convince him to convert to Islam.  When the young Christian man refused, his co-workers accused him of blasphemy, wanted to have him burned alive and his family stoned to death.  The  religion of peace again?  Read the story at Persecution.org.

No question this was the religion.  And here in the United States we STILL have Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), which is a publicly funded charter school that teaches Islam, complete with daily and Friday prayers.  And YOU pay for it.  You pay for Islam to be taught to your children with taxpayer dollars.
See Wake Up America's article with all the background and latest legal ruling here.

Switzerland and Iran: Deepening Ties

Switzerland and Iran: Deepening Ties, thanks to Insights Into Today's Middle East

• Iran is one of Switzerland's most important trading partners in the Middle East. [1]

• On March 17, 2008, representatives of the Swiss power company Laufenburg (EGL) and the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) signed a long-term agreement to bring natural gas from Iran to Europe. The duration of EGL´s natural gas procurement contract with NIGEC is 25 years [2]. The deal secures the delivery of 5.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Europe through a pipeline scheduled to be complete in 2010. The Swiss energy group said the value of the deal was above 10 billion Euros (13.32 billion USD) [3] .

• Switzerland is a country with few energy resources of its own and believes Europe needs to diversify its energy imports away from Russia towards other exporters like Iran [4]. Swiss Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey has said that the contract is in line with Switzerland's rights as an independent country with its own strategic interests to defend. EGL has said gas deliveries from Iran will begin in 2009 [5].

• Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey signed the agreement with her Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran. "I congratulate this Swiss company for being so far-sighted. We hope this will be a new chapter for long-term economic cooperation between Iran and Switzerland," said Mottaki [6]. Mottaki said that his talks with his Swiss counterpart were “useful” in various areas. “We talked about mutual economic cooperation, continuation of political relations, and maintaining the consultations [7].

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a deepening relationship with Switzerland: “We are willing to develop economic and energy cooperation with Switzerland,” he said in a meeting with Calmy-Rey [8].

• Israel lodged a complaint with Switzerland over the Swiss-Iranian natural gas purchase, calling the deal inconsistent with U.S.-led efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear programme through economic isolation. "Switzerland and the entire international community are aware of the danger posed by Iran. Israel expects Switzerland to join the international effort in this matter," the Israeli Foreign Ministry statement said [9]. The United States criticized the agreement as well: The deal "sends the wrong message to Iran at a moment when Iran continues to defy United Nations Security Council resolutions" on the country's nuclear program, the U.S. embassy in Bern said in a statement. The U.S. embassy added that the accord "violated the spirit of the sanctions." [10]


Diplomatic and economic relations between Switzerland and Iran

• Relations between Switzerland and Iran go back to the 17th century, when Swiss clockmakers settled in the Persian Empire. Economic ties expanded in the 19th century, especially in the transport and banking sectors. Iran and Switzerland have good bilateral relations. There are agreements between the two countries on air traffic (1954, 1972 and 2004), road and rail transport (1977), export risk guarantees (1966), protection of investments (1998) and double taxation (2002).

• The Swiss Embassy in Tehran has been acting as an intermediary between Iran and the U.S. as the two countries has no diplomatic relationship. [11]

• Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey provoked an outcry at home because she wore a headscarf at the meeting with President Ahmadinejad when the accord was signed. Numerous members of parliament voiced anger and incomprehension over Calmy-Rey's choice of attire when she met with the Iranian leader. [12] 

References

[1] „Bilateral relations between Switzerland and Iran,“ Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, December 28, 2006, http://www.eda.admin.ch/
eda/en/home/reps/asia/virn/bilirn.html

[2] „Gasgeschäft mit Iran unterzeichnet,“ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 18, 2008, http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/
gasgeschaeft_mit_iran_unterzeichnet_1.691317.html

[3] „Iran and Swiss firm sign gas purchase deal,“ Reuters, March 17, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/
innovationNews/idUSDAH73468720080317

[4] „Iran, Switzerland sign gas export deal,“ Agence France Presse, March 17, 2008, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
20080317/wl_mideast_afp/iranswitzerlandenergygas_080317132937

[5] „US demands to see Swiss-Iran gas contract,“ Associated Press, March 30, 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap
/2008/03/30/europe/EU-GEN-Switzerland-Iran-Deal.php

[6] „Iran, Switzerland sign gas export deal,“ Agence France Presse, March 17, 2008, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080317/
wl_mideast_afp/iranswitzerlandenergygas_080317132937

[7] „Iran, Switzerland ink key gas deal,“ The Journal of Turkish Weekly, March 19, 2008, http://www.turkishweekly.net
/news.php?id=53628

[8] „President: Iran keen on developing ties with Switzerland,“ Irna, March 17, 2008, http://www2.irna.ir/
en/news/view/line-17/0803171587192805.htm

[9] „Israel deplores Swiss natural gas deal with Iran,“ Reuters, March 19, 2008, http://www.alertnet.org/
thenews/newsdesk/L19528891.htm

