In Wired Magazine's Danger Room, Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman pander to left wingers who passionately hate those who tell the truth about Islam. The pandering takes the form of a provocative headline followed by a slide show containing images from Lt. Col. Matthew A. Dooley's classroom presentation.
The first slide consists of a headline and five bullet points, one of which I could easily go negative on but I am aware that the slide is an outline, which refers to other course materials not presently in view, so I will reserve judgment. The first point declares that parts of the strategy will be considered politically incorrect, an obvious understatement. In war, the emphasis must be on militarily correct strategy & tactics, not on maintaining a PC image. The second point informs us that the fourth Geneva Convention rules are not applicable to terrorism and hints at a "Phase III" which includes the destruction of Islam's "holy" cities. The historical precedents listed will be interpreted as suggesting the use of nuclear weapons to destroy Mecca & Medina. The third point rules out deterrence. Islamic jihad can not be deterred, it can only be delayed. Our strategists need to wrap their minds around the Qur'an's Surah Al-Anfal and consider it as a whole with emphasis on 8:38, 60 & 65. Deterrence does not apply to Islam because Muslims believe in Allah, his threat & promise. Brig. S.K. Malik explained this in page 60 of The Qur'anic Concept of War : Islam makes Muslims immune to terror, hence to deterrence. The fourth point reiterates the inapplicability of the Geneva Conventions to terrorists. The fifth point asks whether the conventions should be reconsidered to disqualify non state actors. That image is one of 28 pages in a pdf document which I would be inclined to describe as a course outline. The authors claim to have obtained "hundreds of pages of course material and reference documents ". So, how do they classify the course?
It appears that Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman confuse truth and hate. Strip out the political correctness, confusion & cognitive dissonance from the course, and what remains is a mixture of objective factual reality and strategic analysis. The authors do not see the course in the cold light of reality, they view it in the darkness of propaganda. Examine this exemplary paragraph. [Emphasis & links origtinal.]
"Cabal", "self-anointed", "demagogues": when you can not refute the message: attack the messenger. Where were OBL & Al-Qaeda in the Barbary Wars? Who attacked our shipping and why? Look it up at Wikipedia if you don't know. Ambassadors Jefferson & Adams asked Tripoli's Ambassador to London and were told that the 'right' to sack our shipping was established in Islamic law. His reply runs parallel to that of Al-Mughira to a Persian general. [Emphasis & links added.]
The concluding paragraphs of the first article in the series bring out some quotes which bring up important concepts and expose shallow research, shallow thinking or cognitive dissonance.
Islam is a barbaric way of life: intra-species predation, not an ideology. It is intolerable and should never be tolerated and there is no possibility of reforming it. Perfection can not be improved, it can only be defiled: "This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion."[5:3] What Allah has perfected,. Muslims can not improve, neither can kuffar.
Islam is cultic, its founder arranged marriages, married a juvenile, lusted after an infant and made himself the final arbiter in all matters spiritual & temporal. We need to quit describing and recognizing Islam as a religion. It is a way of life with a contrived religious component which motivates its fighting forces and camouflages its predatory nature. Cutting off Saudi Arabia's cash flow is not practical. There is no real support for a boycott of Saudi oil.
Nuking Mecca & Medina would be a waste of bombs. Instead of breaking Islamic morale, it would unite the Ummah in passionate hatred. Military victory requires extinction. If one Muslim remains, he will recruit others, build a fighting force, and resume attacks. A Muslim's eternal destination is dependent on his participation in jihad: either the fire or the celestial bordello. To see this for yourself, read 9:38-39 & 61:10-13. While there is Islam, there will be war. Islam must be completely eradicated, there is no other solution.
That treacherous calumny depicts the defender as worse than the attacker and is obviously false. The President of Iran openly dreams of a "world without America". The attacks on the World Trade Center were intended to destroy our economy. Both Al-Qaeda and Iran seek nuclear weapons, exactly what would they be used for if not to destroy cities?
