Storm Track Disinformation: Enter the ‘But’ Monkeys

Fram The Gathering Storm

Remember when Arafat gave his ‘stirring’ speech at the UN Assembly several decades ago. He held an olive branch of peace in one hand and an AK-47 in the other implying that it was up to the nations of the world to decide whether there was to be peace in the Mid-East.

It reminded me of the phrase, ‘But’ Monkey.

In an article in the Daily Star of Lebanon, there is a very good example of this. The article reported on a workshop on "Islam and Globalization" organized by the Conflicts Forum. In it Sheikh Chafik Jradeh, a Shiite cleric and founder of the Transcendent Knowledge Institute, said on Thursday:

"There are communities that consider non-Muslims as blasphemers and there are those that are willing to open up to dialogue with the various communities as long as these other communities are open to dialogue," Jradeh said. "If these other communities agree to reconcile with us on a humanitarian basis, to have a continuous dialogue and allow for the possibility to coexist peacefully, then I believe we can stand unified with them for just causes."

All well and good – then the ‘But’ Monkey shows his face.

"I am honestly telling you the side which decides the key to war or peace is the West. If these other [non-Muslim and Western] communities choose to fight us, then with the same strength and determination that we have to offer for dialogue, we can supply it in war."

Why must Muslims when extending the hand of peace, then turn around and threaten us if we don’t agree with them. This ‘But’ Monkeying is happening more and more and then they wonder why the West is increasingly anxious – even fearful as recent surveys have shown in Holland and Germany - about Muslims and their motives.

Then Jradeh said:

"Our goal is to achieve completion; you complete us as we complete you."

Does that mean they are willing to share in the mores and values of a free world? I think not. Read what Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the 45-member UN Human Rights Council holding its first-ever session.

In his speech, Iran's Mottaki accused Western countries of trying to impose "uniculturalism" on the U.N. system to ensure their own values set the model for all human rights standards.

Unbelievable! Our set of values and our interpretation of human rights! Are there any others? Oh, of courses, those of the President of the newly created Saudi Human Rights Commission. He said:

His country "in keeping with Islamic tradition ... accords special attention to the issue of religious tolerance" and respect for different cultures.

Tell the big lie – AGAIN – hoping that the few news centers and bloggers who report the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and the persecution of other religions other than Islam will some how go unnoticed by the dhimmis in the free world.