Hell on earth

When we're done in Iraq, can we finally do something about the hell on earth created by the Islamic government in Sudan where kidnapping, slavery, torture, rape and murder are a way of life? See, for example, this CNN article.

The teddy bear named Muhammad

Some estimates now place the number of Sudaneese protesters as high as 10,000 (See yesterday's post). We need to remember that this teacher was not someone who was trying to defame Muhammad. She was teaching her students about democracy. It was her Muslim students who voted overwhelmingly to name their teddy bear Muhammad. So 10,000 people take to the streets calling for this teacher's death!

This is not an isolated incident. We have seen other massive, irrational demonstrations in numerous Muslim countries, for example, the worldwide violent protests over the Danish cartoons, or like when Palestinian Muslims came out in droves to celebrate the slaughter of 3,000 innocent people (including innocent Muslims!) in the Twin Tower Attack.

The problem is that many Democrats and Republicans seem to assume that when we negotiate with Middle Eastern Muslims we are dealing with people who think like we do. That assumption may get us killed.

We need a president who understands this and will take this threat seriously. I'm not sure President Bush gets it (his State Department doesn't) and I'm quite sure that none of the Democratic candidates get it.

Death to the teacher

I guess imprisonment or beating of a teacher is not enough for some Sudaneese Muslims. According to the New York Times:

Hundreds of demonstrators in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, poured into the streets on Friday demanding the execution of a British teacher who was convicted of insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy bear Muhammad.

I'm surprised they aren't calling for the execution of the children too! I don't recall hearing anything about Sudaneese concern over the fact that Sudaneese Muslims have kidnapped, raped, tortured or slaughtered millions of Christians. But name a teddy bear Muhammad and they are in the streets!

Many American Leftists seem to think we can deal with Muslim radicals like normal people. We are not dealing with a normal, or even sane, culture.