Islam: The Roach Motel of Religions

You’re allowed in. But you’re not allowed out. At least according to this letter from the Dark Ages

Islam is being embraced by people of other faiths all the time. They should know they can embrace Islam, but cannot get out. This rule is not made by Muslims; it is the supreme law of God.

A missive from the Middle East? Nope.

East Lansing, Michigan.

Meanwhile, over in the real Middle East, kiddies who are too young to be tempted by 72 raisins are lured to kiddie paradise by a music video.

Now tell me Islam isn’t sick.

If the fire is not completely out, it is completely burning

Michael Yon checks in with There be dragons, an update of Afghanistan in the news.

Iraq is not a quagmire and might be a good ally some day, but Afghanistan is a stone-aged disaster.

It’s worth reading the whole thing, even though it’s a long post, just for the analysis of the British press, if nothing else.

Pot declines linkage to Kettle

In the wierd world of the MSM this perhaps passes for “integrity”. Seems to me more a case of “I’m not as bad as that guy, even though I probably would have done the same thing.”

Steiger said he was approached to be part of the Op-Ed last week, but declined to say who made the request or exactly when. “I don’t want to go into details,” he said. “We talked about it and I decided it did not work. I considered it and I decided not to go in because our position was different from theirs.”

Iraqis taking care of business

Add to the list of things that should be bigger news this item from Iraq The Model: The folks in Samarra have put a bounty on the mastermind of the Golden Dome bombing.

The 100 million dinars (~ $ 68 000) is not a lot of money compared to the multi-million rewards offered by governments for similar hunts but when it comes from a single tribe (or even a bunch of them) it reflects the seriousness of these people in what they’re saying and doing.