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Hollywood’s misunderstood terrorists

Victor Davis Hanson Hits a Bullseye!

When terrorism goes to the movies in the post-Sept. 11 world, we might expect the plots, characters and themes to reflect some sort of believable reality. But in Hollywood, the politically correct impulse now overrides all else. Even the spectacular pyrotechnics, beautiful people and accomplished acting cannot hide it.
Instead, moviegoers can anticipate before the opening credits that those characters who work for the American government or are at war with terrorists will likely be portrayed as criminals, incompetents or people existing on the same moral plane as killers.
Take this fall’s “Flightplan,” in which the U.S. air marshal on board and a flight attendant turn out to be the true terrorists. Meanwhile, four Middle Eastern males are unfairly put under suspicion in the lynch-mob atmosphere on the plane.
The film warns us that the real threat after Sept. 11 is certainly not young Middle Eastern males on planes who might hijack or crash them into iconic American buildings. No, more dangerous in Hollywood’s alternate universe are the flight officials themselves — who in reality on Sept. 11 battled terrorists only to have their throats cut before being blown up with all the passengers.
A slickly filmed “Syriana” is the worst of the recent releases. The film’s problem is not just that it predictably presents the bad, ugly sheik as a puppet of American oil interests while the handsome and good independent crown price is assassinated for championing his oppressed people against Western hegemony. Or that the conniving corporate potentates have big bellies and Southern accents while the good-hearted, sloppily dressed George Clooney is double-crossed by his stylish, pampered CIA bosses safe in the Washington, D.C., suburbs.
“Syriana” also perverts historical reality. Everything connected with the oil industry is portrayed as corrupt and exploitive, with no hint that petroleum fuels civilization. Hollywood producers might not see many oil rigs off the Malibu coast, but someone finds and delivers them gas each morning for their luxury cars.
And who are the really greedy? Do the simple arithmetic of pumping petroleum in the desert: After expenses of typically under $5 a barrel, rigged cartels in the Middle East — run by Iranian mullahs, Gulf royals or Libyan autocrats — sell it on the world market for between $50 to $60. They don’t merely price-gouge Americans in their SUVs, but also third-world struggling economies in places like Africa and Latin America.
Plus, in the real world outside Hollywood, does the United States really assassinate Gulf royalty who wish to liberalize their economies and give women the right to vote?
Contrary to “Syriana”‘s premise, the gripe against contemporary American foreign policy is just the opposite. Realists, isolationists and leftists alike damn the United States as naive or foolish for obsessing over democratic reform in Afghanistan and Iraq, pressuring Saudi Arabia and Egypt to hold valid elections and insisting that the terrorist patron Syria leave the voters of Lebanon alone.
The price of gas skyrocketed after the American invasion of Iraq. And oil companies, especially French and Russian, were furious when Saddam Hussein’s kleptocracy fell —and their sweetheart deals were nullified by a new democratic Iraqi government.
Moral equivalence is perhaps the most troubling of Hollywood’s postmodern pathologies — or the notion that each side that resorts to violence is of the same ethical nature. Steven Spielberg best summed up the theme of his recently released film about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics and the subsequent Israeli hunt of the perpetrators: “A response to a response doesn’t really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.”
Spielberg’s “Munich” assumes just such a false symmetry between the killers who murdered the innocent athletes and the Israeli agents who hunted them down — each in their own way victimized and caught in a cycle of “perpetual” violence.
Lost in this pop moralizing is the reality of 1972, when none of Israel’s neighbors were willing to accept the existence of the Jewish state within even its original borders. Then there was no chance that Israeli agents would storm an Olympic event and murder athletes — but every probability that the Soviet bloc, Western Europeans and Middle East autocracies would never hunt down international terrorists who had done so to Israelis.
Actors, producers, screenwriters and directors of Southern California live in a bubble, where coast, climate and plentiful capital shield the film industry from the harsh world. In their good intentions, these tanned utopians can afford to dream away fascist killers and instead rail at Western bogeymen — even in the midst of a global war against Middle East jihadists who wish to trump what they wrought at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
If Hollywood wants to know why attendance is down, it is not just the misdemeanor sin of warping reality but the artistic felony that it does so in such a predictable manner.

