***it also begs the question-”Are any legislators, military leaders and diplomats required to actually read the Koran?”
Because it seems fairly impossible to ignore the reality of that awful book if you are at least semi-literate.***

have you read the koran? i have. one must look at the koran similar as one looks at the bible or any other faith based literature. there is no difference between the many faiths and their literature and the followers of the quran (majority) do not interpret the qur’an as the basis for killing westerners. it is the extremist who looks at chapter / verse (surahs) and extracts texts to validate their personal desires to wage war in the name of allah. and this is where we need to dig further… what is at the root of their believing at their core, they are pure, we are inpure, and therefore the only discerning legal (hard line) separation of good and evil is jihad.

we could say there is the same ability when reading the bible. eye for an eye…etc. death penalty…etc. we must be careful when stating the extremism (in theory) is different from our law (in theory). both sides believe their theories exist ‘for good’. its the means of achieving each individual good which differentiates the jihadist. they kill to eradicate evil (among those who otherwise seem innocent citizens in a progressive country). we kill (death penalty) very specifically those who ‘break’ the law (our law — soon to be international laws). basline difference? jihadists kill without establishing law with their ‘guilty’. they kill according to the ‘law’ theyve interpreted in the quran. we kill based on established law and also give the presumed guilty a right to defend their actions based on the established law.

not every faith based believer is an extremist. and not every extremist is a faith based individual. they are not bound together. so when dissecting an extremist, we must find the root of their beliefs first. when punishing extremists, they must understand the law by which they are held (again, our preemptive measure of explanation before verdict). they do not explain their law by which the west is held (and therefore there is no preemptive measure to defend against their verdict).

the above addresses issues relating to qur’an and islam and extremists v. the west.

what stifles the USA and the ‘western thinkers’? our desire to be politically correct in communicating understanding and inclusion for all (global) when the globe is not interested in communicating understanding nor inclusion. so, we continue to pedal political correctness and ‘prove’ (for what apparent reason baffles me) to the world, we are fair and balanced…and yet, no one has agreed on what the baseline is for measuring fairness and balance. it is relative and changes based on who is forcing the concept of political correctness. faith, gender, sexual preference, community views, private and privacy rights, etc etc etc. what is political correctness? compromise of beliefs for the inclusion of all, right? and if the beliefs of those we are compromising with are held by aggressors, we are asked to comply because they scream the loudest and cry victim-hood! and if victim-hood is positioned, whoever sits opposing, is the stronger and must (why??) be willing to consider the weakness of the victim and forgo / give. its bullshyt. we’ve been fooled. because now everyone cries victim and we (being (by default) named the stronger) must fold to the weak and give. sacrifice our beliefs to consider and soften the victims weakness. nonsense.

i could go on for a good long while on political correctness and how it has turned our strength on itself. we are destroying our own beliefs for those who dont care a bit for our beliefs…because they claim weakness and victim-hood. we are submitting to their level and yet in doing so, they have won and are NOT weak but manipulating victors! they are wise and we are foolish until we begin to realize, political correctness is a weapon not an ideal.

that is the imbalance.

m2

It also begs the question-”Are any legislators, military leaders and diplomats required to actually read the Koran?”
Because it seems fairly impossible to ignore the reality of that awful book if you are at least semi-literate.

I wonder what it will take before eyes are opened? How many people have to die before the truth will be reported? The Media and the PC idiots out there are as much to blame for the murders of our troops as that piece of dirt Hassan.

“Not only for every idle word, but for every idle silence, must man render an account.”(St. Ambrose)

I can appreciate your perception- so many even resent a negative view of Islamic immigration, as if those intruders actually are doing our country some favor. They are using us of course, and words like that I can’t speak nowadays except in a place like this . It’s because of that politically correct phobia sweeping the country.

I think just as Brigitte G. does, and some seem to almost hate me for it. They figure I’m an Islamophobe . The fight to resist Islamization is not easy, but I am determined, just like Brigette.

Your post is really excellent – are you a professional writer ?

PS: what kind of Ward are you, Scottish or Irish ?

America forever,

Denise Ward

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i agree with the first aspect of this statement. at the end of the day, most people (not that they dont want to) they are afraid to rock the boat. they are afraid to having to defend against opposition their position. they are afraid of the ‘rule of mob’ methods which have taken root — without critical thinking and logic. it takes very thick skin and a great degree of integrity and courage to ‘rock THAT boat’. because of course, it means risking your own drowning. but what is integrity and courage?

msr has highlighted one of my pet peeves with society in general today: “I believe political correctness is simply repressed bigotry. But that is a topic for another day.”

this is one of the main causes of MANY of the issues we face today. this is a problem which needs to be dealt with our this nation is likely to turn against itself while under the impression it is protecting itself. political correctness has been the cause of the slow deterioration in virtue and integrity. for the sake of other’s we sacrifice self.

i have met my word quota for the evening.

two last comments (short): the instability of the officer was documented. the failure was his dismissal or corrective action. corrective action does not equal transfer. corrective action is resolve or release. black and white. but dismissal and release is simply transferring the ‘issue’ to the civilian world. the act of a jihadist cannot be dealt with (with futuristic outlook) until we can admit it exists with a simple intent: destruction of the ‘west’ and anything corrupting the word of the prophet.

m2

Fox,
Actually the virgins come in third after:1.all the alcohol and intoxicants that you could ever want 2. young boys with alabaster skin ( I will let you ponder on this) then 3. perpetual virgins. Just wanted to get the reward structure down correctly and not deprive a Muslim of the booze and boys.