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| "Moderate" Muslim Goes Over to the Enemy | |
| 2003-11-26 | |
| I’ve read this guy’s stuff in the WSJ and LA Times. He was always very anti-Islamo-facist and pro-American. He was even under police protection against threats from the fundos. Either the fundos got to him or he was lying. There ain’t no such thing as a moderate Muslim... Professor Khaled Abou Al-Fadl, originally of Egypt, was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, where he is the only Muslim member. Recently he gave an interview to the Egyptian government weekly October in which he strongly criticized the American president. The following are excerpts from the interview: ’Bush Makes Continued American Aid in the World Contingent Upon Permitting Missionary Activity’ "When Bush came to the presidency, there was a revolution in American policy. He brought in religious Christian people. In the field, Bush permitted missionaries into Iraq before medicines. He is the first president in the history of America whose policy includes supporting Christian missionaries and applying pressure through them on some countries. He links them with continued American aid to some countries. ’20% of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Suffer from Mental Conditions’ The losers always have to bring up the "American soldiers are really cowards" meme. Arab candy asses wouldn’t know courage if it bit them in the ass. Question: "What is American public opinion on what is happening in Iraq?" Prof. Abu Al-Fadl: "In Congress, I heard testimony by soldiers and officers regarding the mental illness and nervous conditions that have struck the American soldiers in Iraq. An officer who reported in his testimony on disorders that harmed soldiers [said] that this loss was greater than the military loss; the disorders [struck] 20% of the soldiers. Some of them were panic-stricken in their sleep and wet themselves, not only because of the [Iraqi] resistance, but also because of the lies of the government that had convinced the soldiers that the Iraqis would greet them with flowers... In several articles I wrote for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, I predicted what would happen. The White House wrote to me and asked me: ’How did you know?!’ I told them, from analysis, from studying history, and from political science, I knew that this is what would happen. [I told them,] ’You were misled by the situation in Afghanistan, but the resistance will increase and if you intervene in Syria and Iran, even double the sum you are requesting [from Congress] will not meet your needs, and the Shi’ites will rise up against you.’" No more WSJ columns and prestigious government appointments for you, eh Fadl? I hear Al Qaeda is recruiting.
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| Posted by:11A5S |
| #9 I am working on a troll relativism theory. Is it me or does Aris sound down-right pleasant? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-26 3:39:17 PM |
| #8 OP - right on. I'm convinced that there is no good duty station while your there. But everyone's last duty station was great. If you ain't complainin' you ain't trainin'. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-26 3:04:30 PM |
| #7 Wonder, too, how much of this is the total misunderstanding the rest of the world has of American soldiers. I have NEVER met anyone in uniform that didn't hate is current duty assignment, while bragging about how great the last one was. It doesn't matter whether it's a plush assignment in Europe or Hawaii, or the boondocks of Korea or the Middle East. Who was it said, "If they ain't bitchin', they ain't happy"? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-26 1:51:51 PM |
| #6 So 1 in 5 have PTSD? That's a good one. I'd say its true that out of every five of my lads, one of them pisses the rack, but that's from being drunk ;) |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-26 1:35:51 PM |
| #5 The best Arab News story during the war was about the thousands of GIs that were buying headresses and defecting to Syria. Every GI can't wait to go live in the socialist utopia that is Syria. They only wish that our troops were wussies like MOST Arabs are. Yes they do very well against a terrorized civilian populace, but come in contact with a REAL Army? They run for the hills. Don't believe me? Then explain why they have Israel ounumbered about 100-1 and yet they have NEVER defeated them in a war and never will. The Arabs are bullies by nature and when confronted with strong force they flee or surrender. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-26 1:33:48 PM |
| #4 Oh, look, another appearance of the mental problems Big Lie. They're really pushing that one, aren't they? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-26 1:13:04 PM |
| #3 Fred, I considered that, but I also know that MEMRI is a professional organization and assumed (we all know what happens when you assume) that they would have provided Al Fadl with an opportunity to read and refute their translation as a professional courtesy. Al Fadl also has a tremendous bully pulpit with his editorial access to several major papers. Why isn't he using it to refute the interview? |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-11-26 1:12:14 PM |
| #2 C'mon Aris, did Bush really allow missionaries into Iraq before medicines? We changed the name of the Afghan operation (Infinite Justice), remember, so that we wouldn't torque Muslim sensibilties. Read the whole article, then let me know what you think. Also the "Yankee GIs are really a bunch of bed wetting cowards behind the kevlar" meme is straight out of the AQ propaganda manual. I know you've read OBL's epistles and interviews, right? |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-11-26 1:00:32 PM |
| #1 And in what way has he "gone over to the enemy", may I ask? Or do you call it "going over to the enemy" when people don't like the American president supporting missionary activity in other countries, or when they have a different outview on what the future will hold if Bush keeps on with his policies? |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2003-11-26 12:43:59 PM |