Comments on: Switzerland’s Minaret War (Updated) http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: YWN http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-459631 YWN Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:43:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-459631 The Infidel Alliance said: "It’s good to finally see some Western resistance, however token, against Islamic hegemonic imperialism. We must face the fact that the West is not engaged in a “War on Terror”. The truth is that we are engaged in an “ISLAMIC WORLD WAR”." Thanks to OUR "realistic" foereign policy ~ no? ~ Devil's game: how the United States helped unleash fundamentalist Islam By Robert Dreyfuss Book overview The first complete account of America’s most dangerous foreign policy miscalculation: sixty years of support for Islamic fundamentalism Devil’s Game is the gripping story of America’s misguided efforts, stretching across decades, to dominate the strategically vital Middle East by courting and cultivating Islamic fundamentalism. Among all the books about Islam, this is the first comprehensive inquiry into the touchiest issue: How and why did the United States encourage and finance the spread of radical political Islam? Backed by extensive archival research and interviews with dozens of policy makers and CIA, Pentagon, and foreign service officials, Robert Dreyfuss argues that this largely hidden relationship is greatly to blame for the global explosion of terrorism. He follows the trail of American collusion from support for the Muslim Brotherhood in 1950s Egypt to links with Khomeini and Afghani jihadists to cooperation with Hamas and Saudi Wahhabism. Dreyfuss also uncovers long-standing ties between radical Islamists and the leading banks of the West. The result is as tragic as it is paradoxical: originally deployed as pawns to foil nationalism and communism, extremist mullahs and ayatollahs now dominate the region, thundering against freedom of thought, science, women’s rights, secularism—and their former patron. Wide-ranging and deeply informed, Devil’s Game reveals a history of double-dealing, cynical exploitation, and humiliating embarrassment. What emerges is a pattern that, far from furthering democracy or security, ensures a future of blunders and blowback. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZeIK4glp4yIC&dq=islamic+fundamentalism+dreyfuss&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Infidel Alliance said:

“It’s good to finally see some Western resistance, however token, against Islamic hegemonic imperialism. We must face the fact that the West is not engaged in a “War on Terror”. The truth is that we are engaged in an “ISLAMIC WORLD WAR”.”

Thanks to OUR “realistic” foereign policy ~ no? ~

Devil’s game: how the United States helped unleash fundamentalist Islam

By Robert Dreyfuss

Book overview
The first complete account of America’s most
dangerous foreign policy miscalculation: sixty years of support for Islamic fundamentalism

Devil’s Game is the gripping story of America’s misguided efforts, stretching across decades, to dominate the strategically vital Middle East by courting and cultivating Islamic fundamentalism. Among all the books about Islam, this is the first comprehensive inquiry into the touchiest issue: How and why did the United States encourage and finance the spread of radical political Islam?

Backed by extensive archival research and interviews with dozens of policy makers and CIA, Pentagon, and foreign service officials, Robert Dreyfuss argues that this largely hidden relationship is greatly to blame for the global explosion of terrorism. He follows the trail of American collusion from support for the Muslim Brotherhood in 1950s Egypt to links with Khomeini and Afghani jihadists to cooperation with Hamas and Saudi Wahhabism. Dreyfuss also uncovers long-standing ties between radical Islamists and the leading banks of the West. The result is as tragic as it is paradoxical: originally deployed as pawns to foil nationalism and communism, extremist mullahs and ayatollahs now dominate the region, thundering against freedom of thought, science, women’s rights, secularism—and their former patron.

Wide-ranging and deeply informed, Devil’s Game reveals a history of double-dealing, cynical exploitation, and humiliating embarrassment. What emerges is a pattern that, far from furthering democracy or security, ensures a future of blunders and blowback.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZeIK4glp4yIC&dq=islamic+fundamentalism+dreyfuss&source=gbs_navlinks_s

]]> By: Michael T http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-458067 Michael T Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:24:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-458067 The next step is to deport the brainless s---theads back to the their respective islamist paradise countries they came from. The next step is to deport the brainless s—theads back to the their respective islamist paradise countries they came from.

]]> By: Norman http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-458043 Norman Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:59:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-458043 In France (Eurabia) we have no freedom of speach (the country of liberty ;))). yes we can, at the risk to be prosecuted for racism, islamophobia. When crimes are committed, it is forbidden to give the origin of the murderer (racism...). To #6 shure, i will be in the first wave if US has not become an islamic country too. In France (Eurabia) we have no freedom of speach (the country of liberty ;) )). yes we can, at the risk to be prosecuted for racism, islamophobia. When crimes are committed, it is forbidden to give the origin of the murderer (racism…).

To #6 shure, i will be in the first wave if US has not become an islamic country too.

