Monday, March 02, 2015

ISIS- NIGGER- AND COPS
.SHOULD WE CALL THEM RADICAL ISLAM?
.HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND ON-LINE? [social media]
.IS PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT RECOGNIZING THE ENEMY?
.DID THEY HIJACK ISLAM?
.CONSERVATIVES AND ISIS AGREE?
.MY WEEKEND OFF? [or cops put a Black air traffic controller on the ground- call him NIGGER- and get away with it- Kingsville Texas].
. THE KINGSVILLE COP AND THE ‘NIGGER’
.COPS EXECUTE MAN FOR THROWING ROCKS- VIDEO
.DID PUTIN KILL HIM?

The past few weeks a debate has raged over whether or not to refer to ISIS as ‘radical Islam’.
Some have said ‘we can’t defeat an enemy unless we define it’.
The President has resisted using this term- why?
Of course the pundits have their reasons.
I have written about politics a bit more [well a lot] in the past year than I ever planned.
So- would it be wise for the West to identify a radical group- obviously influenced by their religion- as ‘radical Islam’?
In my view- no.
Why?
Maybe we in the West we would be able to see the distinction between ‘radical Islam’ and ‘normal Islam’.
But- it’s highly likely that ‘normal Islam’ would not see it that way- as clearly as the West.
So- to refer to ISIS as ‘radical Islamists’ might not be too wise- because it would feed into the narrative- that they want- that the West s ‘at war with Islam’.
Now- are the radicals influenced by Islam?
They hold to a ‘fundamentalist’ view of the Quran- which indeed allows for acts of violence- in certain situations.
All Muslims do not interpret the Quran in this way- but many do- not just those who some say ‘have hijacked a religion’.
The debate within Islam itself- is not a small debate.
Not like those in Christianity who espouse violence [bombing abortion clinics- etc.]- For the most part no major Christian religious figure tries to justify stuff like this.
But- in Islam- there are influential voices that sincerely view the Quran as permitting certain acts of violence.
Now- the problem with the West [us] is we seem to detach our own acts- by saying ‘we Christians do not use our religion to justify violence’- when- in actuality- we do.
How?
Not in the same way as ISIS- but thru certain ‘moral’ arguments that we hold to- whether we realize it or not.
Many Christians believe ‘Give me liberty- or give me death’.
Is this not a principle- based upon a moral code?
Of course it is.
In the case of our own country- what type of ‘liberty’ justified- death?
We wanted to have representation in the government that we were required to pay taxes too-
And if we killed for this ‘freedom’- based on ‘no taxation without representation’- then we made a moral decision- to be violent.
I am not equating ISIS with our Revolutionary war- but I’m showing you that we do indeed fight over moral [or religious] reasons.
Maybe we are not justifying our actions directly with the bible- but any moral reasons to fight- to go to war- to kill- is indeed determined by some  moral compass.
And what is the basis for that compass- at least in the Western world?
It’s what we refer to as ‘natural’ law- meaning we in the West believe that God instilled in man a conscience [I just taught this on the Romans study] and that we make judgments- based on this conscience- on what’s right and wrong.
The point I’m making is whether or not we in the West say ‘I am going to fight- use drones- kill people’ because the ‘bible tells me so’- it really makes no difference.
Just because a ‘Christian nation’ [I actually do not hold to the view that we are a Christian Nation- 100%- but for the sake of this post- I’ll leave it] is not openly saying ‘we are killing you because we believe it’s part of our religion’ doesn’t really make a big difference.
Because if we justify the ‘killing of you’ by the other procedures we use- based on some type of moral code- in the end- it’s the same thing.
I do not see the Presidents reluctance to use the phrase ‘Radical Islam’ as a bad thing.
END TIME PROPHETS?
I also do not believe the radicals have ‘hijacked’ their religion.
No- they hold to a fundamentalist view of Islam- that is not a very small percentage of those in the Muslim world-
There are indeed real debates- in Islam itself- on how to read/apply these texts.
This does not mean that 50 % of those who take the more strict sense- would advocate for what ISIS is doing- but it is a mistake to say they are not doing these things because of the way they view Islam.
No- they believe in their cause- they believe they have been wronged- and in many ways- they have.
I have written about this before- and don’t want to cover it again here.
NOTE- ISIS also holds to a violent ‘end of the world’ scenario- that most of the other Radical groups do not.
Now- I’m not equating the ‘END TIMES FRENZY’ Type Prophecy teaching that we see in some Protestant Christian groups, with ISIS- but in a sense- they do view an end time scenario based on their ability to  make it come to pass.
In Fundamentalist Christianity there are strains of thought that follow the same lines- they do not ‘advocate for war’- but do indeed hold to certain political views- based on their reading of the bible.
Some of these views are based on their ‘end time belief’ system- and have a direct effect on the objections of some in the Muslim world- i.e. ‘The Jews need to return to the land- and the temple be rebuilt- before Jesus comes back’.
However you view prophecy- this view has a real tendency to neglect the actual human rights issues of Palestinians- of whom a small percentage are Christians.
So- in a strange way- ISIS holds to a different view of the End Times- then most Muslims- but their view is based on an ‘extreme’ interpretation of Islam.
But it’s a mistake to say they are not influenced by their religion- they are- the question to ask is their interpretation of their religion- the right one.