Morons & Traitors want us to believe that those egregious ayat of mandatory conquest, genocide & terror are metaphorical, anachronistic or deprecated. But Moe said something that proves their maundery to be malignant: "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' " [Sahih Bukhari 1.8.387]. "I am commanded to fight with men till they testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Apostle, face our qiblah (direction of prayer), eat what we slaughter, and pray like us. " [Sunan Abu Dawud 14.2635]. "Jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal" [Sunan Abu Dawud 14.2526] . The Qur'an & hadith are not the last word; they are codified in Shari'ah: Islamic law. Open Reliance of the Traveller to Book O, Chapter 9 and read through O9.9. Islamic law requires a minimum of one military expedition against disbelievers in every year. "The caliph makes war on Jews...", "The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim". Hedaya, the Hanifi school's code, tells us that "War must be carried on against the infidels, at all times, by some party of the Muslims.". "The destruction of the sword is incurred by infidels although they be not the first aggressors". [Vol. II, Bk. IX, Ch1].
It is obvious that General Dempsey and the authors view the content of the course as politically incorrect.
There is something Western Civilization can do, but it is unconventional and would require a great deal of investment and time. Islam can be significantly weakened by inducing mass apostasy among the Ummah. Plant the seeds of doubt & introspection, set the Ummah questioning; induce them to read Islam's canon of scripture, tradition, exegesis & jurisprudence. Make them think rationally about what they believe and the practical realities of its implementation.
What views, and what is false or malicious in them?
Islam is not a religion, it is a Deen: way of life, with a religious component that motivates Muslims to engage in genocidal conquest and prevents victims from recognizing the danger. If it is not imperialistic, then why is Islamic biography & history full of raids, ghazwat, expeditions & conquests? A sample of the table of contents from The Life of Muhammad is appended for your perusal. 1
- religious freedom & cultural awareness
- totally objectionable
- against our values
- wasn't academically sound
- academically irresponsible
Religious freedom applies to legitimate religions: theological entities dedicated to right relationships between men, God and each other; benign, anodyne, beneficent & eleemosynary. Islam is a predatory way of life contrived for its founder's personal emolument through the propagation perpetuation of war. Islam preys upon everyone who has not already submitted to it. To review the documentation of the fatal fact, go to: Islam's Mercenary Mission and What's Wrong With Islam & Muslims?
If there is a right to practice Islam, then we have no rights; all our human rights enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and protected by the Constitution are abrogated. To Islam, our blood and property are not sacred and we have no rights until we become Muslims. The practice of Islam entails jihad: warfare against non-Muslims. Allah commanded it, Moe exemplified it, and it is part of an all or nothing package deal, as 2:85 makes clear. Cultural awareness: Is the General aware of the content of the culture of Islam? What symbol is on the flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? What does that symbol represent? Perhaps the General should read the translator's footnote to 2:190. Exactly what is objectionable about accurately naming and describing the enemy when we have been attacked and war is waged against us? I have no doubt that the objector is a Muslim. How many Nazis were in our officer corps in WWII? So why do we enlist and commission the enemy in this war? Why should we care if the enemy objects to