Youths, Asians, and Other Assorted People

John Rudolph at the Augusta Free Press analyzes the media's unwillingness to name those we are fighting against:


So here we go again with another round of news about terrorist plots.

The latest attempts to blow up airliners over the Atlantic between Britain and the U.S. were thwarted, thanks to the efforts of Scotland Yard and British investigators. But there is one thing that really bothers me about the media - they seem to avoid one word that would label these criminals.

The media, in general, needs to be taught a lesson: Labeling is by no means a method of stereotyping, especially when the blind truth is there for all to see.

Let's see - scanning the news today, I counted at least eight different news articles that were written on this latest terrorist act on the Web, and none of them used the word "Muslim" as a blaming factor for the terrorists that were plotting this.

Examples:

The Associated Press writes, "A senior U.S. counterterrorism official said authorities believe dozens of people - possibly as many as 50 - were involved in the plot."

Dozens of people? Interesting. Why can't these writers use the word "Muslims" instead of People? After all, it was Muslims that plotted these terrorist attacks. Hey, I'd even settle for "dozens of Islamists," but the press is hell-bent in not wanting to get the Muslim community angry. Damn the bad luck!

The story continues with this: "Britain's Home Secretary, John Reid, said 21 people had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birmingham following a lengthy investigation, including the alleged 'main players' in the plot. Searches continued in a number of locations."

"Main players." "People." Other articles I read included terms like "disgruntled religious zealots," or how about "religious separatists" or even "militants?" Oh, please. Yeah, we're off to a good start. This paints an accurate picture of the terrorists, eh? We can't have the public thinking that it's Muslims behind this plot, for crying out loud. The public will begin to read an ominous pattern. Oh, no! We can't have that! The ACLU would be all over us like stink on fertilizer!

BBC reports, "According to BBC sources, the principal characters suspected of being involved in the plot were British-born. There are also understood to be links to Pakistan." Uh-oh. British-born? Links to Pakistan? Why, it can't be. How could Britons do such a thing? Pakistanis? Now we're all confused.

Notice that these silly terms tend to steer the mind away from the true perpetrators, who are nothing but plain ol' Muslims?

Again, why is the media so afraid to mention that Muslims are the harbingers of doom, terror and destruction? The pattern is obvious by now, and people should be made more aware of this.
CBS news reports, "Twenty-one suspects are in custody, after a series of arrests overnight," and that a British official "says the suspects are 'homegrown,' though it was not immediately clear if all of the people in custody are British citizens. The official says police investigating the foiled attack are working closely with the South Asian community."

OK -.we now add "homegrown" and "South Asian community" to the mix. I thought that the word "homegrown" only would be found in magazines like Mother Jones, Harper's or High Times, but now it's being used to describe Muslim terrorists? My first thought that came to mind was a dime bag. When the average Joe American hears, "South Asian community," they think about noodles, or something else other than Muslim. Again, the word "Muslim" isn't mentioned in any of these writings, and this is just a smattering of the articles that I have used as examples here.

While we can no longer depend on the media to report the whole truth and nothing but the truth that these lousy sandal-wearing intolerant terrorist scumbags are plain old Muslims, we can remind readers that:

- In 1972, Israeli athletes were kidnapped and slaughtered by Muslim extremists. It's bad enough that director Steven Spielberg would come out with a movie about it, where he'd make these Muslim terrorists called "Palestinians" appear as being more innocent than the Israeli athletes who were unjustly slaughtered at the hand of Islamism. In his movie, "Munich," he not only brought sympathy for the terrorists, he also portrayed the Israeli Mossad agents as ruthless criminals. But wait a second here. Isn't Spielberg a Jew?

- In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim extremists. Although an attempt (but an ill-thought one at that) was made to rescue these hostages, these Americans were held for over a year, and nothing was done about it by Jimmy Carter, the president at the time. Nowadays, Carter has the audacity to criticize the current administration where he doesn't have a leg to stand on. Nothing was accomplished during his administration except to say "let's run away" instead of fighting our enemies through the use of pre-emptive strikes. Pot. Kettle. Black. Jimmy, retire from public life. Go back to your peanut farm and just shut up.

- During the 1980s, a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by Muslim extremists. Why they remained in Lebanon during this time remains a mystery. Actually, no, it's more like being really stupid. That's like a bunch of dumb white people wanting to stick around in a haunted mansion after some of them were killed by ghosts.

- In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim extremists. No mention that the terrorists were of Muslim origin. Even back then, the word "Muslim" was nowhere to be found in media reports on terrorist attacks that were blatantly brought on by disgruntled young Muslim extremist males. Why? Is the media afraid to upset the Muslim community? Does this mean no more baklava or sesame bars for the newspaper staff from the local Arab bakery if a reporter speaks the truth?

- In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70-year-old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by Muslim extremists. The man was Leon Klinghoffer, who was handicapped and had no means of defending himself. They dumped him from the promenade deck, wheelchair and all. Muslim cowards strike against more innocent Jews. No wonder Israel is in Lebanon again. More power to them. I hope that Israel marches on to Damascus and beyond. The U.N. needs to keep their noses out of Israel's business - which is to destroy Hezbollah. It's now apparent that the U.N. is in support of terrorism against Israel.

- In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim extremists. It took nearly 20 years for the world to make even a single attempt at retaliation because we were all too busy playing the pandering and tolerance game with them. If it were up to me, I'd be hitting every single terror cell I could find through the use of our deterrent forces that come in the form of a ballistic missile submarine. It's high time that we start using submarines more often for strategic strikes against terror camps.

- In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim extremists. Although these Muslim dirtbags are in prison, they are still able, with permission, to write letters to newspapers in the outside world, still holding true to their course in terrorism, enticing other Arabs to become Jihadists like themselves. If it were up to me, I'd have their hands removed from the elbow down, as well as their wagging tongues.

- In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim extremists, precluding the attacks to the upcoming events on 9/11 and where Osama bin Laden (another Muslim, believe it or not) would unfortunately become a household name.

- In October 2000, the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, was struck on the side with a huge explosion that was brought on by - you guessed it - Muslim extremists. This blast nearly tore the ship in two. A friend of mine was badly injured from this attack and now has to walk with a cane the rest of his life.

- On Sept. 11, 2001, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed, and thousands of people were killed by Muslim extremists. This was the day that changed me forever. Enough said about that.
- In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against Muslim extremists. We're still over there, picking away at the Taliban (who, by the way, are Muslims - but the media wants them known merely as the Taliban).

- In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Muslim extremists. These Muslims were resourceful enough to show the graphic details of Daniel's head getting severed off with a machete-style blade while the poor man was still fully conscious. They showed more people getting their heads severed, even with pen knives. Those images still haunt me to this very day.


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