ISIS SOCIAL MEDIA-
Over the past few years the social media giants- Facebook- Twitter- etc. - have taken steps to block ISIS groups.
Twitter was slow to come to the table- but has since limited ISIS supporters from their service.
Facebook has gone after them- and made it difficult for them to get their message on Facebook.

Why?
ISIS has not only used social media [like Bin Laden] for communication and recruitment- but to also have a real time military effect on the ground.
Various postings of beheadings- burning people to death- caused panic among opposing forces [Iraqi military] and have caused them to flee areas- after seeing the posts.

It’s virtually impossible in our social media age to eliminate all ‘bad content’ from the Web- but I believe another approach is better.
Many of the young people in the Arab world have had their eyes opened over the past 15 years- by having a new platform both to view the world- and express their voices for the first time.
The so called ‘Arab Spring’ [which I supported at first- and wanted to see a real change for the young people] was attributed to the on-line movement of young people.
They started seeing the ‘free world’ for the first time in a way they never really saw before- and did indeed use social media to get their message out.
The more radical groups [ISIS- etc.] are doing the same thing.
In my view- the best way to combat this- is to write [blog- Facebook- etc.] the ‘other’ view.
When you silence young people- with real grievances- then it removes a platform for their real grievances to be aired.
This adds to the frustration of them feeling like no one hears their grievances.
Now- I am not supporting the on line posting of beheadings- or burning pilots in cages.
But media does play a vital role for ‘both sides’.
Many Americans turned against our actions in Vietnam- because for the first time you had real time video- by TV cameraman- catching footage of the war.
These images seen by the public- caused them to re-think what we were doing.
In the end- the only way to combat radical extremism- in my view- is to effectively present a better view.
The ideology of the extremists needs to be countered- and they need to have a platform to respond.
I am all for banning the violent posts of ISIS- but I believe we should allow their grievances to have a platform.
When I posted the Bin Laden letter a few weeks ago- I did not do this to promote extremism.
But to show that many in the Western world do not truly understand why the radicals do what they do.
And we need to understand.
CONSERVATVIES AND ISIS AGREE?
As an avid news reader/watcher- I try and keep up on both sides of the aisle-
I watch Fox- PBS- Hear NPR- Democracy Now-etc.
I try and get a full idea of what both sides are saying.
This week I heard Rush and Hannity- and it was interesting to hear how conservatives see the government as intruding into the lives of people.
Injecting their values into the lives of people- trying to control all areas of life-
Then at the same time some rail for war- to say ‘evil exists’ [true] and to beat the drum for the U.S. to go after Isis.
If you try and read- understand the ACTUAL grievances ISIS has against the West- many of the complaints are basically ‘conservative’ in nature.
Huh?
For many years the U.S. has interjected itself into these countries- we made alliances with the leaders of these nations where these young Muslims grew up.
They saw the intrusion of government [not even their own] on their way of life.
They voiced complaints about living under kings who are not democratically elected- yet hold power- because the West backs them up.
If these kids tried to voice their complaints- or even have an actual democratic election [which we supposedly support- like in Egypt when Morsi was elected].
Then the results are not honored.
Both in Egypt- and Ukraine- the U.S. backed [or permitted] the illegal ousting of democratically elected leaders and sided- once again- with leaders who oppress their own people.
Now- the world is not stupid- I have found it interesting to hear the language that various leaders use when trying to pull the U.S. into war.
In Egypt- the guy who replaced Morsi- has been sounding a drumbeat against Radical Islam.
Some on the right have even been surprised to hear him speak out against terrorists.
Abdel Fattah el- Sisi is also a Muslim- but has been very outspoken about stopping the terrorists.
Maybe too outspoken.
He recently bombed ISIS positons in Libya- after they beheaded the Egyptian Coptic Christians on the shores of the Mediterranean- for the world to see.
Could there be another reason that the Egyptian king is so outspoken?
Yes- part of his rise to power was the ousting of Morsi- who was democratically elected-
Yet- he was supported by the Muslim Brotherhood- who many on the right have been calling a terrorist group for years.
So [he’s smart] he too began labeling his opposition group as ‘terrorists’.
This is not the first time this has happened.
In Ukraine- the pro-western leader- who illegally took office- with our full support- has been trying to label the Russian citizens- of his own country- as terrorists.
Even though these Russian rebels- backed by Putin- saw their democratically elected president overthrown- and replaced- illegally- with a U.S. backed president- who now wants to label them as terrorists.
Putin- he too has used the language that we use-
In his defense of the Russian rebels- he says ‘Ukraine is attacking its own citizens- we can’t stand for that’.
In a way he’s right- but all these leaders have been using the language that we have introduced onto the world stage- to try and make our actions look just.
So- the Egyptian leader says ‘we must stop these terrorists’ and he’s referring to his main opposition group in Egypt- whom he has jailed- oppressed- and killed [with the backing of Egypt’s military- who simply kicked out Morsi- a democratically elected president- and took over the country].
Now- many of the young Muslims In these countries are tired of ‘big government’ running their lives [and killing them from time to time].
And the big government they are fighting- is not even their government- that is the U.S. has involved itself in their countries- and they are not citizens of the U.S.
So- in a strange way- both the conservatives are fighting Big Govt.- and also calling on Big Govt.to go after ISIS.
Yet- that’s one of the main complaints of ISIS- and other young Muslims in these countries- they too are tired of the Western world imposing our will upon them.
It’s funny [sad] to see how easy it is for the world to manipulate the U.S.- by simply adopting the language that we have introduced in trying to justify our actions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Amal-Clooney/egypt-mohamed-fahmy-home_b_6762288.html?utm_hp_ref=world  Egypt is oppressive in many ways- the president tries to make himself look like a freedom loving ‘anti- terrorist’ crusader- he is not.