[10] „U.S. criticizes Swiss-Iran gas deal,“ Xinhua, March 17, 2008, http://news.xinhuanet.com
/english/2008-03/18/content_7810235.htm

[11] „Iran, Switzerland ink key gas deal,“ Tehran Times, March 18, 2008, http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=165351

[12] „Swiss Foreign minister in headscarf on Iran visit provokes outcry at home,“ Associated Press, March 19, 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2
008/03/19/europe/EU-GEN-Switzerland-Iran-Headscarf.php

 

 

Mancow: "I'm gonna take a sledge-hammer to it" "You'll go to jail for it?" "Absolutely"

Mancow: "I'm gonna take a sledge-hammer to it" "You'll go to jail for it?" "Absolutely", Thanks to Error Therapy: (Crescent of Shame Blogburst)

Radio talk show host Mancow Muller is asking his listeners to help SHUT DOWN the crescent memorial to Flight 93. (Audio 27 seconds.) Mancow describes how the giant crescent points to Mecca, and how the four terrorists are consistently placed in the symbolic Islamic heavens (the crescent and star parts of the design), while the 40 heroes are consistently depicted as symbolically damned (placed outside of the symbolic Islamic heavens). Good stuff (1 min, 21 sec).

"You have to see it to understand..." says the pro-war libertarian host, directing his listeners to CrescentOfBetrayal.com where they can find pictures like this (a familiar sight for our blogburst readers): The Tower of Voices. 40 symbolic souls, literally dangling down below an Islamic shaped crescent, soaring in the sky overhead. Using Islamic symbol shapes invites an Islamic interpretation, and in Islam, if you don't go to heaven, you go to hell (the fate of ALL unbelievers). Forty symbolic souls, never to rest in peace, gonging for eternity in their symbolic Islamic damnation.

Mancow on civil disobedience

Congressman Tancredo was scheduled to come on Tuesday's show, but got stuck in a hearing. Near the end of the show, Mancow says Tancredo will be rescheduled, then he lays it on the line. He thinks his show and his listeners have the power stop this atrocity from being built, but if the crescent memorial does get built, he is going to take a sledghammer to it. They can send him to jail. At that point it won't matter.

There are limits to what Americans should stand by for (1 min, 21 sec). Last week's show was good too, with segments from Tom Burnett Sr. (45 sec) and Alec Rawls (2 min, 49 sec). (Alec also did an hour long interview with Tracy at No Compromise blog radio last week. To listen, scroll down to May 15th.)

Robert Spencer

An unexpected extra came in the middle of Tuesday's show when Robert Spencer was on to talk about Islam. Mancow asked what Spencer thought about this memorial controversy and Robert stepped up with another piece of the expose, pointing out that the 9/11 date is to be placed on the center line of the giant crescent, in exactly the position of the star on an Islamic crescent and star flag. (43 seconds.) Exactly right. The date goes to the star on the Islamic flag. The date goes to the terrorists. Graphical proof here ("Terrorist memorializing feature #1".)

With the difficulty of getting just the Mecca orientation across, the discussion almost never reaches these other explosive details. How does Mr. Spencer find the time to be so knowledgeable about so many things? You da MAN Robert!

Pilgrimage to Somerset

When Mancow is able to reschedule the two Tom's, Tom Burnett says he is going to urge listeners who want to visit the memorial to plan for the weekend of August 2nd, when the Memorial Project is scheduled to have its next public meeting.

Then they can help protest the crescent design, and anyone can sign up to speak during the public comment period. Maybe we can even get Mancow to make the pilgrimage, and if Congressman Tancredo will call for a Congressional investigation, we just might be able to ram the food cart through the cockpit door. Just do it baby. Let's roll.

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Syria and Iran: Relationship at a Crossroads?

Syria and Iran: Relationship at a Crossroads?, thanks to insights into today's middle east

Syria is a secular state, run by the Baath Party; Iran is a Shiite theocracy. This split has not been significant enough to make the two countries overlook their individual shared political goals.  The two countries share little ideologically and have been cooperating out of necessity. [1]


Historic and diplomatic relations


• Iran is at the forefront of Jihadist Islam; Syria is the torch bearer of secular Arab nationalism. [2] By conventional wisdom, the two countries should be sworn enemies. However, Syria and Iran has found much common ground on a number of issues such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq [3], Lebanon and the United States. [4]

• Israel and Syria said on May 21, 2008, they had launched indirect peace talks mediated by Turkish officials in Istanbul, the first confirmation of negotiations between the two neighbours in eight years. [5] An official in the Turkish Prime minister’s office said: "It's a good beginning. We've reached an important phase." [6] The nations have "indicated they want to lead these negotiations in a serious spirit so as to reach a comprehensive peace agreement", a spokesman for Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said. [7]