Wild Thing’s comment……
Hollywood’s hatred for President Bush is so intense, (heck all liberals hate for Bush has the same intensity) that their hate for Bush takes their mental disorder right into wanting Death to America. Oh they may not say it although some do (!) , but their actions, their words, the slant of the films loaded with propaganda against those wanting to go after the terrorists, their visits to the enemy i.e. Sean Penn, Barbara Streisand etc. scream out their hate for America.
If our country does not start to bring back some kind of serious punishment for traitors and those that commit acts of treason there will be hell to pay. I could care less if the hell rains down on the traitors but sadly it will not single them out, it will smack down on the innocent, those that love America and those that have supported the war on terrorists and the innocent will be included right along with the traitors.
You are invited to visit my Traitors To America page at my website.

I hope we make him shut up!
Iran’s Ahmadinejad wants committee to investigate Holocaust
Tehran, Iran, Dec. 26 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who recently called for the destruction of Israel and termed the Holocaust a “myth” has asked for a committee to be set up to prove that the massacre of some six million Jews in Nazi Germany never took place.
The Fars news agency, which is close to the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Ahmadinejad had proposed the idea after his comments calling for Israel to be moved to European countries such as Germany and Austria drew international outrage and United Nations Security Council condemnation.
Mohammad-Ali Ramin, who heads the state-run body Society for Defending the Rights of Muslim Minorities in the West, told Fars that Ahmadinejad wanted European governments to permit Western scholars to publish their research on the Holocaust.
Ahmadinejad wanted the committee to clarify the real extent of the Holocaust, according to Ramin, who added that the radical President had the support of hard-liners loyal to the Supreme Leader.
Senior officials inside the clerical establishment including Khamenei himself have backed Ahmadinejad’s threatening remarks against the Jewish state.
Wild Thing’s comment………
Now Look at this
Video: Iranian President Declaring Goal of Destruction of Israel and the Jews, Imminent Return of Islamic Prophet, and divine intervention during his speech.

Listen to what this man has to say! He’s out to destroy Israel and the Jew’s. He’s out to bring the world under Islamic domination. He believes heavenly light surrounds him when he speaks and subdues the leaders of the world before him. He’s doing everything within his power to acquire and/or develop nuclear weapons and long range missiles. He’s instructing his people to prepare for the return of his ancient prophet. He’s 100% serious.

And now for a short news history……………..
Iran’s leader says Jewish state ‘should be wiped from map’ 27 Oct 2005
Bush calls Iran and Syria ‘outlaw regimes’ 28 Oct 2005
Iran ceremony to honour suicide bombers 29 Oct 2005
Tehran ‘bounty’ for attack on Israel 30 Oct 2005
Judiciary Chief says Israel’s destruction is Iran’s policy 1 Nov 2005
Iran’s top brass says destruction of “Zionism” in sight 1 Nov 2005
Iran signs up suicide bombers on Muslim Eid 3 Nov 2005
Senior Iran official praises U.S. embassy seizure 4 Nov 2005
Iran’s Islamic ideology to reach four corners of the globe – military 4 Nov 2005
Teheran ‘providing refuge for al-Qaeda terrorists’ 6 Nov 2005
Suicide bombers on Iran kids’ TV 6 Nov 2005 ( a cartoon how to show kids to be suicide bombers)
Iran body launches national drive to recruit suicide bombers 14 Nov 2005
Iran signs up 50,000 “volunteers” for suicide attacks 17 Nov 2005
“Hezbollah learnt suicide bomb tactics from Iran – commander” 26 Nov 2005
Iran’s Supreme Leader urges Jihad in Middle East 13 Dec 2005
Totally sick, but we already know that about this ” religion” ( CULT) of so called Peace

