[lit-ideas] Re: Aren't you glad you no longer have a Hitler problem?
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:00:15 -0400
Just wondering, what does "fighting back" mean?
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From: Lawrence Helm
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Sent: 6/24/2006 5:47:34 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Aren't you glad you no longer have a Hitler problem?
What you have provided in your note, Ursula is the Islamist party line. It is
also the Leftist party line. America deserved to be attacked on 9/11. Oh, you
softened it by saying our actions had consequences but it amounts to the same
thing. Actually, this is utterly false. A great literature exists describing
the creation of Islamism. We know how it originated and we know what it
teaches. The motivation for the attack against the U.S. on 9/11 does not lie
in what the U.S. did. It lies in what Islamism is. It is a politico/religious
ideology. It argues that Allah has promised that Islam will spread throughout
the world. Sayyid Qutb as the most articulate spokesman argued that the Jihad
should be used to advance the true belief within Islamic countries and within
the countries of the infidel.
Leftists have provided an overlay of this and argued, well, yes, they say it is
religious but that is just their way of expressing their Marxist revolutionary
spirit. But that is nonsense. Nothing in their writings or in their actions
implies that they are motivated by Marxist ideology. Their motivation is
religious. It is a Fundamentalist form of Islam that emphasizes a militant
advance of their beliefs.
Al Quaeda was formed at the end of the war in Afghanistan, after the defeat of
the USSR. They believe this great victory indicated Allah?s approval. And if
they could defeat the USSR, the US should be even simpler because the US was
afraid to fight. Osama described in some speeches how the U.S. ran away on
several occasions whereas he and his followers embrace death. They are not
afraid to die and so the US cannot stand against them. This is straight Sayyid
Qutb ideology taught to Osama by Sayyid?s brother, Mohhamad. Also, this
ideology is widely believed throughout the Middle East. It isn?t embraced by
just a few ?gangs? as Mike argues. It is a widespread belief and it favors the
Jihad and terrorist attacks as a way to further the Islamic cause.
Read Sayyid Qutb. He has written voluminously. Qutb came to the US and
studied at a college in Colorado where he developed a negative opinion of
Americans. They are a decadent people. But his opinion isn?t what modern
Leftists would have us believe today. 9/11 wasn?t a response to anything the
US did. It was a response to what the US is ? a nation of infidels. All
infidels must convert or be destroyed. There is no other way as far as
militant Islam is concerned. As far as some of us in the US are concerned,
however, there is another way. I know you won?t approve, but it?s called
FIGHTING BACK. It?s tough to do with so many in America routing for America?s
enemies, but some are trying to do it anyway.
Lawrence
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