The Iliad

"Every Muslim, from the moment they realize the distinction in their hearts, hates Americans, hates Jews and hates Christians. "-Osama Bin Laden

Hello kids! Yep today's post will be yet another intelligent post as we go into an in-depth analysis of why Islamic Fundamentalism, a weak force that was once consigned to the Middle Eastern and Gulf Regions, has in recent years been a force to reckoned with, one which demonstrated its power with the 9/11 attacks, the Bali Bombings, the Madrid Bombings, etc. Differing from my usual intelligent posts, I shall be using a much simplified form of language in response to requests to make this as easy to understand as possible. So the above paragraph could be summarized as : Why do terrorists exist and how did they become so mad in the first place?

It All Began In Egypt

So, we're gonna go country by country analysis, so I thought we should get to the father of modern terrorist thought first. He's an Egyptian, by the name of Sayyid Qutb. This Qutb dude, under the government, went to America to study their policies so they could benefit Egypt, but got pissed by the sexual freedom, liberties, etc,etc of America and instead turned to Islamic roots, believing (quite wrongly in my opinion) that countries should return to pure Islamic rule. He wrote 3 books and was later killed for trying to bump off the Egyptian President. But his brother, Mohammed Qutb, continued to spread his word and inspired people like Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the teacher of the famous Osama. So whoopee, Qutb's role is done.

Wahhabism and the House of Saud
This section will deal with the foundational role played by the Wahhabi Sect in propogating extremist Islam. In the 18th century, the Wahhabi Sect was formed in the deserts of the Middle East, and advocated a very traditional and fundemental view of Islam. Now, this Islamic sect would then form a political-religious alliance with the House of Saud in the 18th century. Saudi Arabia as we know it today was united by the House of Saud, but they were despotic and over-indulgent rulers that were highly unpopular with the people. So, Saud funded the Wahhabis and allowed them to spread their brand of Islam in exchange for keeping the people subjugated and obedient followers to their rule. This alliance worked, and even today the Wahhabi Sect employs several Madrasahs in Saudi Arabia, religious schools where extreme Islam is thought to people like Osama. In fact, the Wahhabi Sect has been accused of funding Al-Qaeda several times over and is accused to be hiding several of its terror cells while indoctrinating Saudi children with the vision of Al-Qaeda.

America's Blunders (long section)

Well, its kind of impossible to talk about terrorism nowadays without talking about the USA. Now, being fed the propaganda that you all have been fed, no doubt many would think oh yeah, its the USA who's the victim, we must help the USA destroy these terrorists, etc they pose a danger to us all. While I do not argue the danger of the terrorists, the creation of these terrorists have to be accounted for by the USA as well, and their badly misguided foreign policy in the Middle East. Allow me to go country by country:

Iran
Iran, recently proclaimed an Axis of Evil by USA and one of the countries in the Middle East. Now what you all must know is that Iran, before the USA screwed it up, was a country ruled by a DEMOCRATICALLY elected president, Mossadegh. Basically it meant he was voted in, just like US presidents. Now, Iran depends on oil for its wealth, and Mossadegh was pissed that the British oil companies were getting more than the international standard of profits by sucking oil from Iran. Normally this was 50-50 or 60-40, but British companies were getting 70-30. When they refused to negotiate with Mossadegh, he nationalized the oil companies, i.e making them all IRAN's oil. The British, pissed about this contacted their friend USA, who then sent in the CIA to topple a DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED leader and install a pro-US ruler, the Shah(king) of Iran. This Shah, then with help of the US-CIA brutally suprresed his people using his SAVAK, the secret police. Well Iranians can only stand so much, and in 1978 a local leader Ayatollah Khomeini led a successful revolt against the Shah and exiled him, forming a republic again and declaring the USA "THE GREAT SATAN(EVIL)". Can you blame him? I mean the USA did support a ruler that bumped off so many Iranians and left them poor for so many years. The Ayatollah's rule in Iran was a form of extreme Islam that preached enemity against the USA, which yeah inspired terrorists like Osama in the region also, who saw the USA's actions as bullcrap.

