Sunday, 29 March 2009

Duly Noted: Europe Not Eager to Receive “Victims” of America

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George Handlery about the week that was. The North Korea, Somalia and USA League: The problems of Americans abroad. Confronting bullies: the right way and the wrong way. Military modernization in Russia. Venezuela: the rule, the law and Chavez. Break the law and become successful.
 
1. File this under “How to React to Hostiles”. (Apply the insights to North Korea’s coming missile test and Iran’s Nuclear project.) This is a contribution of a reader who must remain anonymous. (This, in itself, tells much about a lot.) The following conversation on a frequency reserved for (commercial aircraft?) emergencies was overheard on a Europe-Dubai flight.
Iranian Air Defense: Unknown Aircraft, you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.
Aircraft: This is a Unites States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.
Air Defense: You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft.
Aircraft: This is a US Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send ’em up. I’ll wait.
Air Defense: … (Total silence follows.)
The writer hopes that, to stay, the patient pilot flew a circle before continuing his mission.

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Islam vs Freedom of Speech

A quote from Prof. Hans Jansen at the IFPS website, 28 March 2009

The advance of Islam can still go much further than is the case in Western Europe at the moment, and can only be stopped when we ensure that future victims of the jihad (i.e., the population of the Netherlands and the rest of Europe) retain their freedom of expression. Muhammad, the founder of Islam, always took special care to silence his possible critics first, usually by assassination, just like his namesake Mohammed Bouyeri who carried out the assassination of Theo van Gogh. The Islamic tradition itself teaches that only after Muhammad had silenced his opponents with violence could the process of Islamization begin. It is therefore of the utmost importance that we in the Netherlands (and anywhere else in the Free World) do not go any further towards the prohibition of criticism of Islam, because Islamic ideology is not resistant to the free word.

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