Exposed: The Extremist Agenda

Please watch Glenn Beck's special tonight on CNN Headline News.

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Bush is back

I’ve been a little disappointed in President Bush lately, I don’t mind telling you. I think he’s most effective when he is laying things on the line with the press, the politicians and the American people. He’s been unwilling to do that for a long while now. As a result, I think that things have spiraled downward when they did not have to do so. But today, I do believe that President Bush is back. His speach at the American Legion National Convention was absolutely right. See the entire speech here.

A few snippets picked from throughout the speech follow:

When you see innocent civilians ripped apart by suicide bombs, or families buried inside their homes, the world can seem engulfed in purposeless violence. The truth is there is violence, but those who cause it have a clear purpose. When terrorists murder at the World Trade Center, or car bombers strike in Baghdad, or hijackers plot to blow up planes over the Atlantic, or terrorist militias shoot rockets at Israeli towns, they are all pursuing the same objective — to turn back the advance of freedom, and impose a dark vision of tyranny and terror across the world.

Despite their differences, these groups from — form the outlines of a single movement, a worldwide network of radicals that use terror to kill those who stand in the way of their totalitarian ideology. And the unifying feature of this movement, the link that spans sectarian divisions and local grievances, is the rigid conviction that free societies are a threat to their twisted view of Islam.

The war we fight today is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. (Applause.) On one side are those who believe in the values of freedom and moderation — the right of all people to speak, and worship, and live in liberty. And on the other side are those driven by the values of tyranny and extremism — the right of a self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest. As veterans, you have seen this kind of enemy before. They’re successors to Fascists, to Nazis, to Communists, and other totalitarians of the 20th century. And history shows what the outcome will be: This war will be difficult; this war will be long; and this war will end in the defeat of the terrorists and totalitarians, and a victory for the cause of freedom and liberty.

In the space of a single morning, it became clear that the calm we saw in the Middle East was only a mirage. We realized that years of pursuing stability to promote peace had left us with neither. Instead, the lack of freedom in the Middle East made the region an incubator for terrorist movements.

Here at home we have a choice to make about Iraq. Some politicians look at our efforts in Iraq and see a diversion from the war on terror. That would come as news to Osama bin Laden, who proclaimed that the “third world war is raging” in Iraq. It would come as news to the number two man of al Qaeda, Zawahiri, who has called the struggle in Iraq, quote, “the place for the greatest battle.” It would come as news to the terrorists from Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and other countries, who have to come to Iraq to fight the rise of democracy.

We can decide to stop fighting the terrorists in Iraq and other parts of the world, but they will not decide to stop fighting us. General John Abizaid, our top commander in the Middle East region, recently put it this way: “If we leave, they will follow us.” And he is right. The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror, and that depends on victory in Iraq. So the United States of America will not leave until victory is achieved.

Victory in Iraq will be difficult and it will require more sacrifice. The fighting there can be as fierce as it was at Omaha Beach or Guadalcanal. And victory is as important as it was in those earlier battles.

For all that is new about this war, one thing has not changed: Victory still depends on the courage and the patience and the resolve of the American people. Above all, it depends on patriots who are willing to fight for freedom.

God Bless him, I love when the politician in him goes away and the Texan in him comes out.

Iranian women back behind the veil

Perhaps this is what the Iran people need to get them off the dime and push harder for change. The election of a man who wants to hasten the coming of the last prophet, Mahdi, and set on the path to the end of the world has been bad news from the beginning. Why the Iranian people thought this fanatical behavior would only be directed at external entities, is beyond me.

By the way, let’s all remember this photo of Ahmadinejad taken as he explained his concept of a world without Zionism (see recap here).

Iran cracks down on women’s dress
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (UPI) —
Police in Tehran have been ordering Iranian women to cover up, stopping those
they perceive as “badly veiled.”

The crackdown followed the 2005 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“We are certainly seeing a return to behavior we haven’t seen for 10 years,” Hadi Ghaemi of Human Rights Watch told The Telegraph. “Generally, the imposition of strict Islamic codes has been increasing under Ahmadinejad.”

Ghaemi said that the penalty for violating a code that requires the complete covering of women’s heads and bodies in public depends on the officers involved and the women’s political connections.

“The person could end up in jail depending on their relationship with the authorities,” he said. “Generally, the imposition of strict Islamic codes has been increasing under Ahmadinejad.” Just as women in recent years had pushed the boundaries by wearing head scarves that revealed more than they hid, many Iranians had flouted the law banning them from owning satellite dishes, the report said. The government has been cracking down on them as well.

If the peace-at-any-price international enablers don’t wake up and realize that these people are not kidding when they say they want to destroy us, then we really are doomed. Those of us who are taking this seriously are largely ignored…by the peaceniks and our politicians.

Everything old is new again

Well, Slate magazine has a beautiful pictorial essay called Life Under Hezbollah on their site today.  Kind of a love letter to a terrorist group, really.  From the photos, life in Lebanon is grand, and it's all because of the really great, heart-warming things that Hezbollah is doing for the Lebanese.

 

Of course, the first picture is a little eerie -

 

According to Slate:  this photo shows "young militants of Hezbollah"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminds me of the Hitler Youth, how 'bout you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wikipedia entry for Hezbollah includes:

Political activities

Hezbollah is an active participant in the political life and processes of Lebanon. The organization has been involved in activities like building schools, clinics, and hospitals.^[22]. However, the scope of its operation is mostly military in nature. In 1992, it participated in Lebanese elections for the first time, winning 12 out of 128 seats in parliament. It won 10 seats in 1996, and 8 in 2000. In the general election of 2005, it won 23 seats nationwide, and an Amal-Hezbollah alliance won all 23 seats in Southern Lebanon. Despite Israeli's complete withdrawl from Southern Lebanon on May 22, 2000, Hezbollah has continued its military operations against Israel, regularly firing Katyusha rockets at Israeli towns and villages. As a political entity, Hezbollah is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.^[23]

Look at the last two sentences (in red, emphasis mine).  Are these rational people?  Look at the last sentence, anyone listening in recent days, weeks, months and years, knows that they have said exactly this.  These are not the actions or statements of people who wish to participate in an agreed peace plan.

 

I personally believe that Israel is showing restraint now for not bombing every square inch of Lebanon.  Citizens have been killed, true.  It's terribly unfortunate.  Perhaps Hezbollah (like Sadaam Hussein) should stop storing weapons and soldiers in the residential neighborhoods.  Perhaps the citizens of Lebanon will reconsider voting into positions of power people with ties to a known and declared terrorist group.  That'd be good.

 

 

Technorati Tags : Terrorism, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Hitler, Children, War

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel - the clock is ticking

 

Apparently, the U.S. Administration has given Israel one week to wrap things up.

 

I sincerely we doubt we would appreciate some other country giving us a timeline for any military action we would engage in or allow such a demand to influence our strategy.

 

Israel should do what it must do to protect itself and its' citizens.  We should not be telling them when to stop, we should be asking what we can do to help.

 

Very disappointing.

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