• Iran has placed itself in the forefront of the Arab-Muslim rejection of Israel´s right to exist  – not on the grounds of Arab or Palestinian nationalism, but from a purely Islamic perspective, which negates the very right of a Jewish state to exist. [8] Syria´s traditional Baathist doctrine, while not negating Jewish nationalism as such, nevertheless negates the right of any ethnic group other than Arab to have its own state in the Middle East. [9] However, Bashar Assad, Syria´s president, and Ehud Olmert, Israel´s Prime Minister, both confirmed having maintained contact for a year, hours after it emerged that Turkey is mediating indirect peace talks between the countries. [10]

• Both, Syria and Iran, were sworn enemies of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. Syria backed Iran in its war with Iraq in the 1980s. [11] Iran and Syria established a "strategic alliance" in 1980 after Damascus, alone among all other Arab countries, took the side of non-Arab Tehran when it was attacked by Saddam Hussein, then Syria's staunchest enemy, due primarily to the bitter hostility between the two opposing factions of the Baath Party in power in Damascus and Baghdad. [12]

• Lebanon has also been a meeting point of interests for the two countries. As of the early 70´s, the Assad regime threw in its lot with the emerging Shiite community in Lebanon. Iran has done so since the inception of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Iran rushed to help Syria by activating the Lebanese Hezbollah. [13] Lebanon has been a battleground for Syria in its struggle with Israel for decades. Syria was forced to withdraw its troops from Lebanon in 2005 under international pressure. [14]

• This ongoing alliance served the two countries well in forcing Israel and the US out of Lebanon in the 80´s and more recently in the struggle of Hezbollah against the Siniora government. [15] Yet there seem to be “cracks in the wall” of common interests such as the war of 2006 between Israel and Hezbollah, the growing tension between Iran on the one hand and Israel and the United States on the other hand over Iran´s nuclear programme [16], Israel´s demolition of Syria´s nuclear reactor [17] and the assassination of Imad Mugniyeh [18] allegedly by Israel intelligence in Damascus.


Economic relations


The relationship between Iran and Syria has undergone fundamental changes with Iran holding the dominant position as its strength in the region has grown by Syria's has been compromised. [19]

• Hezbollah receives some $100 million per year from Tehran, and its Iranian-supplied weaponry is transported through Syria to Hezbollah's stronghold in Lebanon's southeast. [20]

• Syria has signed expanded military and economic agreements with Tehran covering everything from telecommunications projects to higher education. Syria will buy missiles from Iran. Iran will build cement and car plants in Syria. [21]

• The draft treaty that Ahmadinejad brought to Syria in July 2007, completed the defence pact the two sides signed in June 2006. In that context, Iran was offering to train Syrian military personnel in Iran and a number of "academies" in Syria itself. The ultimate effect of such a programme would be the creation of a network of pro-Iranian officers throughout the Syrian military apparatus. [22]

• In a March 2007 meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Al-Utri, Ahmadinejad stated, "Iran supports expanding cooperation with Syria... in all aspects, including industry, agriculture, science, technology, medicine, and energy." During this visit, Ahmadinejad's associate and senior advisor Parviz Daoudi signed a cooperation agreement with Al-Utri, containing 12 articles on issues such as electricity, agriculture, espionage technology, construction, housing, and sewerage. [23]

• In March 2006, the two countries agreed to build a pipeline to carry Iranian oil through Iraq to Syria's Mediterranean ports. [24]

• In a meeting in January 2008, Mohammad-Hassan Akhtari and Syrian Vice-President Faruq al-Shara stressed the necessity of close contact between Iranian and Syrian officials in order to foil enemies' conspiracies. [25]

References:

[1] Pan, Esther: „Syria, Iran and the Mideast Conflict,“ Council on Foreign Relations, July 18, 2006, http://www.cfr.org/publication/11122/

[2] Talhami, Ghada Hashem: „Syria: Islam, Arab nationalism and the military,“ Middle East Policy, December 2001, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5400/is_200112/ai_n21482228

[3] „Middle East: Iran, Syria, U.S. Seek Common Ground On Iraq,“ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November 24, 2006, http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/11/3d1b50fd-4aee-45de-8b3b-6a10719c4479.html

[4] „Iran to aid Syria against threats,“ BBC Online, February 16, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4270859.stm

[5] Heller, Jeffrey; MacDonald, Alastair: „Israel and Syria reveal peace talks in Turkey,“ Reuters, May 21, 2008, http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2008-05-21T113515Z_01_L21581102_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ISRAEL-SYRIA.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=∩=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3

[6] Bronner, Ethan; Bowley, Graham: „Israel holds indirect peace talks with Syria,“ International Herald Tribune, May 21, 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/21/africa/22mideast.php?page=2

[7] Walker, Peter: „Syria and Israel officially confirm peace talks,“ The Guardian, May 21, 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/21/israelandthepalestinians.syria?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