being named and described? What values? Do we now value obfuscation, ignorance, irrationality, surrender & submission over victory to make peace, security and justice prevail? It was not academically sound: it insanely assumed that Islam is reformable. It insanely assumed that nuking Mecca & Medina would win the war. But its identification and general characterization of enemy doctrine is sound; based on objective factual reality. The attitude displayed by Gen. Dempsey indicates to me that he might be better suited to writing for Wired than leading the Chiefs of Staff.The first raid: on Waddan 281 Hamza's raid to the coast 283 Raid on Buwat 285 Raid on al-'Ushayra 285 Raid on al-Kharrar 286 Raid on Safawan 286 Fighting in the sacred month 286 The change of the Qibla 289 Battle of Badr 289 Zaynab sets out for Medina 314
Abu'l-'As accepts Islam 316
'Umayr b. Wahb accepts Islam 318 The chapter of The Spoils 321
ix. Names of the Emigrants who fought at Badr 327
Names of the Helpers who fought at Badr 330 Names of the Quraysh prisoners 338 Verses on the battle 340 Raid on B. Sulaym 360 Raid called al-Sawiq 361 Raid on Dhu Amarr 362 Raid on al-Furu' 362 Attack on B. Qaynuqa' 363 Raid on al-Qarada 364 Killing of Ka'b b. al-Ashraf 364 Muhayyisa and Huwayyisa 369 Battle of Uhud 370 The Quran on UQud 391 Names of the Muslims slain at Uhud 401 Names of the polytheists slain at Uhud 403 Verses on Uhud 404 The day of al-Raji' 426 Poems thereon 429 Treachery at Bi'r Ma'una 433 B. al-Nadir exiled 437 Poetry thereon 439 Raid of Dhatu'l-Riqa' 445 Last expedition to Badr 447 Raid on Dumatu'l-Jandal 449 Battle of the Ditch 456 Attack on B. Qurayza 461 Poetry thereon 470 Killing of Sallam 482 'Amr b. al-'As and Khalid b. al-Walid accept Islam 484 Attack on B. Lihyan 485 Attack on Dhu Qarad 486 Attack on B. al-Mustaliq 490 Scandal about 'A.'isha 493 The affair of al-Hudaybiya 499 The willing homage 503 The armistice 504 Those left helpless 507 Women who migrated after the armistice 509 Expedition to Khaybar 510 al-Aswad the shepherd 519 Division of the spoils of Khaybar 521 Affair of Fadak 523 Names of the Dariyun 523
Return of the second batch of emigrants 526 x. The fulfilled pilgrimage 530 Raid on Mu'ta 531 The occupation of Mecca 540 Khalid followed by 'Ali go forth as missionaries 561 Khalid destroys al-'Uzza 565 Battle of Hunayn 566 Verses thereon 572 Capture of al-Ta'if 587 Division of the spoils of Hawazin 592 Ka'b b. Zuhayr 597
His ode 598 Raid on TabUk 602 The opposition mosque 609 Those who hung back from the raid on TabUk 610 Destruction of al-Lat 615 Abu Bakr leads the pilgrimage 617
Hassan's odes on the campaigns 624 The Year of the Deputations 627
The B. Tamim 628
'Amir b. al- Tufayl and Arbad b. Qays 631
Deputation from B. Sa'd 634
Deputation from' Abdu'l-Qays 635
Deputation from B. Hanifa 636
Deputation from Tayyi' 637
Adiy b. Hatim 637
Deputation of Farwa 639
Deputation from B. 'Zubayd 640
Deputation from Kinda 641
Deputation from al-Azd 642
Deputation from Himyar 642
Farwa b. 'Amr accepts Islam 644
B. Harith accept Islam 645 The false prophets Musaylima and al-Aswad 648 The farewell pilgrimage 649 Usama's expedition to Palestine 652 Muhammad's missions to foreign rulers 652 A summary of Muhammad's raids and expeditions 659 Ghalib's raid on B. al-Mulawwah 660 Zayd's raid on Judham 662 Zayd's raid on B. Fazara 664 'Abdullah b. Rawaha's raid to kill al- Yusayr 665 'Abdullah b. Unays's raid to kill Khalid b. Sufyan 666 'Uyayna's raid on B. al-' Anbar 667 Ghalib's raid on B. Murra 667 'Amr b. al-' As's raid on Dhatu'l-Salasil 668 xi. Ibn Abu Hadrad's raid on Idam 669 His raid on al-Ghaba 671 'Abdu'l-Rabznan's raid on Dumatu'l-Jandal 672 Abu 'Ubayda's raid to the coast 673 Salim b. 'Umayr's raid to kill Abu' Afak 675 'Umayr b. 'Adiy's raid to kill' Asma' 675 Capture of Thumama b. Athal 676 'Alqama's raid 677 Kurz's raid on the Bajilis 677 'Ali's raid on the Yaman