WEEKEND OFF?
As I sit at my ‘new home’- taking the weekend off- I want to tell a parable of sorts.
There was a young Christian- got his education at a well known university- but it was in a Muslim country.
After graduation he went on vacation- and was taken into custody by Muslim cops- he was stripped- detained- and abused.
When released- he hoped to get on with his life- but couldn’t.
Over the next 4 years- he kept getting harassed- nonstop.
He eventually lost his job- because he was detained in some country- and couldn’t fly home.
His wonderful fiancé finally had to break off the engagement.
This harassment went on for years- his education was worth nothing- his plans to marry the love of his life were blown- and these men never let him be- these so called ‘authority’ figures.
Sad case indeed- I wonder what Hannity would say if the NYC cops did this to one of his children- ruined their life- because they were anti conservative?
‘Who is this man John’?
He is the man you have seen on the ISIS videos- chopping off the heads of Christians.
Yes- Jihadi John is the man in my parable- but he in reality is a Muslim- but everything else in my story is true.
He became radicalized because the so called authorities used their power in an unjust- and oppressive way.
[He graduated from the University of Westminster [London] in 2009 with a degree in computer programming- the people who harassed him- till no end- were ‘security agencies’- get it- cops- not military. After graduation he traveled to Tanzania with some friends- but because he was Muslim- he was detained. This began a 4 year- nonstop- harassment of the kid. He was simply a good Muslim kid- had plans to start a career- marry the love of his life- but these so called cops were nonstop. They took him to the cop station- stripped him- held him for 24 hours- with no cause- because they felt like it- they had the power- like the post below ‘we will do what we want- break every law on the books- and you will never stop us’. His friends say he was radicalized because of this- the nonstop harassment- being treated as ‘less than human’ or like the cop below ‘LIKE A NIGGER’. In 2010 officials blocked him from his flight to Kuwait- where he had his job- he got fired- o well. These are his words ‘now I feel like a prisoner, only not in a cage- but London. A person imprisoned and controlled by security service men, stopping me from living my new life’. ]
COP AND THE BLACK MAN-
I am a retired firefighter from the City of Kingsville- worked there for 25 years.
Was at the coffee shop last week- and a nice older man asked what I did- I told him I’m a retired firefighter.
He said ‘you don’t look old enough to be retried’.
I told him I retired in 2008!
Now he thought  for sure was I making it up- I am 52- worked from 1983- 2008- you figure it out.
I say that to say this-
There was a Black man- Jarron Robertson- an AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER- with the Naval Air station in Kingsville [where I too was stationed in 1980].
He was driving home one night- and a Kingsville cop followed him.
Waited for him to go down one of the many county [desolate] roads in the area- I have driven them may times.
Pulled him over- and made him get out of the car- on the ground- while calling him- what the newspaper article describes as ‘epithets’ [Nigger?]