The Saudi education is based on the teachings of Sheik Muhammad Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab. The cornerstone of education in Saudi Arabia consists of the most pervasive themes in Islam.
The book, published by the Saudi Cultural Mission to the U.S., quotes a document published by the Higher Committee for Educational policy which contains 236 principles that explain how students should promote loyalty to Islam by denouncing any system or theory that conflicts with Islamic law. The students are also taught to understand Islam in a correct manner, how to plant and spread Islam throughout the world, and how “to fight spiritually and physically for the sake of Allah”, with emphasis on early Islamic glories.
Here’s a sample from 8th, and 9th grade books:
Sharh Kitab Eltawhid, 8th grade, published 2001, PG 43,
Jews and Christians – Cursed by Allah and Turned into Apes and Pigs- a textbook explains why Jews and Christians were cursed by Allah and turned into apes and pigs. Quoting Surat Al-Maida, verse 60, the lesson explains that Jews and Christians have sinned by accepting polytheism and therefore incurred Allah’s wrath. To punish them, Allah has turned them into apes and pigs.
Book of Abed, 9th grade, PG 123,
A schoolbook for the 9th grade on Hadith introduces a famous narration known by the name, “The Promise of the Stone and the tree.” It tells a story about Abu Hurayra, one of the Prophet’s companions who quoted the Prophet as saying: “The hour (the day of Judgement) will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and Kill them. A Jew will hide behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or tree will call upon the Muslim: “O Muslim, O slave of Allah! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!-except for the gharqad tree, for it is one of the trees of the Jews”. The Hadith is accompanied by a number of statements:
1. “It is Allah’s wisdom that the struggle between Muslims and Jews shall continue until the Day of Judgment.”
2. “The Hadith brings forth the glad tidings about the ultimate victory, with Allah’s help, of Muslims over Jews.”
3. “The Jews and the Christians are the enemies of the believers. They will not be favorably disposed toward Muslims and it is necessary to be cautious (in dealing with them).”
The book offers these questions for class discussion:
1. “Who will be victorious in the day of Judgement?”
2. ” With what types of weapons should Muslims arm themselves against the Jews?”
3. “Name four factors leading to the victory of Muslims over their enemies.”
This is just a small example of what is being taught.
15 out of the 19 hijackers from 9-11 were from Saudi Arabia and taught and raised on such education.
Wild Thing’s comment…….
Appx. 80% of all mosques in the United States are funded by the Saudi Arabian government. Saudi Arabia is the chief follower of the most militant, radical, and intolerant form of Islam called Wahhabism.
Here is the Petition you can sign.

Story Here………………Saddam-Era Mass Grave Found in Karbala
Thank you to Cox and Forkum

Although we’re getting a little now, Christmas in Britain passed without so
much as a dusting of snow. Not so in Afghanistan, as we can see from this
photograph, taken from inside the Pulacharke prison compound. The mountains,
in particular, give a nice, Christmassy feel to the scene, as do the three or
four inches of white stuff covering the ground.

In fact, the only things that really spoil this vista are the watchtowers,
the prison bars and the knowledge that, behind them, are three American patriots
— Special Forces soldier – Jack
Idema, his right-hand man Brent
Bennet, and journalist Ed
Caraballo.

Jack, Brent and Ed were originally sentenced to a decade in prison after a
chaotic show trail in September 2004. Their judges were members of the Taliban
regime who’d crept back into the new Afghan government. More worrying, perhaps,
the bearded crazies were assisted by groups within the FBI and U.S. State
Department, who disappeared evidence and collaborated with the men who tortured
Jack, Brent and Ed. Since the trail, there have been numerous assassination
attempts mounted against Idema and his men by the Taliban and al-Qaeda scumbags
they are being held with.

Most disturbing of all, however, is the fact that all three men were declared
innocent after a retrial almost exactly a year ago. Now, granted, there are
bound to be some differences between our legal systems and the one in
Afghanistan, but we’re pretty sure one thing they do have in common is the
notion that locking up completely innocent people isn’t acceptable …

… So why are Jack and his men still incarcerated? For answers, we
need to look at the way the War On Terror is actually playing out in
Afghanistan, and to understand the extent to which many of the players in the
FBI and U.S. State Department have edged away from killing and capturing
Islamofascists, and back toward policies of appeasement and (false) stability.
This has meant, at least for the State Department and the Karzai government,
that men like Jack Idema became something of an inconvenience, hunting,
arresting and killing the very terrorists they were foolishly attempting to
broker deals with. In an effort to push their flawed agendas, then, sections of
the U.S. government have seen to it that Idema and his men stay behind bars.

