January 26^th

 

Today we have that noted conservative Patrick J. Buchanan writing about why the Muslims hate us. This question has provided, and will continue to provide, fodder for the commentariate on both the right and left for many years to come.  Now to the issue at hand: Pat claims that terror against “occupiers” has always been a weapon used by those who wanted to rid themselves of these intruders; he cites the Irgun, Mau-Mau, FLN and many other terrorist groups as evidence.

He is right of course, but there is an important difference. These Muslims are killing far more of their co-religionists than they are killing occupiers. I don’t recall that the Irgun particularly targeted less extreme Jews when they were driving out the British.  He points out the fact that Muslims reject our values, that they do not believe that “all religions are equal.” Well, neither do Christians Pat. Do you really believe that the typical Catholic priest would declare Scientology the equivalent of Catholicism?

These Muslims are fighting for supremacy over other Muslims in much the same way just four and a half centuries ago, Bloody Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon burned 280 Christians at the stake because their form of worship was offensive to her. Who knows, perhaps in another 450 years Muslims will stop killing Muslims. Some of their rage is certainly aimed at us for desecrating their holy places but it is equally directed at other Muslims whom they see as rivals for the favor of their God. If all Christians would leave Muslim areas, Muslims would still kill Muslims at the same rate they’re killing them now.