In Greek Mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was a beautiful young woman and Apollo, the God who came to represent rationality, fell in love with the maiden, as Greek Gods were wont to do. As part of his plan to seduce her, Apollo granted Cassandra the gift of foretelling the future. When she rebuffed him, in his anger he twisted her gift; from then on, Cassandra was doomed to always foretell the truth and to never be believed. In one version of the story, when the Greeks left their gift of a giant wooden horse in front of the walls of Troy, Cassandra warned the Trojans not to bring the horse into the city, but of course was not believed, with disastrous consequences for Troy.
Today, there are many Cassandras warning that the Trojan horse has already entered the city and that even greater dangers are in the offing. Sadly, as history follows mythology, the modern day Trojans do not believe the truth tellers.
Cal Thomas is one such Cassandra, writing about the trial in London of Abu Hamza:
In lectures, recordings and writings, the imam said Adolf Hitler had been sent into the world to punish the Jews. Repeatedly, said the prosecutor, Abu Hamza told his followers they must fight for Allah and such fighting involves a religious mandate to murder Jews, kuffars (nonbelievers in Islam) and "apostates," such as leaders of Arab nations like Egypt. Abu Hamza has pleaded innocent to all 15 charges, including nine counts of solicitation of murder, four counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior intended to incite racial hatred and two counts related to the possession of offensive sound recordings and possession of a copy of the Encyclopedia of the Afghani Jihad.
The talks and written materials are not only about war. Abu Hamza also delivers diatribes about Britain's licensing laws, the use of additives in food, adultery, the role of women and the "evils" of democracy.
Abu Hamza repeatedly defines "jihad" as an avenue for establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, which would be governed by the most radical interpretation of Sharian religious law.
Prosecutors introduced as evidence a 10-volume "blueprint for terrorism" they say was discovered in Abu Hamza's house. Among the targets for "causing disturbance but not loss of life" are Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. Chapter headings include "The need to study the principles of war," and "The duty of assassination and kidnap."
Amir Taheri writes about the danger of Iran and their efforts to obtain nuclear weapons:
TREATING Iran's alleged nuclear ambition as a hot potato, the European trio of Britain, Germany and France has decided to pass it on to the International Atomic Energy Agency and thence to the United Nations' Security Council. "Our talks with Iran have reached a dead end," says Germany's new Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
In truth, however, the trio's three-year talks with Iran started at a dead end.
The talks began when Iran admitted that it had been lying to the International Atomic Energy Agency and violating the terms of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) for 18 years but promised not to do so again.
His summation of Iran is right on target:
This is one of those regimes that will not stop until they hit something hard. Why should they, when they can pursue their objectives cost-free? Soft power may work — if it is backed by hard power. Yet Europe has, once again, made it clear that it would oppose even the threat of hard power.
Charlie Munn, at the Officer's Club, delineates a rather chilling scenario that is more frightening for being so plausible:
If war comes to the EU, it will not be akin to anything we’ve seen so far. It will come in the form of an intifada, supported by long-range Iranian missiles. It will start on streets and in communities centered around extremist mosques, and spread from there. As in France, it will be cast by the media as a “protest” by “disaffected youths,” but it will resemble a revolution on the ground. If a EU crackdown is attempted, Iran will (credibly) threaten to lob a couple nukes at some target of national interest. The EU cannot credibly respond to such a threat- they lack the capacity.
The New York Times does their imitation of the Trojans dragging the Horse into the city. If you read past the incredibly misleading headline, Iran Offers to Resume Nuclear Talks, but It Is Rebuffed, you will come to this comments from the article written by Elaine Sciolin:
The strategy of both the United States and Europe is to slowly ratchet up the diplomatic pressure on Iran. A number of governments, including Britain, Germany, France and Japan, have said talk of sanctions is premature, and Russia and China, who wield veto power in the Security Council, oppose sanctions against Iran.
"We don't see this leading straight into sanctions," the senior British official told reporters on the condition that he not be identified.
"We want to build gradual sustained pressure over time," he added. "This is a long-term issue."
China and Russia, meanwhile, have shown no willingness to take up Iran's case in the United Nations.
Meanwhile, at home the ACLU would like to make it impossible for us to monitor the electronic messages of people who are in communication with al Qaeda overseas. AJ Strata has an excellent summary of the problem which should be read to offset the misinformation put out by the MSM.
Troy was destroyed because they could not believe the truth of what they were facing. The Europeans can't say they weren't warned.
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