[8] Fathi, Nazila: „Wipe Israel óff the map´Iranian say,“ International Herald Tribune, October 27, 2005, http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/26/news/iran.php

[9] Abu-Nasr, Donna: „Syria´s Baath Tries to Reform itself, But is it Going Far Enough?,“ The Journal of Turkish Weekly, June 13, 2005, http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=1305

[10] „Syria-Israel talks ´one year old´,“ AlJazeera, May 21, 2008, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DE156A80-4A58-42D5-985C-B1EC34BF0540.htm

[11] Naylor, Hugh: „Syria reportedly encourages Sunni insurgents,“ International Herald Tribune, October 7, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/07/news/syria.php

[12] Haeri, Safa: „Iran pulls Syria´s strings over Lebanon,“ Asia Times Online, March 8, 2005, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GC08Ak02.html

[13] Ibid.

[14] Oweis, Khaled Yacoub: „Syria defiant on Lebanon despite Arab summit,“ Reuters, March 26, 2008, http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL26302441.html

[15] Perry, Tom: „Beirut cabinet challenges Hezbollah, tension rises,“ Reuters, May 8, 2008, http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06877939.htm

[16] Ben-Meir, Alon: „Defusing Tension with Iran While Promoting Regional Stability,“ The Journal of Turkish Weekly, February 1, 2008, http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2810

[17] Baldwin, Tom: „Syria´s secret: did North Korea help to build a nuclear plant?,“ Times Online, April 25, 2008, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3671892.ece

[18] Mahnaimi, Uzi; Jaber, Hala; Swain, Jon: „Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb,“ Times Online, February 17, 2008, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3382343.ece

[19] Slackman, Michael: „Wary of U.S.; Syria and Iran strengthen ties,“ International Herald Tribune, June 25, 2006, http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/25/africa/web.0625mideast.php

[20] Pan, Esther: „Syria, Iran and the Mideast Conflict,“ Council on Foreign Relations, July 18, 2006, http://www.cfr.org/publication/11122/

[21] Slackman, Michael: „Wary of U.S.; Syria and Iran strengthen ties,“ International Herald Tribune, June 25, 2006, http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/25/africa/web.0625mideast.php

[22] Taheri, Amir: „Iran is Trying to Exploit Syria,“ Gulf News, July 19, 2007, http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2007/july-2007/iran_syria_20707.shtml

[23] Mansharof, Y.; Winter, O.: „The Strategic Alliance Between Iran and Syria – Military and Economic Aspects,“ MEMRI, August 14, 2007, http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA38007#_edn21

[24] Samii, Abbas William: „Syria and Iran: An Enduring Axis,“ Mideast Monitor, April/May 2006, http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_4.htm

[25] „Iran keeps economic ties with Syria,“ PressTV, January 3, 2008, http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=37312&sectionid=351020101

CIA Network In Iran? Busted?

IRAN CLAIMS IT BUSTS CIA NETWORK, From Alan at Anti Mullah:

Pro-Mullah NEWSPAPER - Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - The Intelligence Ministry on Saturday released details of the detection and dismantling of a terrorist network affiliated to the United States. In a coordinated operation on May 7, Iranian intelligence agents arrested the terrorist network’s members, who were identified in Fars, Khuzestan, Gilan, West Azerbaijan, and Tehran provinces, the Intelligence Ministry announcement said.

The group’s plans were devised in the U.S., according to the announcement, which added that they had planned to carry out a number of acts such as bombing scientific, educational, and religious centers, shooting people, and making public places in various cities insecure. One of the terrorists was killed in the operation, but the rest are in detention, the Intelligence Ministry said, adding that the group’s main objective was to create fear among the people.

Alan note: fear of what? Of being rescued from the oppresssive suppresssion of the the Mullahs?

The United States Central Intelligence Agency comprehensively supported the terrorist group by arming it, training its members, and sponsoring its inhumane activities in Iran, the Intelligence Ministry stated.

The terrorists had maps, films, pictures, and sketches of important and sensitive sites in various cities in their possession when they were arrested.

They also had a large number of weapons and ammunition and a great deal of highly explosive chemicals and cyanide.

The blast at a religious center in Shiraz last month was carried out by this group, and it also had plans to carry out similar attacks on the Tehran International Book Fair, the Russian Consulate in Gilan Province, oil pipelines in southern Iran, and other targets, the communiqué stated.

Continue reading at Anti Mullah and be sure to read Alan's comments and insight.

Quote of the day from Sense of Events

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State 1949-1952 Quoted here by Senator Joe Lieberman

. A dance around the blogosphere reveals the following good reading:

Bush signs bill outlawing genetic discrimination, USA Today

Bush on Wednesday signed into law an anti-discrimination measure that drew enormous support in Congress. It forbids employers and insurance companies from denying employment, promotions or health coverage to people when genetic tests show they are prone to cancer, heart disease or other ailments.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton On The Policy of Selective Determination, at Webloggin

Bush denies American plans to attack Iran, McCullough

Amnesty Bill May 21, 2008

It's been a busy day.  Mary Chamberlain emailed me around 4:00 this morning and people started phoning, faxing, emailing their representatives in Congress.  You can see the sequence as the day progressed.  For now we have achieved a small victory.  We must not let our guard down.  Another attempt to sneak amnesty past American citizens will be right around the corner.

