48 years ago, I played tight end on the school football team. In the third quarter of our last game, a nail biter that would determine the state championship, we were one touchdown ahead of the only other undefeated team in our conference, when I wrenched my knee and limped back to the huddle.  

While in our stance before the hike, the trash talk from the other team was all about targeting my injured knee in order to get me out of the game. That very play, all three defensive men in my zone went after my knee…the defensive end, the tackle and the outside linebacker. My teammates, seeing what was happening, issued their own trash talk to the other team to leave me alone, and then proceeded to gang up on the perpetrators. With the protection of my teammates, my knee was no longer singled out for destruction and we went on to win that game and the state championship.

13 years before that game, two years after WWII and shortly after the nations of the world had decided to form a new Jewish state in Palestine called Israel, a group of Arab men, all representatives of their respective country governments, sat in a room in Cairo and dedicated each of their countries to the destruction of the new Jewish state in Palestine. To that end they ordered arms and supplies for their armies and put an Iraqi general in charge of all five armies. His role was to use the armies in a coordinated effort to push the Jews into the sea and in so doing destroy Israel.

At the same time, an arab religious leader in Jerusalem was organizing the arabs in and around Palestine in his own effort to rid the land of the jews. His goal was the same, push the jews into the sea, in other words, the total wiping out of the jews in order to prevent the new jewish state from ever gaining a foothold on the land. His name was Haj Amin Husseini and he was the mufti of Jerusalem. All of Palestine’s Arab men were under his command and willing to die for him.

Both of these organizations were of the opinion that there was only one solution to the Israel situation—the state of Israel must not be allowed to begin, or once begun, not be allowed to survive—and they would use every means at their disposal to see that Israel was destroyed.

Fast forward 62 years to 2009,  the Arabs presently in power in the Mideast feel exactly the same as they did 62 years ago on the eve of the birth of Israel—that Israel has no right to be a state. They simply refuse to accept Jewish sovereignty anywhere in the land of Palestine. According to the scholar, Fouad Ajami, there is no change in the Arab attitudes towards Israel. This is a fact that Obama and his team seem to overlook, or turn a blind eye to. 

During his campaign, Obama stated his desire to sit down with the Mideast leaders and negotiate. And now, during his first 8 months, it seems that he is willing to do more than that—he seems to be messing with the commitments previous administrations have made to Israel. His constant meddling on the subject of building more settlements and his hard line on that issue, and his public position of wanting to negotiate with the Arabs,  has put Israel in a worse position than ever before, and has emboldened the Arabs. The way Arab leaders see it is that America has taken their side, or at least, if that is not an accurate assessment, has stopped standing blindly behind whatever Israel wants to do.

This change has made the situation for Israel very tenuous. If anything, it has made the tinderbox that is Israel/Arab relationships very near the firing point.

My message to Obama and his team is simple—stop all the meddling with the various logistical aspects of the peace process and make a simple statement to the world. Just like my teammates did for me, tell the Arabs—“Mess with Israel and you mess with the United States.”

It is human nature to attack the weak spot of your enemy. Arabs know this, and they see that Israel is now weaker than at any time before. One of the reasons that Israel has prospered and become one of the most successful, prosperous democratic countries in the world is that they have a teammate that was willing to threaten the enemy. If we now appear to not be the strong arm teammate we once were, Arabs will not hesitate to take advantage of the change and attack.

 Islam as a System

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:
The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.. www.frontlineorg.za/books_videos/sti.ht

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components. Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called 'religious rights.'

When politically correct and culturall y diverse societies agree to 'the reasonable' Muslim demands for their 'religious rights,' they also get the other components under the table. Here's how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they
will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

United States -- Muslim 1.0%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1%-2%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

>From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influe nce in proportion to their percentage of the population.

They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).

France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- Muslim 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris -- car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amste rdam - - Mohammed cartoons).

Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

>From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- M uslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace -- there's supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that's not the case. Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'

America has one major weakness. This weakness goes beyond the commander in chief and the military leadership. Every single one of us in the western world has this weakness and it may be the downfall of our civilization as we know it.

To understand what this weakness is, go back 64 years to early December 1944.  The Allies, poised on the German border, were re-supplying themselves, resting from some horrible battles, and generally leaving the Germans alone for the winter. 

Early one frosty morning Ike invited Omar Bradley to his headquarters to discuss the allied situation along the front. Between the two of them, two of the best logical military minds our country has ever produced…between the two of them, they decided, after reviewing the whole situation and much discussion, that even though the Americans were weak at the Ardennes Forest section of the front, Hitler would never mount a counterattack through the Ardennes because the forest presented almost impossible conditions.   

Eisenhower knew that the Germans could not supply and support a major offensive on the winter roads in the Ardennes. Additionally, Eisenhower and Bradley felt that the newly formed Volksgrenadier divisions were not capable of offensive action in the winter. And thirdly, they knew, as military commanders, that the German military leadership knew how risky an offensive through the Ardennes would be. They knew that it would open the German army up for complete annihilation from the sides. So, at the end of the day, they both agreed that it would be a strategic mistake for the Germans to counter attack through the Ardennes.

Both Eisenhower and Bradley were absolutely correct. Their thinking was militarily sound. And every German officer on the other side of the Ardennes agreed with them. There was only one problem. Hitler did not agree with them. Eisenhower’s major error, which cost the Allies thousands of casualties, was that he did not take into account that the leader of Germany was a crazy, desperate lunatic. If he had looked at the situation from Hitler’s point of view, he would have come to a different conclusion.

What is the lesson in this 64 year old story? It is that we cannot make any conclusions about the enemies plans without understanding that they are crazy. Crazy with desperation, crazy with commitment to our destruction, crazy with hate…. If we do not begin to get inside the insanity of those that are trying to kill us, we will never be able to defend ourselves from their attacks.

I hope our military leadership knows this. I hope there are defensive plans out there built on the premise that our enemies are lunatics.  I hope Israel understands this point.  I hope there are agencies getting inside the heads of the leaders of Iran, North Korea, China, Hezbollah...well, you get the picture.  If not, well...Silence of the Lambs on a global scale….

God Help Us.

                 Islam as a System

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:
The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.. www.frontlineorg.za/books_videos/sti.ht

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components. Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called 'religious rights.'

When politically correct and culturall y diverse societies agree to 'the reasonable' Muslim demands for their 'religious rights,' they also get the other components under the table. Here's how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they
will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

United States -- Muslim 1.0%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1%-2%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

>From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influe nce in proportion to their percentage of the population.

They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).

France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- Muslim 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris -- car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amste rdam - - Mohammed cartoons).

Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

>From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- M uslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace -- there's supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that's not the case. Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'

It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France , the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity.. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.. www.frontlineorg.za/books_videos/sti.htm