]]> By: don http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457804 don Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457804 So, the European international elite are having a sissy fit over Swiss rubes being ethnocentric prudes over non-traditional building designs. What else is new? Tell me, when was the last time a synagogue or church was built in xenophobic Mecca? Damascus? Teheran? Aside from episodic complaints over the usual stonings and recurring genocides, when was the last time those sophisticated worldly elites had a sissy fit over Islamic building codes in tradition bound Muslim countries? Speaking of selective toleration in travel, how far do you think a Volkswagen bus would get on the road from Casablanca to Teheran with" Jews for Jesus" posted on the sides? Actually, that bus probably wouldn't even make it through a lot of Paris neighborhoods, formerly ground zero for secular humanism and the enlightenment. When is Michael Moore going to show up in the Sudan to film Genocide 911? Probably when Michael can blame typical Muslim bad behavior on bad boy George Bush while making millions pretending to be a socialist. So, the European international elite are having a sissy fit over Swiss rubes being ethnocentric prudes over non-traditional building designs. What else is new? Tell me, when was the last time a synagogue or church was built in xenophobic Mecca? Damascus? Teheran? Aside from episodic complaints over the usual stonings and recurring genocides, when was the last time those sophisticated worldly elites had a sissy fit over Islamic building codes in tradition bound Muslim countries? Speaking of selective toleration in travel, how far do you think a Volkswagen bus would get on the road from Casablanca to Teheran with” Jews for Jesus” posted on the sides? Actually, that bus probably wouldn’t even make it through a lot of Paris neighborhoods, formerly ground zero for secular humanism and the enlightenment. When is Michael Moore going to show up in the Sudan to film Genocide 911? Probably when Michael can blame typical Muslim bad behavior on bad boy George Bush while making millions pretending to be a socialist.

]]> By: Spindok http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457701 Spindok Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:04:55 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457701 To be "Swiss' I suppose, doesnt include minarets. They have their quaint churches, maybe not so attended as cherished. Many other nice things there and OK to visit. Some fine products. If I were Muslim there I might be thinking about leaving. This sounds familiar. Switzerland is the most paranoid and xenophobic place in europe (applause all around) they are civilized about it though. Fine ideals we have. Freedom of... Seems to me that conservatives and liberals only disagree about which basic liberty they wish to curtail. Worse, it is really about which group fits best with their own vision of reality. Spindok To be “Swiss’ I suppose, doesnt include minarets. They have their quaint churches, maybe not so attended as cherished. Many other nice things there and OK to visit. Some fine products.

If I were Muslim there I might be thinking about leaving. This sounds familiar. Switzerland is the most paranoid and xenophobic place in europe (applause all around) they are civilized about it though.

Fine ideals we have. Freedom of… Seems to me that conservatives and liberals only disagree about which basic liberty they wish to curtail. Worse, it is really about which group fits best with their own vision of reality.

Spindok

]]> By: Shoey http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457555 Shoey Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:02:23 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457555 Swiss-billies and Alpine ridgerunners are making muslims uncomfortable? progressives of the world must unite to punish them! Swiss-billies and Alpine ridgerunners are making muslims uncomfortable?

progressives of the world must unite to punish them!

]]> By: Phranc http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457523 Phranc Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:11:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457523 So what will these citizens of Switzerland do when the EU and UN tell them they can not control the destiny of their own country? So what will these citizens of Switzerland do when the EU and UN tell them they can not control the destiny of their own country?

]]> By: Paul -Indiana http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457511 Paul -Indiana Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:46:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457511 #33 "You realize about 100X more people have been killed in the name of Christianity or by Christian murderers than Muslims?" ========== Provide a link. #33 “You realize about 100X more people have been killed in the name of Christianity or by Christian murderers than Muslims?”
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Provide a link.

]]> By: wancow http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457372 wancow Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457372 SVP: (the minaret is a) “symbol of a religious-political claim to power and dominance which threatens — in the name of alleged freedom of religion — the constitutional rights of others.” Okay, who are the SVP and are they available to RUN THE CASTRATI OUT OF THE RNC? SVP: (the minaret is a) “symbol of a religious-political claim to power and dominance which threatens — in the name of alleged freedom of religion — the constitutional rights of others.”

Okay, who are the SVP and are they available to RUN THE CASTRATI OUT OF THE RNC?

]]> By: Bob Miller http://pjmedia.com/blog/switzerland%e2%80%99s-minaret-war/#comment-457246 Bob Miller Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:58:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=73276#comment-457246 #33 seems to favor some demented form of affirmative action, allowing groups to catch up with other groups in the number of murders they commit. #33 seems to favor some demented form of affirmative action, allowing groups to catch up with other groups in the number of murders they commit.

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