VICTORY: AgJOBS amnesty stripped from Iraq Supplemental (from Numbers USA)

Your Phone Calls Worked! Friends, CONGRATULATIONS!

You have achieved what some believed to be nearly impossible last week. The AgJOBS amnesty has been stripped from the Iraq Supplemental bill. Here's more good news: the employment-based permanent workers have been stripped from the bill too! Unfortunately, the H-2B low-sill worker increase is still in the Iraq Supplemental so your phone calls are still needed.

Please keep phoning your Senators throughout the day and ask them to strip the H-2B increase from the Iraq Supplemental spending bill. During your call, you may also want to express how pleased you were to learn that the amnesty and employment-based permanent workers were stripped from the bill. 202-224-3121 Our Capitol Hill team heard initial reports late last night that the AgJOBS amnesty had been stripped from the bill, but we wanted to await confirmation of that before reporting back to you.

Apparently Senate Majority Leader Reid and other Senators were starting to fear a prolonged fight over the immigration provisions, similar to the Senate fight last summer over the "comprehensive" immigration bill. In order to avoid that, Senator Reid stripped the AgJOBS amnesty and employment-based permanent increases from the bill. Your Phone Calls Made This Happen Our Capitol Hill team is hearing from one Congressional office after another that their phones have been ringing off the hook in opposition to the immigration provisions in the Iraq Supplemental. There is still a chance we can get the H-2B increase stripped from the bill if Senators come to believe that it is just too controversial. We will come to you again later in the day or evening as we have new information.

BACKGROUND The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17-12 to attach an amnesty to the Iraq supplemental spending bill. The amendment that passed provides a 5-year visa for up to 1.35 million illegal agricultural workers—but the cap of 1.35 million does not include spouses and children, who would bring the total amnesty to a total of about 3 million. Rosemary Jenks (Vice President, Government Relations) has outlined the most egregious aspects of the amnesty here. Find it online here http://www.numbersusa.com/PDFs/AgJOBS_Amnesty_2008.pdf

.In short, the AgJOBS amendment would require the Department of Homeland Security to grant “emergency agricultural worker status” (i.e., amnesty) for up to five years to as many as 1.35 million illegal aliens, plus their spouses and children. Last Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee added several immigration amendments to the version of the Iraq Supplemental they were marking up. The immigration amendments include the Feinstein AgJOBS-lite amendment, which passed by a recorded vote of 17-12; and the Mikulski H-2B amendment which would, for the next three years, exempt from the annual cap of 66,000 any H-2B workers who were admitted during the previous three years. (The impact on the numbers could be exponential--they could rise from 66,000 in FY 2008 to over 400,000 by FY2011.)

This passed by a recorded vote of 23-6! In a somewhat unexpected move, the Senate began debate on the Iraq Supplemental Spending bill late in the day on Tuesday of this week. Senator Byrd (D-WV) filed three substitution amendments Monday night to H.R. 2642 (to replace all the House language in three parts). This is a similar tactic the House used during debate on their version of the Iraq supplemental bill last week: divide the bill in three to give cover to the different party constituencies.

The AgJOBS language is in the first amendment (SA 4786).

CONGRATULATIONS! Rosemary reminded me this morning that we won't be totally safe until the bill is off of the Senate floor, but we are in much better shape this morning than we were last night and you are the reason why. Once again, you have shown the power of citizen-activism and reminded Congress that their immigration actions are being watched. Thank you for reminding our elected officials of the immigration wishes of your fellow Americans.

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NEWS FLASH!!! Partial Victory, but High Danger Remains!

Late yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) removed the Ag Worker Amnesty from the Iraq war funding bill because he was afraid of a prolonged battle over the immigration provisions. Your thousands of phone calls convinced him that there would be a high political price for pushing through a huge Illegal Alien Amnesty.

However, Reid has left in the bill another giant increase of UNSKILLED imported seasonal guest workers, from 66,000 to over 400,000 annually by 2011! Think about what an additional 334,000 unskilled foreign workers will mean to our communities! Below I've reproduced Monday's urgent request for funds to defeat the Amnesty. Please donate immediately, so that we can turn a partial victory into complete victory! —Roy Numbers USA

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DEFENSE BILL INCLUDES “AMNESTY”, MAY, 2008 On 10/3/2007, the Senate of the United States voted 95 to 1 to SECURE THE BORDER IT HASN’T HAPPENED! Today, May 21, 2008, they are going to try to tack AMNESTY onto a DEFENSE BILL. IF YOU ARE A “LEGAL AMERICAN” AND THIS MAKES YOU MAD, PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND MAKE A FREE CALL TO YOUR SENATOR 202-224-3121 TODAY

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 From InMuscatine: Rep. Braley decides to harass ICE over the Postville, Iowa immigration and ID theft raids.

