Like the firecracker that didn't explode. Yet.
Have you ever been out in the weather for a long time, days perhaps, when the wind steadily blew and blew without letup, then suddenly and utterly stopped? If you have, then you know the eerie feeling that can come over you. It's like finding yourself in the eye of a hurricane after a long night and day of hiding from air filled with flying debris.
You know that it isn't over and you can almost taste the suspense.
Have you noticed that all the muslim marches and demonstrations have stopped? Hate rhetoric out of Iran has stilled since the 15 hostages were released. The Palestinian attacks on Israelis have stopped. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the other Arab nations are quiet. Little news is coming out of Afghanistan or Pakistan. Only in Iraq do we still get headlines of bombs and body counts.
All the "Islam will dominate" and "Israel must be destroyed" screaming has gone silent. France's muslims are quiescent along with the rest of Europes muslims. What's going on?
The Saudis, who have historically taken the lead in Arab diplomacy, have changed course away from outwardly supporting the United States and the West in general, and are now bending all efforts toward uniting the Arab world against the West. Remember that Saudi Arabia is the heart of the most virulent form of Fundamentalist Islam, Wahabbism, which preaches death to all but "true believers". The Saudis have in fact always been utterly against the West. In fact, most of the Jihadists infiltrating into Iraq were Saudi nationals.
Yet here we have King Abdullah being touted in the worlds presses, including the Arab press, as a "pro-active force for peace" and "a last best hope for the US as well as the Saudis" and the new Nassar. Does it seem to anyone besides me that the Islamists are now trying to appease us?
All this sudden muslim quietude may be just providential. Or it may be consensual. Which is most likely?
That King Abdullah has influence is undeniable, and some of this lull in activity is no doubt due to his efforts, which are aimed at keeping Iran from attack. Even though Iran is a threat to Saudi Arabia, an attack on them would open up a wider war and threaten the Ummah, or global muslim domination, that the Saudis have planned for decades. So the Saudis attack us in Iraq and supply the world with terror groups like Al Queda on the one hand while preaching peace and harmony on the other, all designed to ultimately spread the worst form of despotic cancer ever devised over us all.
This is the cause of part of the current relative peace. The Saudis fund nearly all the muslim movements worldwide. They pay for building the mosques in the West, pay for lawyers, pay student tuitions and so on. Thus they have a lot of clout and when they say "Shhhhh", people shut up.
That's only part of the reason, however. The fact remains that the various muslim sects hate each other and enjoy torturing and killing each other. The muslims greatest enemies are themselves. Their behavior has disgusted Western civilization and the backlash is growing. European anti-immigrant feeling is steadily growing. In France, the anti-immigrant Sarkozy looks to be the likely presidential election winner over the liberal opposition, for example. The muslims are losing their lawsuits for more special treatment. Anti-Islamic statements are becoming more common among government officials and the media. Muslim causes have been losing on many fronts and they may simply be tiring. That they're re-grouping is definite. There's no chance at all that they've given up.
Whatever happens, it will be the Saudis who are behind the scenes working the strings. They have a time limit imposed on their Ummah now, as their oil is running out. When the oil is gone, the funding is gone, and there goes what will hopefully be the last chance for Islam to conquer the world.
Is this the calm before the storm? I don't know. I just have that eerie feeling, expecting, waiting for the wind to start blowing again.
Socialize this! 
Personalize this! 
Radicalize this!
You know that it isn't over and you can almost taste the suspense.
Have you noticed that all the muslim marches and demonstrations have stopped? Hate rhetoric out of Iran has stilled since the 15 hostages were released. The Palestinian attacks on Israelis have stopped. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the other Arab nations are quiet. Little news is coming out of Afghanistan or Pakistan. Only in Iraq do we still get headlines of bombs and body counts.
All the "Islam will dominate" and "Israel must be destroyed" screaming has gone silent. France's muslims are quiescent along with the rest of Europes muslims. What's going on?
The Saudis, who have historically taken the lead in Arab diplomacy, have changed course away from outwardly supporting the United States and the West in general, and are now bending all efforts toward uniting the Arab world against the West. Remember that Saudi Arabia is the heart of the most virulent form of Fundamentalist Islam, Wahabbism, which preaches death to all but "true believers". The Saudis have in fact always been utterly against the West. In fact, most of the Jihadists infiltrating into Iraq were Saudi nationals.
Yet here we have King Abdullah being touted in the worlds presses, including the Arab press, as a "pro-active force for peace" and "a last best hope for the US as well as the Saudis" and the new Nassar. Does it seem to anyone besides me that the Islamists are now trying to appease us?
All this sudden muslim quietude may be just providential. Or it may be consensual. Which is most likely?
That King Abdullah has influence is undeniable, and some of this lull in activity is no doubt due to his efforts, which are aimed at keeping Iran from attack. Even though Iran is a threat to Saudi Arabia, an attack on them would open up a wider war and threaten the Ummah, or global muslim domination, that the Saudis have planned for decades. So the Saudis attack us in Iraq and supply the world with terror groups like Al Queda on the one hand while preaching peace and harmony on the other, all designed to ultimately spread the worst form of despotic cancer ever devised over us all.
This is the cause of part of the current relative peace. The Saudis fund nearly all the muslim movements worldwide. They pay for building the mosques in the West, pay for lawyers, pay student tuitions and so on. Thus they have a lot of clout and when they say "Shhhhh", people shut up.
That's only part of the reason, however. The fact remains that the various muslim sects hate each other and enjoy torturing and killing each other. The muslims greatest enemies are themselves. Their behavior has disgusted Western civilization and the backlash is growing. European anti-immigrant feeling is steadily growing. In France, the anti-immigrant Sarkozy looks to be the likely presidential election winner over the liberal opposition, for example. The muslims are losing their lawsuits for more special treatment. Anti-Islamic statements are becoming more common among government officials and the media. Muslim causes have been losing on many fronts and they may simply be tiring. That they're re-grouping is definite. There's no chance at all that they've given up.
Whatever happens, it will be the Saudis who are behind the scenes working the strings. They have a time limit imposed on their Ummah now, as their oil is running out. When the oil is gone, the funding is gone, and there goes what will hopefully be the last chance for Islam to conquer the world.
Is this the calm before the storm? I don't know. I just have that eerie feeling, expecting, waiting for the wind to start blowing again.
Socialize this! Personalize this!
Radicalize this!
