Tag: "terrorism"

Police Officers on Borough High Street, London, June 4, 2017
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Breaking Up With Mr. Islam

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This arranged marriage of ours with Islam is going very badly

London, Parliament, March 22, 2017
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Pray for Sanity

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Pray that common sense returns to politics.

ISIS With Battle Flags
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The Allahu-Akbar Escalation

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What will it take to make us believe them?

Fight for the Right - Churchill
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Fight for the Right

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He would know.

USS Cole, Towed October 29, 2000.
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The Betrayal of the USS Cole

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Betrayed too many times to count.

Image Tweeted August 9, 2014
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The Fallacy of Focusing on Islamic Radicalization

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Islam is the unique cause of Islamic terrorism.

Image Tweeted August 9, 2014
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Surrendering to ISIS is the Only Way to Defeat It

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Unlike our leaders, ISIS doesn’t confuse victory and defeat.

Image Tweeted August 9, 2014
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Covering Up Islamic Terrorism for Fun and Profit

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Ideas are roads to conclusion, and conclusions lead to policies.

Prayers for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
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The Disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370

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If this was a hijacking, time is critical.

Egypt: “We Never Know Where the Extremists Will Strike Next”
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Egypt: “We Never Know Where the Extremists Will Strike Next”

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Despite a measure of improvement in the security situation for the Christians in Egypt, the media spokesman for the Catholic Church in the country, Father Rafik Greiche, continues to be concerned. Speaking to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on Wednesday, he said, “Things have become somewhat calmer in […]

Church Mourns Victims of Suicide Bomb Attack in Pakistan
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Church Mourns Victims of Suicide Bomb Attack in Pakistan

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A few hours after the explosion Pakistan’s Catholic bishops issued a statement condemning the murders which took place at All Saints Anglican Church this week (22nd September).In the statement Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi, president of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said: “The attacking of innocent men, women and children while praying in the church is […]

Impregnable America?
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Impregnable America?

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On the evening of the Boston Marathon bombing I was doing a radio interview about a book I’d written. Before getting to me, the host asked listeners to pray for victims of the atrocity in Boston and for the nation. When my turn came, I said, “My prayer is ‘deliver us from evil.’” The host […]

Putting Politics Over Public Safety
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Putting Politics Over Public Safety

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An ominous pattern has been developing, particularly of late:  The Obama administration seems determined to subordinate public safety to political expediency.  If a course-correction is not effected promptly, the result is predictable.  Americans will be needlessly harmed, and perhaps killed. The most recent and obvious example was the release last week of hundreds of reportedly […]

The Latest Excuse for Population Control: Terrorists
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The Latest Excuse for Population Control: Terrorists

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Here it is again. That nasty theory that certain populations (i.e. people of color) need to be culled at any cost, using “drastic” measures, is being touted on the webpages of the respected journal Foreign Policy. The excuse this time is to reduce terrorists. And the target is people in Mali – the very people […]

Please, Profile Me!
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Please, Profile Me!

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Okay, just for the record here is the profile. I am white, a US citizen, in my mid 50’s, a grandmother, and a practicing Catholic. Rosaries, prayer books, medals, scapulars and other such paraphernalia are from time to time located on my person.  I know a few other women who fit that profile and while […]

Courtroom Terror
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Courtroom Terror

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Apologists often try to explain away Islamic terrorism as a byproduct of something else. The usual argument is that, because Muslims are politically, socially, or militarily weak—the archetypal example often given is Israel vis-à-vis the Palestinians—they have no choice but to resort to terror to strike at their stronger adversaries. In other words, they resort […]

Jihad: When Elections Fail
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Jihad: When Elections Fail

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The Obama administration supports “democracy” and “self determination” in the Middle East—two euphemisms that, in the real world, refer to “mob-rule” and “Islamic radicalization,” respectively. Yet, as Jimmy Carter recently put it: “I don’t have any problem with that [an “Islamist victory” in Egypt], and the U.S. government doesn’t have any problem with that either. […]

Where Are We, Ten Years After 9/11?
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Where Are We, Ten Years After 9/11?

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So, where are we ten years after 9/11?  It is comforting that we have been blessed with a near-unbroken decade without further mass-casualty attacks since those that killed nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.  Unfortunately, our government is pursuing policies that can only encourage those who aspire to do us harm to redouble their […]

Another Islamist Soldier Turns Terrorist in Texas
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Another Islamist Soldier Turns Terrorist in Texas

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U.S. Army Private First Class Nasser Jason Abdo, 21, first made the news last August when, arguing that his Islamic faith contradicts serving in the American military, he filed for conscientious objector (C.O.) status. Referring to current American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Abdo asserted that a Muslim “is not allowed to participate in an […]

A Warning From Norway
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A Warning From Norway

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Almost lost in official Washington’s preoccupation with the partisan slug-fest over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit was the despicable, murderous attack in Norway on Friday.  Unfortunately, such inattention increases the likelihood that the wrong lessons will be learned from the mayhem – and a proper response to the mayhem inflicted upon that […]

Living in the Age of Martyrs and Terrorists
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Living in the Age of Martyrs and Terrorists

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Bin Laden is dead. Terror and terrorism continues. So does martyrdom. But what a difference between the two types of deaths. A terrorist takes his life and others. The martyr gives his life for others. One is an act of violence in which evil destroys goodness and humanity. The other is an act of love […]

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Osama Bin Laden: Chicken or Egg?

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To posit the significance of Osama bin Laden’s demise, we must first decide which came first — the chicken or the egg? Quaint as it is, this question is fundamentally an inquiry into the nature of cause and effect. In our context, did Osama bin Laden “create” the idea of jihad, or did the centuries-old […]

Bush, Obama, and Osama: America’s Hour of Choosing
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Bush, Obama, and Osama: America’s Hour of Choosing

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“In Bin Laden Announcement, Echoes of 2007 Obama Speech,” declared the headline in The New York Times. It’s difficult to find a newspaper that has demonstrated a worst pro-Obama and anti-Bush bias than The New York Times, especially when dealing with the War on Terror. And so, I expected a headline like this in the […]

Murders and Moral Bankruptcy: Where Have You Gone, Eyre Crowe?
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Murders and Moral Bankruptcy: Where Have You Gone, Eyre Crowe?

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In January 1907, a German-born official in the British Foreign Office wrote a memorandum that since has been indelibly linked to his name for its incisive analysis and uncanny prescience. Eyre Crowe had good reason to scrutinize Germany’s foreign-policy initiatives. The Kaiser’s imperialist impulses had managed to alienate Russia, terrify France, antagonize Great Britain, and […]