Robertson asked for his name and badge number- got neither.
He shared this story at a local forum last week- here in C.C.
He asked if he should have done anything else- did he respond right?
He was told ‘you did good’.
I want to know if that  cop got fired or not!
As I write on these issues- actually saying that many of the radicalized Muslim kids have been pushed to the edge-
Then reading the story of Jihadi John- and the wonderful Police Dept. - I wonder when these guys will be held accountable for their actions- I mean a Black Air traffic controller- treated like A NIGGER- in the mind of so called law enforcement.
Yes- not everyone who is radicalized is simply some nut who ‘hates our way of life’- no- some of them have been destroyed by ‘our way of life’.

COPS EXECUTE A MAN- IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
  Videos of ‘cops’ killing a man who was throwing rocks- and running away. They yelled at him to stop- he did- turned around- scared- raised his hands and was executed by criminals wearing a badge.
My many years working with street guys- the thing that disturbed me the most was these guys- who yes- were involved in every type of criminal activity you could imagine.
They were shocked how a local cop could threaten them- engage in unlawful activity- with them- and then arrest them- multiple times- and say- to these same guys- ‘I’ll just make a charge up’.
These guys should be afraid of the cops- if they engage in unlawful activity.
But- they are afraid because cops do this openly- and they know they do illegal stuff- with them!
You should never fear a cop because he is an open law breaker- actually saying I will make a charge up- then later plating Zanax on these guys- knowing they have a record- then after 2 years in prison- the cop admits it.
Saying ‘I’ll make you disappear’- open death threats- in full view of others in the area.
Not a one time thing- but open- public- for 20 years this has been going on.

The average public has no idea this is going on every day in Corpus Christi.
If these illegal actives are reported- they are not dealt with- but instead they go after the person who reports it.
I see these guys- the ones who engage in this- as out and out criminals- wearing badges.
The Police chiefs who refuse to deal with their men- they are accomplices to these crimes.
PUTIN ASSASSINATION?
A key critic of Putin was assassinated this week- at the door of the Kremlin.
Of course many believe it was the work of Putin- probably so.
Now- would the U.S. ever do this?
We actually do do this.
Huh?
Any person we deem a real threat to national security- whether it be a critic like Snowden- or a Che Guevara who I posted about last week.
If we deem their ‘anti- U.S.’ actions- as a real time threat- we MUST silence them.
This is not a secret- and most Americans agree we do this.
Now- without defending Putin too much- the man killed was ‘on the side’ of the Ukrainian president- they were open friends.
The Ukrainian president was installed after an illegal coup- backed by us.
Ok-
Now- Putin and other military analysts in Russia do actually believe that the West and NATO are indeed mounting a campaign- that would ultimately re-write the Old Order and abolish Russia as we know it.
Putin believes that the changes that were made over the last few years- the breakdown of the former Soviet Union- were not good for ‘their way of life’.
And- if you look at the global scene- the entire destabilization that has taken place in Iraq- Libya [Egypt to a degree] Afghanistan- now the possible breakup of the Euro [Looks like Greece will have to leave the Euro Zone].
The rise of ISIS- which was enabled because of the destabilization we caused in Iraq and the region.
Putin has history to back up his belief that the Western agenda is bad for Russia-
And- even though we are not as bold to shoot people who openly defy our polices- we do indeed assassinate people we deem a threat to national security.
If we had an American opposition leader- openly working with the president of another country- and sharing information with that country about actual illegal [secret] activities that we engage in- we will indeed go after that person- and charge him with crimes that merit the death penalty [espionage].
So- I don’t agree with the killing of Boris Nemtsov- as blatant as it was.
But before we get too morally outraged- understand we do the same thing- just not as fast.


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