In essence, this means that Jack Idema is a political prisoner, who,
bizarrely, is being held by America in order to prevent him hunting
down and killing the very people who masterminded 9/11.

And, yes, you really do need to read that, last sentence over
several times in order for its full implications to sink in. Four years after
that terrible, September day, instead of bringing the sword of justice to the
bearded crazies responsible for 3000 murders, we’re bringing injustice
to the men whose mission it is to hunt down
the bin Ladens of this world and make them pay for what they did.

And, make no mistake, this is exactly what Jack Idema intends to do.
Here he is, in an interview he gave a couple of months ago, laying down
the principles upon which the WOT,
should be fought.

 

Americans now are saying let’s have this peace and appeasement and all of this
— listen. Remember about this? People forget about the fact that people were
diving out windows on 9/11 to avoid being burned to death. This is a war. War
is a war of attrition –that means you kill the enemy. You don’t make
peace with them, you don’t make nice with them, you don’t take ’em in for a
steak dinner-you kill ’em. And believe me–these people deserve to die. They
are the worst terrorists on the face of the earth. Look what they did on 9/11
and that is only one small part of what they want to do to us.

 

You can hear the whole thing here.

 

In the meantime, and while the head-hackers tuck into those steak
dinners courtesy of the State Department, Jack Idema and his men are
subjected to the petty malice of U.S. Consul Adrienne Harchick. Adrienne
(or ‘Addie’ to the friends she doesn’t deserve to have) has denied Jack
and his men access to clean drinking water, refused to allow them to
send hand-made gifts to their families back home, and even went so far
as to seize 21 Christmas packages sent to Jack, Brent and Ed via regular
Afghan post. Adrienne’s lame excuse for this, last, piece of spite was
that Christmas gifts ‘violate the Muslim religion’. (This, even though
Jack’s many Muslim friends in the Northern Alliance have offered to
deliver the presents to him themselves.)

But. This intolerable situation might, finally, be coming to an end.
Last week, the Northern Alliance-backed Yunis Qanooni took the reigns of
power in the Afghan Parliament, and, unlike the appeasing weasel Karzai,
intends to prosecute the war against terrorists hard. We must also hope
that Qanooni resolves to release Jack and his men so they can help in
this endeavour.

Because here’s the thing: someone like Jack Idema is doing no good
looking at the Afghan mountains through the bars of a prison
cell. He needs to be in those mountains, finishing the fight
al-Qaeda started with us back in September, 2001.

Anyone wishing to join the Free Jack Idema Blogburst should email either
Cao
or Rottweiler
Puppy for details.

You can also contact the following people:

(more…)

Israeli Jets Strike Militant Base in Lebanon
JERUSALEM — Israeli jets attacked a Palestinian militant group’s training base in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, hours after an Israeli border town was hit by rocket fire, the military said.
The base located south of Beirut is operated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small group that has been waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.
“This is in response to the firing of projectile rockets last night toward Israeli communities,” the military said.
It said it views such attacks with “extreme severity” and holds Lebanon responsible.
There was no immediate word on casualties or damage in the strike, launched after three rockets landed in a residential area of Kiryat Shemona. The army said the rockets damaged some property but caused no injuries.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Both Hezbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants operate in nearby southern Lebanon.
The raid came a month after Israeli jets attacked a command post of the Hezbollah guerrilla group in south Lebanon, responding to Hezbollah rocket and mortar attacks that wounded 11 Israeli soldiers and damaged a house in a border community.
Israel withdrew from an occupied enclave in southern Lebanon in 2000. While fighting in the area has dropped since then, the border remains tense and Hezbollah frequently targets Israeli troops in the disputed Chebaa Farms area.
Lebanon and Syria say Chebaa Farms is Lebanese territory, but U.N. cartographers who surveyed the border after the Israeli withdrawal said it belongs to that part of Syria which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israel says it will discuss control of the area only in future peace talks with Syria.
Both Hezbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants operate in nearby southern Lebanon.
Rest of article HERE at FOX News
And another article on this at Arutz….Air Force Strikes Terror Target in S. Lebanon

