Annan - No Intelligence
Published Mon, Nov 13 2006 6:23 PM
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejects the notion differences between Islam and the West amount to a clash of civilizations.
After accepting the High-Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations' report in Istanbul Turkey, the secretary-general Monday called for better education and opportunities for youth, along with resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to stem mounting mistrust and violence between Islam and the West.
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"Any strategy to build bridges must depend heavily on education -- not just about Islam or Christianity, but about all religions, traditions and cultures, so that myths and distortions can be seen for what they are," the secretary-general said.
In addition, he advocated expanded opportunities for young people, offering them a credible alternative to hate and extremism.
Said Annan, "We must give them a real chance to join in improving the world order, so that they no longer feel the urge to smash it."
Leave it to Kofi Annan to reject the obvious.
Al Qaeda "grew up" fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and Soviet Communism is definitely a product of Western Civilization. Now, Al Qaeda certainly seems to think that the clash is between Islam and western civilization, in particular between Islam and the United States. In their own words...
Claiming that America had declared war against God and his messenger, they [Bin Laden and Zawahiri] called for the murder of any American, anywhere on earth, as the "individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it."
and again...
al Qaeda's answer was that America should abandon the Middle East, convert to Islam, and end the immorality and godlessness of its society and culture: "It is saddening to tell you that you are the worst civilization witnessed by the history of mankind." If the United States did not comply, it would be at war with the Islamic nation, a nation that al Qaeda's leaders said "desires death more than you desire life."
and again...
"when it becomes apparent that it would be impossible to repel these Americans without assaulting them, even if this involved the killing of Muslims, this is permissible under Islam." Asked if he had indeed masterminded these bombings, Bin Ladin said that the World Islamic Front for jihad against "Jews and Crusaders" had issued a "crystal clear" fatwa. If the instigation for jihad against the Jews and the Americans to liberate the holy places "is considered a crime," he said, "let history be a witness that I am a criminal."
In Al Qaeda's view...
America is responsible for all conflicts involving Muslims. Thus Americans are blamed when Israelis fight with Palestinians, when Russians fight with Chechens, when Indians fight with Kashmiri Muslims, and when the Philippine government fights ethnic Muslims in its southern islands. America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as "your agents." Bin Ladin has stated flatly, "Our fight against these governments is not separate from our fight against you."
Source: 9-11 Commission Report, Chapter 2.
Osama Bin Laden has stated it clearly. The only way that the Jihad against America will end is if America, among other things abandons the Middle East. That's not going to happen. America won't abandon Israel.
Another of Osama Bin Laden's demands is that America convert to Islam. That too is not going to happen. Before that could happen the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States would have to be repealed. I can see the press and the ACLU eagerly seeking to overturn the second amendment, but never the first.
The third thing Osama Bin Laden demands is an end to the immorality and godlessness of our society and culture. Many on the left should be alarmed by that, and many Euro-socialists as well. While a return to morality and to the God of our fathers would be good for the west, it's not likely to happen until Christ sets foot on the Mount of Olives.
The fact of the matter is that Al Qaeda clearly believes that the conflict is between Islam and Western Civilization. For Kofi Annan to fail to see that is just another indication that the United Nations is led by a willfully blind and ignorant man.
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