On this date - May 18, 1983 - the US Senate voted 86 - 13 to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Never forget. Never surrender.

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A REFRESHER COURSE ON AMNESTY AND ITS PUSHERS, from Mary Chamberlain

IN 2004

Two of the Bay Area's best-known lawmakers, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, are fixtures on the list of Congress' richest members.

Paul Pelosi's holdings include a four-story commercial building on Belden Place in San Francisco, a retail and office building on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in San Anselmo and an ownership stake in the Auberge du Soleil resort in Napa Valley valued at $1 million to $5 million. He also has millions of dollars of shares in publicly traded companies such as Microsoft, Amazon. com and AT&T.

The couple estimated their total assets to be worth $25 million to $102 million last year, with liabilities of $6 million to $31 million. Assets are reported in broad ranges on the disclosure forms, making it difficult to determine a lawmaker's exact net worth.

Federal lawmakers are required to file financial disclosure statements under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. The forms are released each year to give the public a financial portrait of their representatives and help expose any potential conflicts of interest with their or their spouses' business dealings.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who is up for re-election this year, put most of her assets in a blind trust in 2001 after being criticized for owning stock in some of the energy companies she accused of manipulating the market and overcharging consumers during the California energy crisis.

Feinstein also has received scrutiny for husband Richard Blum's extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country. As a result, her financial disclosure statement -- nearly the size of phone book -- draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband. Many of her assets are in blind trusts.

Bay Area congressional delegation's financial interests

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Committees: Appropriations; Intelligence; Energy and Natural Resources; Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Joint Printing.

Senate salary: $154,700.

Major assets: Ownership stake in Carlton Hotel in San Francisco valued at $5 million to $25 million; a marital blind trust, $1 million to $5 million; annual pension income from city of San Francisco of $43,138; Tahoe condo, $500, 000 to $1 million, condo in Kauai, Hawaii, $250,000 to $500,000, both jointly owned with her husband, Richard Blum.

Liabilities: Mortgage of more than $1 million for Carlton Hotel rental property.

Miscellaneous: Her husband's investments are valued in the tens of millions of dollars.

Sen. Barbara Boxer

Committees: Commerce; Science and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; Foreign Relations.

Senate salary: $154,700.

Major assets: Blind trust with her husband, Stewart Boxer, $1 million to $5 million; condo in Washington, D.C., $100,000 to $250,000; interest in an Oakland office building, $15,000 to $50,000; stock holdings valued $1,000 to $15,000 each in America Online, Lightspan.com and IBM.

Liabilities: Loan of $100,000 to $250,000 from her husband's company.

Miscellaneous: Annual pension of $3,536 from time as Marin County supervisor.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi,

D-San Francisco

Position: House minority leader.

House salary: $171,900.

Major assets: St. Helena vineyard, $5 million to $25 million; real estate option on a property on Broadway in San Francisco, $1 million to $5 million; townhouse in Norden, near Lake Tahoe, $1 million to $5 million; 8-acre vineyard in Rutherford that Pelosi recently sold for $1 million to $5 million. All properties are jointly owned with her husband, Paul Pelosi.

Liabilities: St. Helena vineyard mortgage of $1 million to $5 million.

Miscellaneous: Paul Pelosi also owns commercial property in San Francisco and San Anselmo valued at $5 million to $25 million. He also has major stock holdings that include $250,000 to $500,000 in shares of Amazon.com and Alliance Gaming Corp., which makes slot machines, and $100,000 to $250,000 of shares in Microsoft and Comcast.

Please, keep a close eye on Congress.  They will do anything to try and sneak amnesty by American citizens.

A little bit of politics

Has Clilnt Eastwood joined Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos"?  Clint Eastwood defends Hillary and wants her to continue in the Presidential race.

The Republican says people should lay off the New York Senator.

Clint Eastwood feels bad for Senator Hillary Clinton and believes she deserves more respect than she is currently receiving. He also thinks that the demands for her to pull out of the running need to stop immediately.

“Everybody’s trying to talk her into folding, but it doesn’t seem like the spirit of Americana,” Eastwood (a McCain supporter) told Politico

Also see:

Spike Lee accuses Clint Eastwood of erasing black GIs from history

Spike Lee launched a bitter attack on Clint Eastwood yesterday, condemning his failure to include a single African-American soldier in his films about the Battle of Iwo Jima

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Video from our friend Susie at Assorted Babble:

Huckabee as McCain's Vice President?  Say it's not so:

U.S. News & World Report says “Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain’s short list for a running mate. At least that’s the word from a top McCain fundraiser and longtime Republican moneyman who has spoken to McCain’s inner circle.”  (Muth's Truths)

Early today it was reported [in error?] that US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term.  Later in the day the White House denied this report.

