The Numbers

I have come across an article recently that attempts to answer the question I once asked James. A question that has raised many eyebrows of concern within the Bund itself. It is this -just how many Jihadists are we facing? There are a billion Muslims. Even if you go as low as 1%, that's 10 million strong, more than 7 times our army in numbers (not lethailty of course). I provided the link to the full interview on the right in the article of the week (nobody else claimed it this week) ... now the good dcotor's numbers.

Dr. Walid Phares, from the Foundation For Defense Of Democracies has testified before our congress and consulted for the FBI, DOD, and the Department of Homeland Security. He was on the radio due to a new book he wrote, "The War Of ideas", and at one point was asked, "raw numbers, just how many of them are there?" He broke them down into three separate categories. First were the "pre-jihadists" whom have been converted or indoctrinated into the ideology of fundamentalist Islam. These are people whom philosophically side with terrorism and may at some point participate, although they are not active planners now. He puts them in the multi-millions. Then you have the "Jihadist activists" whom have crossed the threshold of wanting to commit violence themselves and are terrorists in our legal sense of the word. They are seeking out participation actively. He puts them in the 200,000 plus range. Then there are the hardcore jihadist, that are official members or associates of Al Qeada or its affiliates. These are members, organizers and current participators of terror activity against the West. He puts their number at 30,000 world wide.
How many does the US have currently within her borders, from each category? At least 30,000 of the first group. Approximately 5,000 of the second group, and "hundreds" of the third group.

Combine that with the recent revelation of documents found in Afghanistan in which Al Qeada describes their desires to perpetrate "10 fold what was visited on Beslan (sp?) on the US." That was the Russian elementary school in which 40 or so children were massacred. They described their desire to maim and kill (along with other unspeakable acts) US children and then shoving them out windows, all in an attempt to cause US citizens to start a waive of hate crimes on Muslims within the US, thus starting a "civil war" here. Then you have the fort Dix Six, the two arrested down in Tampa and our own common sense that assumes they get up every day trying to hurt us, and well, altogether there's grave cause for concern here.

Also, interesting enough he was asked "whether we are creating more terrorists in Iraq?" Obviously relevant due the recent reports given on Capitol Hill by our commanders, and even more so to the Bund, as Titus has claimed often that we are simply breeding more of our enemy (not that he recommends a Democrat style with drawl, let me point out, but rather he is stating what he feels is an obviuos and painful side effect to our presence). I thought the doctor's answer was insightful and I'll give my interpretation of it. It's not our fighting the war in Iraq that causes them to grow, thus be more dangerous (afterall their most lethal attack came prior to the invasion in the form of 9/11), but rather that we are encouraging the liberalization (in their view) of Islam in various mediums, such as media, movies, governmental relationships, etc. The terrorists are produced in the Madrases regardless of our military actions because we simply "exsist", not the battlefield in Iraq because we "occupy."

And by the way -and this is my assertion, not one asked of or offered by the doctor - if you do the math we are creating more democrats (small d) than terrorists in Iraq by about 300 to 1 even if you count only the last national election (6 million voters). The current net gain seems quite positive in terms of whether we are inciting or democratizing Muslims in my estimation.

That's a vital observation in my opinion, and one completely lost in the media landscape.

Just my thoughts .. Oh, and any parent reading this site, you MUST view the "Clip of the Week" on the right. Just click it and scroll to the top. Remember the guy who has a site, citing where best for fellow pedophiles to "see" children, then rates them on his "hottie scale"? Police have circulated his picture, but are as of yet unable to arrest him because he hasn't broken any laws (that they know of). Not to mention, the ACLU et al are defending his 1st Amendment rights. Well, every father should keep in mind their 2nd amendment rights concerning this guy if you ask me.
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