Afganistan

Afganistan was a complicated situation back in the 1970s-1980s. At that time, a communist government had just taken power in Afganistan, and the Muslims were damned pissed, seeing how communism didn't acknowledge gods, which would include their Allah. So, in light of all this, Afgans started to fight against the government, and Arabs from all over the Middle East started to join them. These people were considered Afganis, and labelled themselves Mujahedeen, i.e Holy Warriors. The Soviet Union, communism's leader, thus invaded Afganistan to prevent trouble. The USA, who hated communism's guts, thus armed the Mujahedeen with weapons, etc to fight the USSR, hoping to indirectly wear it down. It succeeded, and the USSR withdrew eventually. But what the USA did was create a group of battle hardened Mujahedeen skilled in tactical fighting and weapon operations. Osama was part of this group, and later his Al-Qaeda got their soldiers from the Mujahedeen as well. That's not all. When the USSR withdrew, the USA did nothing to stabalize Afganistan, and civil war broke out. Eventually, the Taleban, a small group of fanatics not even known intially, seized power. WHY? Well the USA channelled funds to Pakistan, Afganistan's neighbour as they were pals. Pakistan was looking at oil reserves next to Afganistan and hoped to kope these oil by building a line through Afganistan. They needed therefore a friendly Afganistan and armed the Taleban using US money with weapons etc such that they were able to seize power. Why is this so important you ask? Well the Taleban is sort of a fanatical group who's beliefs are extreme and they support terrorists like Osama, which is why he can hide there and remain uncaptured for so long. The USA blew it big time in Afganistan.

The Gulf War

US involvement in the Gulf War was heavy, but I shall just limit it to how it caused Osama to be pissed with it. Bascially, Saudi Arabia, pals with the USA and a major exporter of precious oil, was in danger of being invaded by Iraq, the antagonist in the war. Osama offered his Al Qaeda to the King to protect him, as Osama hated Iraq's guts as well. The king, Faud, refused and instead chose US troops as protection, which saw US troops entering Saudi Arabia and stationing at Meeca and Medina, the two most sacred sites in Islam. You may not think this a big deal, but to Islamists like Osama it's as if someone had entered your house and shitted on your dining table. That's how angry he was, and what led to him calling for the destruction of the USA and subsequent terror attacks against it.

Pro-Israeli Policy

Israel, a country created by Jews for the Jews in the Middle East, was supported by an increasingly pro-Israeli policy of the USA following its tremendous victory in the Six Day War of 1967. Israel, a country created out of the fears of a repeated Holocaust, grew increasingly aggressive and hostile to the resident Palestines on its land, launching attack after attack by its army against harmless Palestinian civillians. Its actions have been repeatedly condemned by human rights organizations as well as the UN. It is impossible to grasp the desparation and fear felt by the Palestinians without mentioning how brutal the Israelis are in dealing with them. Their policies towards the Palestinians is nothing short of robbery, exploitation, brutality, massacre and destruction. Hypocritical indeed, considering that Israelis have repeatedly mentioned that their actions were in "self-defense". But more on that in other posts. So how does the Israeli Army carry out their acts of brutality? Easy. With American choppers, planes, weapons and missiles of course. The USA's unashamed support of Israel means that Israel is the highest recipeint of US aid yearly, allowing it to turn its IDF into one of the most advanced fighting forces today. How does this encourage Islamic terrorism you ask? The answer is HAMAS. HAMAS is a Islamic group driven to terrorism after the brutality of the IDF in massacring Palestinians. It rejects the PA's solution of negotiating with Israel, believing that Israel has no right to exist and striving for its destruction through the use of Islamic indoctrination and suicide bombers. The IDF's brutal attacks just drive more and more of the desparate into its arms. Once again, the USA has screwed up and brought more trouble for itself by adopting a Pro-Israeli Policy and shielding their brutal suppression and techniques as "self-defense"

In conclusion, we can see that Islamic terror today is very much a creation of the USA's stupidity as it is of foundational factors placed for the USA to act as a catalyst for. One can only hope that the USA does not see fit to continue its increasingly high-handed approach and utterly stupid foreign policy it conducts in the Middle East, which seeks to enrich itself while enslaving the Middle Eastern countries, ironically in the name of democracy and helping nations achieve soverignity.