The official claimed that a senior member of the president’s entourage said during a closed meeting that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action was called for.

However, the official continued, “the hesitancy of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice” was preventing the administration from deciding to launch such an attack on the Islamic Republic.  (more)

Maybe we need to consider some pre-emptive assassinations in certain countries?  From Stormwarning:

The question is whether it is better to strategically target a terrorist or national leader for assassination, rather than fight a lengthy war of armies. Of course it is argued that Presidential directives prohibit such actions. I counter by saying that this war against the jihad is different from all others, and that “Directives” (like Presidential Executive Order 12333) were for past wars.

Quote of the Day from Hot Air:

“He [Obama] told me he didn’t think it was a big deal, that he knew I didn’t mean anything by it and not to worry. He was a class act and gracious.Too bad the people who blew it up on the Internet weren’t as classy or calm as he was”

The difference between Hope and experience ... (Hot Air)

… is that experience knows what it’s talking about. Take a look at the  video from the Hanford Site controversy that Michelle covered yesterday, and see the difference in responses when people question Barack Obama and John McCain about it. McCain responds crisply, aware of the difficulties in and the billions Congress has already spent on the clean-up efforts at the nuclear production facility in Washington, now closed. Barack Obama stammers through an admission that he has no clue about the controversy (via David All):

Other articles you need to read:

Barack Obama accepts Hamas support -- still supports Israel, Blue Star Chronicles

MUSLIM AMERICAN HATER, ALLEGED SPY, EX CHAPLAIN GITMO IS OBAMA DELEGATE, Atlas Shrugs

Fred Thompson is blogging again at Townhall.  (I'm afraid his words are a little late for me.)

"Mainstream" of the Democratic Party? Daily Kos and the Death of Israel, at American Interests

Sock Pupped to blog for ACLU's new blog, at Stop the ACLU

Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor

Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor in his left parietal lobe. Our prayers go out to him and to his family. While I do not agree with Kennedy's politics, I wish him and his family nothing but good wishes and good health.

Kennedy is 76 years old and entered the hospital over the weekend after experiencing a seizure. After much testing, doctors have concluded that Kennedy has a Glioma malignant brain tumor.

Treatment for his tumor may include biopsy, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or some combination of these. However, this is a very serious condition, and the general thought is "Malignant brain tumors (gliomas) can rarely be cured by surgery and/or radiotherapy alone. Chemotherapy, as generally available, has been of limited value."

Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year - and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.

Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types - such as glioblastomas - or to about five years for different types that are slower growing. (wcbstv)

Again, our prayers and thoughts go out to Senator Kennedy and his family.

PATIENT EVIL - An R.J. Godlewski / Right Truth Blog Exclusive - Chapter Six

PATIENT EVIL

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Chapter Six

Viper’s Lair -- Kerch, Ukraine

Muhammad sat facing the corner of his cell like some spoiled kindergartner serving “time out” for bullying other students, but he had a plan of action and did not want to arouse suspicion from his captors. For several days he would assume the same position, only within a different corner and never in any predictable schedule. He knew that his time was running out fast; that soon he would have more visitors than just the nameless infidel who brought him his food.

He was slowly beginning to understand the methods of the mad caterer and this permitted him to take an active role in determining his feeding schedule; to feign sleep for long periods in order to entice his captors to supply him with nourishment under the belief that he had been unconscious whereas he was fully awake. More than just being able to time his meals, Muhammad realized that this innovative bit of trickery enabled him to have his cell door opened nearly on demand. Thus the need arose for him to conceal his motives from the prying eyes of the infidels.

Facing away from the camera and knowing that his actions would present the image of only a sinister villain going mad, Muhammad slowly gnawed on his beard; carefully removing long strands of the thick black hair from his mouth and laying them neatly upon the floor.

Chewing through hair growing out from one’s own chin was not an easy thing to do and he discovered that the best method was to simply push as much of the foul-tasting beard as possible into his mouth and chew away until he could extract a ball of the saliva-coated filaments. With care and practice, he found that the strands were growing longer and longer and this was exactly what he needed. Short pieces were of little value for they could not be tied together with ease and there was far more to his devious little plan than looking like some giant bare-assed rodent left alone in the corner.

Muhammad rationalized that he could fabricate a length of human rope out of the hair about a half meter in length – just ideal for his objective. Sufficiently braided, the hair would be strong, durable, and, perhaps, even deadly. Having only the mattress within his cell – something that would be noticed if he started tampering with it – he decided to use that which only Allah had provided him.

If suspicious eyes had indeed gazed upon his strange actions, then perhaps they would only see a famished prisoner desperately seeking to boost his nourishment. To further the method to his madness, he hoped that his untidy actions would cement the notion that their actions were succeeding in breaking his spirit or maybe even accelerate his encounter with those spying on him through the hidden camera on the ceiling.
Regardless, Muhammad had to be prepared. He knew not when his disciples would rescue him for he had no contact whatsoever with the outside world. He only knew that his entire organization rested on his extraction from the hands of the infidels. Without him, there would be no al’aHad – Sunday – and his purpose in life would therefore be extinguished. He couldn’t let the infidels win.

