Turkey is full of ISIS cells whose primary functions are smuggling ISIS recruits across the border into Syria and smuggling commodities such as oil and antiquities and weapons that ISIS needs to sell and/or buy in order for the economy of Islamic State to function. It is no coincidence that ISIS began to attack Turkey … Continue reading
One of the favorite activities of many Muslims of all persuasions is fighting of which kind of Muslims are the “real Muslims” and declaring those Muslims they disagree with to not be “real Muslims”. The differences between many of these sects of Islam are often more stark than the differences between Christian denominations, which is … Continue reading
ISIS just lost Fallaujah and is losing ground in Iraq, Syria, and even in Libya and Nigeria (where Boko Haram acts of their name). It is partially because ISIS is losing on their own turf that they are increasing attacks against those nations who they see as a threat to their fanatical ambitions. Continue reading
ISIS wants to go to war with Turkey. ISIS sees their “Caliphate” waging war on Turkey as path to the fulfillment of “end times” prophecies that will bring on “judgment day”. These prophecies, which the religious leaders of the Islamic State take very seriously, involve a battle between “Islam” and “the West” at or near … Continue reading
Paul Begala was just wiping the floor with a Trump campaigner (whose name I missed) on CNN a moment ago. They were discussing Trump versus Clinton on terrorism and on free trade. He said (paraphrasing): Every three days the Obama Administration’s strategy is taking out a top ISIS leader in our continual military campaign against … Continue reading
I got involved in another debate between two people taking opposite sides in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and left this comment: Early Zionism was secular and the founder of modern Zionism Theodor Herzl and many other Zionists atheist and agnostic with no interest in anything “divine”. 28% of Israeli citizens are Palestinian “Arabs” whose families chose … Continue reading
The mentality of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen is a stark reminder of how religion often perverts sexual morality. Mateen apparently believed that homosexuality between consenting adults is morally wrong and that taking thousands of women as sex slaves as ISIS does is not morally wrong. He had it exactly backwards. Homosexuality is not morally … Continue reading
