Dr. Rusty Shaclekford has an interesting post over at the Jawa Report he’s titled What to do with Muslims? It starts like this:

The last few days have been very depressing. Part of this depression is the result of an inner conflict I am having.

Every single Muslim I know is a great person. Every. Single. One.

Yet, nearly every single Muslim organization or group I know of can be counted on to support tyranny. Not all, but nearly.

How true. It reminded me of a line from Men in Black when agent Kay is questioning the need for such secrecy. (Quotation from IMDB)

Jay: Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it.
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it

There in lies the rub, as they say. Sorry Dr. S. I don’t have the answer either.

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Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul. ~ Isak Dinesen

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) The Spectre of Specter Descends On Hayden — “Earlier today I wrote that the nomination of General Michael Hayden would present Democrats in the Senate a golden opportunity for mischief, and also noted that a few Republicans might be tempted as well. Tomorrow’s Washington Post confirms the latter, as Arlen Specter told an interviewer that he planned to hold up Hayden’s confirmation as leverage for a more complete briefing on the NSA surveillance program.”

Stop The ACLU (Jay) ACLU Oppose Efforts To Enforce Immigration Laws — “There are many different reasons that we need to secure our borders, and enforce immigration laws. The one that concerns me the most is National security. Besides that very big reason, another one that too many try to whitewash is the fact that illegal aliens are ILLEGAL.”

Seaspook’s Rants Terrorist Lies and Propaganda — “Propaganda in the Muslim world is an easy job. You don’t need to worry even about half-truths. Facts? Who needs them. Logic…pshaw, people living in the Dark Ages will gladly believe anything they want to hear.”

Iowa Voice (Brian) Democrats Campaign On Impreachment — “Make no mistake, the the goal for Democrats trying to take control of the House this election is the eventual impeachment of Bush. I’ve been saying it for months, and now Nancy Pelosi has confirmed that that is the agenda.”

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The bad terrorists are upset with the really bad terrorists. All together now — Awwwwww.

When terrorists blew themselves up in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula this week, the radical Palestinian group Hamas quickly joined Arab governments and Western leaders in condemning a “criminal attack against all human values.”

Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood called the bombings “aggression on human souls created by God.”

The denunciations were unexpectedly harsh from the Islamic fundamentalist groups — Hamas has killed hundreds of Israeli civilians in suicide bombings, and the Brotherhood is determined to impose an Islamic government — but experts agree that radical Muslim organizations want to distance themselves from al-Qaida.

I’m no expert on the finer nuances of terrorist variations, but what is clear to me is that if you are intent on blowing up other Muslims, Israelis and westerners or merely wish to impose your Shaira law on the world — even “peacefully” — you are the enemy.

One expert quoted in the article thinks the differences are important.

“There is a fundamental difference between Islamic groups: Most are sociopolitical reformists, others are religious extremists,” said Dia’a Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on radical groups.

Hamas and Hezbollah, for example, have national agendas, he said. They want to reorganize society according to Sharia, or Islamic law.

Extremist religious movements such as al-Qaida are international revolutionaries who excoriate not only non-Muslims but also Muslims who fail to follow their views. Theirs is a holy war to spread their views among Muslims and to repel any “infidel invasion” of Islamic lands.

“Branding these two branches of radicalism the same way, as terrorist organizations, reflects a complete misunderstanding of the issue,” he said.

Actually, I think I understand it pretty well. Some groups want to kill only non-Muslims. The other group wants to kill non-Muslims and Muslims who aren’t their brand of Muslim.

Pardon me if I don’t see the difference.

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