Jihad Revelations

I've talked before about the dangers inherent in the suicide-murder blood cult that infects today's Islamic body politic like some bizzare strain of kuru.

Further proof, if any were needed, was recently provided by Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ali Safuri. Here's part of his interview transcript from the American TV show PBS Frontline:

"...Atomic weapons, and if the Zionist enemy uses atomic weapons, definitely, the Zionist enemy will cease to exist and Palestinian populations will be annihilated. ... If Israel were to annihilate all the Palestinian population here with atomic weapons, Israel itself would be automatically destroyed because of the scope of the atomic destruction. So we are proud to be martyrs and that our sons from outside come and continue our journey and live in this land...."

It's one thing to argue, correctly, that Palestinians seek the destruction of Israel and not peaceful coexistence. The fact that this probably involves large-scale massacres of Israeli Jews doesn't seem to bother a lot of world "leaders" and media types, who have consistently demonstrated in recent months that Jewish life means little to them.

To them, I say: it's reality check time.

When a number of influential people in the Islamic world talk about destroying the "Zionist entity" (translation: Jewish state of Israel and its non-Arab inhabitants), Safuri's quote is what some of them anticipate. It would represent the ultimate form of cleansing in fire and sanctified martyrdom, concepts that loom large in Islamofascist religious thinking.

Q: "Are you saying, Joe, that many suicide bomber instigators see Israel's use of atomic weapons as not just acceptable, but perhaps even desirable?"

A: Some important ones do. The others are "merely" reckless and fatalistic. But the result would be the same.

Q: Aren't you being alarmist?

A: Only if I'm wrong. Think it through for yourself. Read Safuri's quote again. Then read Rafsanjani's recent remarks. Now think about the widespread glorification of people who voluntarily blow themselves up in order to kill some of their enemies, and the systematic praise by political leaders and clerics who tout them as the highest exemplars of their culture and faith. Finally, throw in an Islamic populace heavily skewed toward the teenaged years - a stage of life that is not widely recognized for thoughtful rationality.

Alarmist? You tell me.

On Friday, April 12, I wrote "Armageddon Calling" as only the third post in the history of this site. It explains what's truly at stake, and the key principles behind our coming choices, as Islamic leaders incite the attempted destruction of Israel in order to maintain their pathetic dictatorships.

Q: "That's beyond frightening. Don't the potential consequences deter them?"

A: Not so far, apparently. Doug Turnbull has done some great game theory work explaining why, and here's the ten-second summary: If they're deposed from power, they're dead anyway. Better, therefore, to "ride the tiger" of Islamic terrorism and hatred, all the while hoping it doesn't eat them. Maybe the Jews will beat them as usual, in which case they can say they tried and get on with the high life. Maybe the Americans can snatch them from the back of the tiger they've so carefully raised, before they lose control.

Or maybe not. Or maybe not. And then... and then you have to look in a Christian text for a description of what comes next.

Personally, I've had it with this evil game. The sooner the USA and others come to a similar conclusion, the better our collective odds become. Do we know exactly how to fix this? No, we don't. Isn't that scary? Yes, it is. We're all scared - and we have to start anyway. As they said in Appollo 13: "Failure is not an option."