I Can't Say it Any Better

I can't say any of this better than Victor Davis Hanson already has. Here are some key excerpts from his latest op/ed at NRO entitled "And Then They Came After Us -
We’re at war. How about acting like it?":

When the U.N. and the EU talked about “refugee camps,” none asked why for a half-century the Arab world could not build decent housing for its victimized brethren, or why 1 million Arabs voted in Israel, but not one freely in any Arab country.

Perhaps the jihadist killing was not over the West Bank or U.S. hegemony after all, but rather symptoms of a global pathology of young male Islamic radicals blaming all others for their own self-inflicted miseries, convinced that attacks on the infidel would win political concessions, restore pride, and prove to Israelis, Europeans, Americans — and about everybody else on the globe — that Middle Eastern warriors were full of confidence and pride after all.

Meanwhile an odd thing happened. It turns out that the jihadists were cowards and bullies, and thus selective in their targets of hatred. A billion Chinese were left alone by radical Islam — even though the Chinese were secularists and mostly godless, as well as ruthless to their own Uighur Muslim minorities. Had bin Laden issued a fatwa against Beijing and slammed an airliner into a skyscraper in Shanghai, there is no telling what a nuclear China might have done.

Typical after the London bombing is the ubiquitous Muslim spokesman who when asked to condemn terrorism, starts out by deploring such killing, assuring that it has nothing to do with Islam, yet then ending by inserting the infamous “but” — as he closes with references about the West Bank, Israel, and all sorts of mitigating factors. Almost no secular Middle Easterners or religious officials write or state flatly, “Islamic terrorism is murder, pure and simple evil. End of story, no ifs or buts about it.”

Second, thinking that the jihadists will target only Israel eventually leads to emboldened attacks on the United States. Assuming America is the only target assures terrorism against Europe. Civilizations will either hang separately or triumph over barbarism together. It is that simple — and past time for Europe and the United States to rediscover their common heritage and shared aims in eradicating this plague of Islamic fascism.

Third, Islamicists are selective in their attacks and hatred. So far global jihad avoids two billion Indians and Chinese, despite the fact that their countries are far tougher on Muslims than is the United States or Europe. In other words, the Islamicists target those whom they think they can intimidate and blackmail.

Go read the entire article here.

UPDATE: Two Suspected Terrorists Arrested, One Shot Dead in Latest London Bombing Attack

Here's the latest from the AP on the failed bombing attack in London earlier today.

Police said one man was detained near Downing Street, site of the prime minister's residence; the other was picked up near Tottenham Court Road, close to the Warren Street subway station where one attack took place.

My only comment is whether this latest attack will strengthen the resolve of the British people, or weaken them in the fashion of the cowering Spaniards. Time will tell.

**UPDATE** The original story I posted yesterday was less than an hour old, and nobody had been shot at that point. Now a London cop shot one suspect:

The shooting took place about 10 a.m., when jittery commuters spotted a man, who witnesses said appeared to be a South Asian, wearing a padded coat in the Stockwell subway station in south London. Police chased him into a subway car, pinned him to the ground and shot him in the head and torso, an eyewitness said.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said the shooting was "directly linked" to the investigation.

"The man who was shot was under police observation because he had emerged from a house that was itself under observation because it was linked to the investigation of yesterday's incidents," police said in a statement. "He was then followed by surveillance officers to the station. His clothing and his behavior at the station added to their suspicions."

OK!!! GREAT!!! But before that, I read this:

The union for subway and bus drivers said workers would be justified in staying away from work if the government fails to take more precautions to make the operators safe, and newspapers printed headlines like "City of Fear," and "Is this how we must live?"

Did you catch that? "...if the government fails to take more precautions..." Here's where liberals get confused. What kind of precautions? As is the case in the US and elsewhere, the British government has adopted policies that allow these turds to thrive in their country. People are crying for more government protection, but I guarantee you that if the government did anything that even looks like profiling, the same liberals who are crying for more precautions would be screaming about civil rights violations. People must realize that, when they are in public, there are no rights to privacy. All persons should be subjected to searches of their belongings when using public transportation. These anti-terrorist cops are not fucking around; maybe some of you libs and muslim sympathizers will realize THAT! You can't have it both ways, folks.

And this is all the muslim leaders are concerned about:

Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, said he had spoken to nervous Muslims since Friday's shooting.

"I have just had one phone call saying `What if I was carrying a rucksack?' he said.

Hey, asswad, the guy was carrying a backpack AND he ran from the cops! If you run from the cops when they tell you to stop, don't be surprised if they shoot your dumb ass! The hell with muslim sensitivity!

You ragheads need to understand that these terrorist scum are from YOUR community. Once you stop allowing them to hide amongst the rest of you, people like me may start cutting you some slack, but, until then, we will look at each and every one of you very closely, and judge you guilty until you prove your loyalty to the civilized societies in which you have made your new homes. If you want to live with US, leave your medieval customs in the shithole from whence you came.

There's an old saying that goes something like this: The probability of somebody watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity and conspicuous nature of your actions.

Govern yourselves accordingly.

Minuteman Project Arrives in San Diego

It's the same old story, only in a new place. The Minuteman Project arrived in my former hometown of San Diego this past weekend, and the nut-job protestors from the mentally deranged, illigitimate Left were out in force. The seditious agitators, many carrying the banners of SocialistWorker.org and the anarchist flag, turned out in droves at the Campo VFW (private property, btw) where the Minutemen were having a BBQ social while, according to my insider present at the event, there were only 2 sherrif's deputies present initially (you'll notice that the media thought there were enough law enforcement present, but that was only after the protestors had been trespassing for quite a while.) Local TV news was present, but no coverage was shown on TV, according to my source. And, despite the title of the news story cited, "Border Watch and Protest Peaceful," it would have been more accurate if the term "non-violent" was used instead of "peaceful." According to my source, it was anything but peaceful, at least on behalf of the illigitimi from the Left.

The protestors were using bullhorns to sling verbal assaults, calling the Minutemen "racists," etc. What else is new? When the Left doesn't have a logical argument (which is almost never) they pull out the race card.

What continues to baffle me is how self-described, peace-loving Lefties can be so full of venomous hatred and vitriol. The Minutemen are simply a group of legal citizens performing a legal act of upholding already existing immigration laws that our government will not enforce. Not one of the group's members has publicly stated any racist views whatsoever, yet they are constantly referred to as racists. Any claim to that title is pure speculation and implication on the part of the pro-illegal immigration supporters.

It also seems that the protestors energies would be better served if they protested the government to change the laws, not those who are merely helping legal authorities uphold the law, which they are perfectly entitled to do. No illegals have been injured or killed; in fact, the only incident I am aware of was in Arizona when one Minuteman member drew his weapon on those he suspected of being illegals trying to escape in a vehicle. Last I heard, that is called making a citizens' arrest, also perfectly legal.

Here are some pictures taken by my inside source present for the fray at the Campo VFW.
Are these people with whom you would associate? If so, you are my enemy - See ya' on the battlefield.


Here's a sample of the lunatic fringe that showed up to protest the Minutemen in Campo, CA. Note the anarchy flag (black and red) in the left-center background.


My source said this guy was on the horn the whole time, full of verbal assaults. Looks like a peace-loving individual to me, kinda like those of another group that wears towels on their heads...


This is one Armando Navarro, Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, Riverside. Notice the sign he is holding (socialist worker.org) as he trespasses on private property at the Campo, CA VFW . Also remember that his salary is funded by taxpayer dollars.


Here are some "legal observers" from the ACLU which said it would be filing a report. Whether or not it will be supportive of the Minutemen remains to be seen, but I'm not holding my breath.