Pat Buchanan attempts to moderate the overwrought Frank Rich…
And Andrew Breitbart engages some seasoned hyperbolists…
Dear Abby,
I am 13 and an aspiring jihadist in training here on the Arabian peninsula. The most popular trainees always get assignments to Europe or the US. I’m not unpopular, but I am shy around people and sometimes am made fun of because I always want to do the right thing for Allah. I would like to wage jihad in Russia but I’m afraid to share this with my friends for fear they will call me names like “unbeliever”. Abby, I believe in Allah. How can I tell them that where I want to wage jihad is up to me as a person and none of their business? Signed, Torn in Training
Dear Torn,
Just because ‘everyone is doing it’ doesn’t mean it’s right for you. Stand up for what you believe regardless of what the ‘more popular’ trainees are doing. However, you should remember that cultural attitudes differ according to region. In Russia jihadists are ‘hunted down and destroyed’. In the US they are ‘brought to justice.’ Keep this in mind when you make your final choice, and good luck!
OK kids, get out your maps and let’s see how exactly how (shudder) to imply (shudder) violence….
as we examine our legend of implied violence symbols.
There it is, second row down, fourth from the right. Formerly known in cartography as the ‘benchmark’ symbol, it now stands for ‘you gonna get it’. Diagonally below the ‘you gonna get it’ symbol is the ‘you gonna get it sideways’ symbol. In the top row, second from the left is the symbol for ‘gonna drop a anchor on ya dummy’. In the fifth row, fifth from the right is the symbol for ‘you gonna get it with some hammers’. Two variations of the ‘you gonna get it with a bottle rocket’ are shown far right in the fifth row and far left in the sixth row respectively. Also in the sixth row, second from the left is the symbol for ‘turn around or you gonna get it’. Finally, the symbol for ‘see this guy got it already’ in the bottom row on the far left.
In addition to cartographic use, the ‘you gonna get it’ symbol may be found in frequent commercial applications, such as the ‘my car gonna getcha’ variation shown here.
In the ongoing case of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh’s assassination, culpability can be narrowed based on access to information. Who would have risked the unusually vast resources expended in this operation without advance information sufficient to elicit contingent approval? Mabhouh willingly embarked on an itinerary assigned to him by trusted, familiar handlers; an itinerary designed to result in his eradication. Over the last two years, Mabhouh had suffered two attempts on his life. He was no dummy when it came to his own comfort level. Stratfor has previously documented the extent of the Iranian intelligence network operating in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Knowing who controls this netherworld of Hamas and Hezbollah makes it easier to deduce the most probable origin of the operation. Mabhouh had no reason to suspect that his hotel room assignment was predetermined. Yet, the fact that his room was located in an area blind to video surveillance and the coincident ability of the hit team to locate itself directly across from his room reveals both the coordinated agenda and the duplicitous nature of Mabhouh’s orders. This event clearly betrays itself in the magnitude of expended effort. Effort that, without preoperative information, would not have been deemed a reasonable risk. And that’s the point, there was very little risk compared to the very large benefits. One, al-Mabhouh would finally be removed from the payroll while, two, generating a classic “blame the enemy” opportunity. An appropriation of Stalin’s simple lesson as applied by the Ayatollah Ahmadinejad Khamenei.
The immediate release of information and videotapes regarding Mabhouh’s cause of death is simply an elongated ruse to cover the team’s ultimate failure to successfully “execute” their assignment. Suffocation and electric shock purported as causes of death are techniques taken straight from the jihadist curriculum of death which seem incongruent in this case. We reason that Mabhouh violently resisted the dose of succinylcholine that was intended to untraceably stop his heart. Then, facing a noisy fight with Mabhouh, the three assassins resorted to suffocation to accomplish the task, calculating that the combination of complexity, conspicuousness, and credit cards issued in the name of Payoneer, would ultimately provide sufficient cover.
The Stratfor Article
Iranian Weapons interdicted on the way to the Hezzis:
“What didn’t get said at the summit…” Mr. Tucker’s insightful review of the misinformation, confusion, and contradictions on which the urgent campaign for ‘health care reform’ is based deserves slow and careful reading. Taking notes would be even better.
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Tennessee Williams