Behind some of the most deadly attacks against U.S. troops is one man: a 35-year-old Afghan who calls himself ‘Commander Ismail’

WASHINGTON – Four years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, Taliban and al Qaeda fighters are showing renewed strength, using suicide bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. They are even training the next generation.
Since June 2005, 54 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan, by far the most lethal period since the U.S. invaded.
Behind some of the most deadly attacks is one man, a 35-year-old Afghan who calls himself “Commander Ismail.”
In his first interviews with Western media, Ismail brags about killing three Navy Seals this summer, then downing a Chinook helicopter that came to rescue them, killing another 16 Americans.
Commander Ismail says ousted Taliban leader Mullah Omar is alive and well and that the Mujahaddin are fighting under his command and control.
NBC News interviewed Ismail in August and again this month.
Ismail boasts that in June, he deliberately laid a trap for American forces.
Ismail: We certainly know that when the American army comes under pressure and they get hit, they will try to help their friends. It is the law of the battlefield.
A tape obtained by NBC News showed what appears to be some of the battle, and the terrorists’ unsuccessful attempt to coax a Navy Seal to surrender. When the U.S. military sent in a rescue team, Ismail’s men were waiting with a rocket-propelled grenade, downing the helicopter, and then spreading out recovered weapons and hi-tech equipment. Later, they displayed captured communications equipment and weapons.

For the rest of the article go HERE
Hey Commander Ismail ! This is our troops reply to you!

Wild Thing’s comment…….
OK I realize it is important to get the word out and I have complained before about how one sided the alphabet media is on the war and concerning our troops. I will say then that I am glad they say they turned over this video interview etc. to our Government and I hope it helps.
I guess it is just that when I see the name Lisa Myers connected to something I have instant feedback to the Clinton regime and Lisa Myers …….UGH and it is not pleasant to say the least.
The fact that NBC needs to mention once again how many soldiers we have lost in Afghanistan in 2005 to promote their article is a dig they do not need to use and yet they do. That was NOT a part of the interview and yet they just had to bring it up. If I was looking for subliminal things this one would not even be that hidden to find.
What I mean is this, here is the interview and leave it at that. That would still be giving us the news and letting us decide how we feel about it. But once again NBC has to slant it with a negative tone regarding our troops. By saying what they did in the article that were words NOT said by the terrorist they are promoting the terrorists and their efforts. Making them look victorious. If NBC spent as much time showing us what the troops are doing on the positive side and the tremendous efforts that have been made in Iraq and Afghanistan than I would lighten up a little on them. But alas my gavel comes down heavy on traitors in the media, in government or civilians that in any way promote the deaths of our troops when it is not necessary.
It is like, hey look listen to this terrorist because he with his other comrades has taken out a lot of American’s so he is stronger then we are ……………and as for me he can BITE ME! Our troops rock and this Commander Ismail is a mouth piece much like Howard Dean.
What I saw in this video and read in the article is this………………..
“we’re just freedom fighters attacking only those who attack us”; “we tried to get the Navy Seal to surrender to our tender mercies, but the stubborn galoot wouldn’t quit”; “here we are training our army of workers and peasants who want to give their all for Islam and Afghanistan”. Where was the message: “we’re a bunch of murdering thugs right out of the seventh century”? I missed that part. This is a “Taliban is back, with a vengeance” message, and it very much was US Military and Bush bashing.