Unlike the evil West, Muhammad and his followers were patient. Extraordinarily patient. After all, he had waited his entire life for an opportunity to dissect the West piecemeal and there was much yet to be accomplished before the final conflagration. Even his internment within Viper’s Lair called upon this infinite patience – what other kind of individual would fabricate a rope out of filaments literally the width of human hair?

He knew that as long as he remained strong, he held the power to determine his own schedule. He would know when and where he would strike – indeed, he possessed a very short list of targets – and no one in the West could possibly know either his intentions or his mechanisms. His face glowed upon realization of this infinite power; that a few dozen determined Islamists could hold such power over the spoiled and inattentive West.

No one needed to remind him of the short memory of most Westerners, particularly those claiming moral superiority in America. They had no stomach to fight; grew wary of their own government’s intrusion almost as soon as the second World Trade Center tower fell on September 11th, 2001; and never could agree on how best to combat their enemies.

Muhammad had more going for him. Much more. His followers were committed to dying for their entrance into Paradise for they knew that Allah had preordained their role. Nothing would infuriate them more than denial of a chance to do so willingly and proudly. In fact, he had to turn away recruits for too many Jihadists would attract too much attention. Too much attention meant that Allah’s Will might be distracted by the Great Satan. At least that’s the story he and his lieutenants barked out at his followers.

In reality, he understood that it was all a bunch of garbage thrown out to desensitize Arabs from thinking for themselves. Anyone with a Bedouin’s concept of global events knew that Allah was far more powerful than anything or anyone. If the Americans succeeded in Iraq and Afghanistan then it was because of Allah’s Will. Still, when things did not go according to his plans, it was easy to get the world’s most gullible people into believing that somehow their sins were more powerful than Allah’s intentions.

Muhammad had only feigned religiosity throughout his entire life; he was an opportunist first and foremost. He did not seek a Greater Islam as much as some others; he simply wanted a Greater Muhammad. In fact, he could’ve cared less about his fellow Arabs and would’ve gladly allowed them to turn into mincemeat at the hands of the Jews had it not wasted a valuable source of slaves. As for all of his public support for the Palestinians? Rubbish. No one outside of the West cared much for those losers and so he only used them to further his own ambitions.

No grown and mature man cared much about the poor to the exclusion of his own life and therein Muhammad knew that most of what was contained within the Qur’a was wishful thinking borrowed heavily from the infidels themselves. If their actions and beliefs were evil, then it could only have grave
consequences for the Qur’a itself. Yet, if Muhammad had acknowledged this simple fact then he could forget about ever recruiting more gullible young Arabs to blow themselves up for what in reality did not exist.

Muhammad released one of his low frequency chuckles. He was an actor and he knew it. A master of deceit and deception and knowing that he had more in common with a Hollywood actor than a religious person of honor pushed him beyond his ability to remain silent. Those watching him from high above might’ve only seen a naked, hair-covered and filthy individual slowly gnawing away at his manhood, but what lurked within his calculating mind was far more powerful than even his followers could comprehend.

At the Patient Evil Homepage the Synopsis, Prologue, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, and each chapter will be available in pdf after they are published here at Right Truth.

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Geert Wilders Warns Bush About Saudi Arabia

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, called on U.S. President George W. Bush to drop his "double agenda" in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia. from Klein Verzet

BRUSSELS, May 19 (UPI) -- As President George W. Bush wraps up his trip to the Middle East, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, a passionate supporter of Bush and the U.S. war on terrorism, called on him to drop his "double agenda" in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia.

Wilders, who briefly achieved global notoriety when he released his anti-Koran film "Fitna" in March, told United Press International that the United States should not overlook Saudi Arabia's flagrant bad governance and human-rights abuses.

"American relations with Saudi Arabia should be revised," he said, adding that Saudi Arabia's status as a major oil producer should not mean that its track record ought to be overlooked. "Saudi Arabia is no good and won't be for the foreseeable future," he said.

"I think supporting Saudi Arabia is a bad policy and shows a double agenda," said Wilders. But he demurred at the suggestion of sanctions or military action -- "it's not like they should invade tomorrow" -- suggesting only that the desert kingdom be subject to the same standards as other U.S. allies like Israel.

The parliamentarian recently returned from a trip to the United States and said he was surprised to find his anti-Islam agenda had so much resonance there. (continue reading)

Smart man Geert Wilders. I don't think President George W. Bush will take his advise though. We have Islamic charter schools here in the US providing daily Muslim prayers to ALL students on your dime. Don't expect Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary Clinton or John McCain to be any different.

In other news:

Malignant Lib