I hadn’t written about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto before now as I’ve been trying to process what it means to me and it’s bigger impact on the entire world.
It’s a horribly sad and tragic murder of — as Scott Ott wrote — “the only major symbol of liberalism and democratic reform in the Islamic world”. There’s really no other way to spin that.
Ott’s thoughts on the assassination are exactly what I have been thinking since I first heard the news:
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has put on notice the leaders of every European nation.
Your secularism, your democracy will not stand. The growing Muslim populations in your own lands that you have done so much to tolerate, protect and celebrate, will soon rise up against you. Sharia law shall become your law. The Caliph shall rule you.
It remains only for you to choose submission or assassination.
This bullet to the neck of democracy in Pakistan should cause a twinge in the carotid artery of each leader in France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece…name them all.
The assassin, strapped with bombs and carrying a firearm, stood amidst a cheering throng and took aim at the only major symbol of liberalism and democratic reform in the Islamic world. As the mortally-wounded woman slumped through the sunroof, the happy hunter detonated himself to send a clear message that no security cordon can protect those who rise to oppose jihad.
Cling, if you will, to your professors who drone on about the legitimate grievances of oppressed peoples who wish only to be left alone. Your cartridge clicks into the chamber.
Sing yourself to sleep each night with an ode to peaceful co-existence. The crosshairs find your throat.
Cup your hands over your ears to muffle the unthinkable warnings. The finger squeezes the trigger.
As you mount the rostrum to decry the slaying and call for calm in Pakistan, do you wonder whether your security detail could stop him?
As you send your condolences to the grieving widower, the shattered supporters and the tottering Pakistani president, himself a target of previous assassination attempts, do you have a strategy for negotiating with those who embrace murderous martyrdom?
Which will you choose — submission or assassination?
Take your time deciding, but know this: The bullet hurtles onward.
Disclaimer: Scott Ott decided not to add a disclaimer to this column stating that he’s an America-loving conservative Christian who deplores the jihad ideology, because he didn’t want to soften the impact of these words.
This goes back to my belief in the Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdog analogy.
Understand this: In Islam there are millions and millions of wolves. And they are the ones running the cult. These Islamists are the wolves. And so far, most governments have been acting like sheep. It’s time for the sheepdogs of the world to make a decision to kill the wolves.
Perhaps we can start with ignoring those calling for the release of the koranimals at Gitmo.
I have mixed thoughts on what she meant exactly to Pakistan, or democracy. In many ways, she appeared as a New Jersey politician.
I agree that those promoting the advance of Islam in western society, with it’s deplorable Sharia Law, need to be slapped down…hard!
Eric Cartman may have gone too far when he said, “not all muslims are terrorists, but most of them are….and that’s all it takes is most of them,” but it sure was funny. What is not funny, is that most muslims don’t say or do anything about those that are the problem, due to takfir. Islam must be reformed or combated. I don’t see an alternative, as I am unwilling to submit to their pagan moon rock god.
Left by no2liberals on December 29th, 2007 at 10:34 pm