I have just been speaking with Ms. Wild Thing and I’m sorry to report that she is feeling rather poorly. Judging from the symptoms, it must be something she ate. Hopefully, Wild Thing will back tomorrow, but in the meantime… I thought I would post a little poem in her honor…

I’m sending sunny-bright wishes
and of course, bear hugs and kisses
To cheer you up while you’re ill;

But the best part of this letter
is saying, “Hope you feel better!”
And, knowing before long, you will!
Ms. Thing, you best get well fast, cause if you don’t, I’m gonna have to bring you some medicine.

Don’t make me get on a plane….

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights
Song of Hanukkah
….by Eva Grant
Come and sing a Hanukkah song.
Sing of heroes, brave and strong –
Maccabeus and his band,
Who rescued Israel’s ancient land.
Sing a song of candles burning,
Dreidel spinning, pancakes turning,
Hanukkah presents tucked away
To open on the holiday.

(IsraelNN.com) from Arutz…..
Jews Expelled From Gaza Light Menorah Made From Mortar Shells Fired at Them

Gush Katif refugees, many of whom are still dwelling in hotels awaiting permanent housing, lit a unique menorah tonight, one made of mortar shells fired by Arab terrorists into the heart of N’vei Dekalim, the largest community of Gush Katif.
That special menorah commemorates the miracle of Jewish survival throughout the ages, and reminds us of the symbolic role Gush Katif has played in the saga of Jewish history: a community standing victorious despite constant attempts by Arab terrorists to wipe it out.
5000 mortars rained down on Gush Katif, from the onset of the Oslo War in September 2000, to August 2005. Miraculously, they succeeded in causing only minor damage and minimal casualties. Not only did they fail to harm the community physically, they failed to impact the Jewish spirit burning in the hearts of its residents. They call the menorah of mortars the “al hanissim,” menorah of miracles.

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Theodore’s World blog would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas. This post will stay at the top till December 26,2005
Here are a couple of Christmas songs I am personally playing for each of you. Yes it is me playing so if you hear any mistakes just giggle about it. haha

Click
on the Holly to hear White Christmas

 

 

Click
on the Holly to hear the Christmas Song

Wild Thing’s comment…………..

Christmas is a hard time to be away from home. Whether it’s on a ship at sea, an airbase in Saudi, a foxhole in Kuwait. A soldier’s memory is of home, a room glowing from the fireplace and candles aroma filling the air. The scent from the kitchen, warm from the oven and food in preparation making ones tummy even hungrier. But the memories are also of lost buddies that will never go home again and never see another Christmas. A loss that can never be explained unless you have been there and your life and his depend on each other. The wonderful songs of Christmas exchanged for the sounds of mortar rounds exploding in front and behind their positions. IED’s becoming as important to look for and be aware of as MRE’s are to survival.
The sacrifices the soldier makes not just weekly but every day so that we back home can be safe and secure. To stop radical dictators from meeting our shores, or terrorists feeling they can take us out in one of their deadly so called martyrdoms. The soldier, air men, sailor and all who serve knowing that they are making a difference in the world but still at this time of year the strong pull ….stronger then ever to be in the arms of a loved one, laughing with friends and family is almost too intense.
This time of year is the hardest of all and for the loved ones at home as well. Those that wish—- oh they wish so much to just touch the one they love. To hold each other close through the night and know when morning comes all will be well. Their hearts are filled with loneliness but also a hope that comes from deep within and sent with continued prayer that this will be the last Christmas away from each other. And next year, oh yes next year they will spend Christmas together.
As we celebrate Christmas and are so thankful for so many things. As we think of how our lives have been and think of how this coming year we will be better at this or that. Let us never forget those that make it possible for us to have a Christmas, to live in a free land and feel safe when we sleep at night. Let us never forget those that will never have another Christmas, those that gave their all.
Say a prayer for our Troops and thank them every chance you get. If you meet a Veteran walk right up to that person and thank them. Thank them with all your heart because they are all the reason we live in the greatest country in the world. Those in the Military serving now and our Veterans from every branch are the REAL reason we are free.
I sincerely wish the yuletide spirit of Christmas of love to abide in your heart, hearth and home throughout this festive season and throughout the year.

Wild Thing