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January 02, 2008
The Religion of Peace Kills Again
The recent assassination of the Pakistani political figure Benazir Bhutto reminds me that power, to those who crave it, is like a monstrously addictive drug.
Crack addicts know they should stop, but generally it takes hitting bottom for them to finally quit. Sometimes, the only way out of the crack house is the cemetery. Political power is similar for those addicted to it, and hitting bottom all too often means getting assassinated. How do you quit that addiction to political power once you’ve been bumped off? No pun intended, of course, with a bump of Tina.
To coin a phrase here; Bhutto was a corrupt riddle wrapped in a feminist mystery inside a Muslim-veiled enigma. I always thought she should have gotten her feminist veils washed in My Beautiful Launderette. On the one hand, she stood for enlightenment and modernization. On the other hand, back in 1994, she allied herself with the Islamists of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami who headed up the ultra-Islamic schools that indoctrinated those of the Taliban.
Things just about came full circle in October 2007. Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile, and was promptly the target of an assassination attempt that left 138 dead and more than 600 injured. Bhutto blamed the Taliban for that attack. And she’s right in a way, but the blame really rests with Bhutto herself. She knew very well that she was risking not only her own life, but also the lives of her supporters, of her “beloved people,” for whom she supposedly cared so much.
I also thought about Bhutto’s fabulous addiction to power while watching her speaking to the mob, to the crowds of illiterates, to the people that killed her father and two brothers. I mean, when you listened to Bhutto, you just had to wonder whether she could possibly really care about the people; I conclude that she did not. A person who steals from their own people can not possibly care about them.
Bhutto’s standing in international society was in some ways the reverse of Princess Diana’s. Lady Di had all the media attention she wanted, but very little money relative to her standing. Bhutto for the past eight years had tons of money and was materially way beyond comfortable, but she didn’t have the media attention she so helplessly craved. Henry Kissinger calls power the ultimate aphrodisiac. Hot as he is, he should know.
Did Bhutto realize she could well be assassinated if she returned to Pakistan? Of course she did. She was a practical realist. Nonetheless, she was hooked to her crack-and-tina-like addiction to power. Exactly what was she going to have power over, anyway, had she returned to power? 48% of the lunatics over there openly support al-Qaeda and bin-Laden. Did Bhutto think that by talking nice to them, or maybe reading Betty Friedan’s books out loud to them, they were in a flash of enlightenment going to allow girls and transvestites to wear mini-dresses in the streets of Rawalpindi? She was going to have power over a mob of starving bearded primitives stuck in the Middle Ages.
Did Bhutto really care about getting killed? Not any more than a meth addict cares whether the next dose could cause a heart attack. To follow in the footsteps of her father and brothers murdered by Islamic mental cases, she needed to be standing in front of all those unshaved unwashed hordes. She had the addiction to power, the desperate desire to be top dog.
Who actually killed her? Even though al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility, there are commentators insisting that the suicide bomber had a connection to Musharraf. People don’t kill themselves for political figures as uncharismatic as Musharaff. Allah butt-kissers and camel humpers will blow themselves up for Allah as well as for those they consider some kind of holy connection to Allah, such as Khomeini, bin-Laden or even Arafat. Musharaff is a target for Islamic assassins just as Bhutto was because he is not an Islamic religious leader, which is what so many Pakistanis want as the leader of their country. Ludicrous, given that according to all scientific evidence, Allah doesn’t exist. But in the warped worldview of an Allah butt-kisser, Allah does not want women to be more important than a camel or to look sexier than one. Bhutto died for Islam. How much better off the whole world would be if instead, Islam had died for Bhutto.
Posted by Michael at January 2, 2008 05:11 PM
Comments
great posting, nothing to be added
Posted by: ricci at January 3, 2008 05:51 AM
wow, well-stated and dead on, great posting
Posted by: joseph at January 4, 2008 01:59 AM
Mr. Lucas,
This may seem like an odd question but have you considered being a Middle East consultant, teach a university course on the topics, or just lecture on your views at universities? Like most Americans I am ignorant about much of the Middle East, I learn so much about these topics when I read your blog. I think I am probably in the minority since I don't come to your blog for your other business. I actually enjoy reading your insight into world views. Thanks for sharing.
Ryan
Posted by: Ryan at January 4, 2008 08:13 AM
About the title: as much as I hate organized religion, crime committed by members of a religion or even committed in its name should not be used to discredit that particular religion as a whole. Unless that religion advocates those crimes.
Posted by: Josh at January 4, 2008 03:28 PM
Dear Josh,
Read the Koran. It does advocate the murder of many "sinners." The problem with many people is their lack of knowledge and inability to discover the truth for themselves. Go the the source; read the Koran.
-Michael Lucas
Posted by: Michael Lucas at January 4, 2008 05:11 PM
Well said.
To echo a poster above, have you ever thought of a career in academia?
And to piggyback on that, what are your thoughts on Irshad Maji over at muslimrefusenik.com?
Posted by: KJ at January 4, 2008 10:05 PM
Fuck the Koran.
Read the Kama Sutra.
Posted by: Tight Hole at January 5, 2008 10:29 PM
Good insights, Michael, which always make good reading.
"...go to the source and read qu'ran"
Yep, i have, and it is full of incitations for murder, oppression, and holy war (Jihad).In the Hadith (Mo's vita) there is one quotation attributed to Mohammed that goes like this:
" IF YOU FIND TWO DOING THE SIN OF LUTH, THEN KILL BOTH THE ONE WHO IS DOING IT AND THE ONE TO WHOM IT IS DONE ".
With "Luth" is meant the biblical "Lot" and described here is anal gay sex.
Well, does that need some more explanation ?
Here in Europe what many do not understand, is that the killing of gays in islam, is also valid in mainstream islam, not only among the islamofascists!
If you do not believe this then visit this site:
www.islamonline.net. This site is considered "moderate", but they advocate the death sentence for gays as well.In their discussion forum Michael's name was also mentioned a few times, in a comment on jewish people being engaged in gay porn (to discredit jews and gays).And because of Michal's support for Israel.
There is a canadian convert to islam whose name is Bilal PHillips, who also travels the world telling the people to kill gays!For those who speak (video is in english) german go this site wwww.gaywest.wordpress.com.There you can watch him and hear his rants on homosexuality.
In Amsterdam which was, once upon the time, Europe's gay capital, has partly now been taken over by the islamists.You cannot walk there in the streets anymore and openly showing that you are a gay guy. If you do, you might end up in a hospital (or even worse)! That actually happened to two americans who thought they were in Europe's gay capital.They were attacked by muslim youth and severely injured.In most large cities in Europe you have islamofascists attacking gays.The (green and gay) mayor of Paris was stabbed by a young muslim man in his back, who afterwards claimed that his religion orders him to kill gays! There you have it! Delanoe was injured but not killed.
Now who killed Benazir? The islamofascists of course!
Sorry for the lengthiness of my comment and for being a bit OT, but that had to be said.....
There would be so much to say still, but i stop it here.
Good week for all of you guys....make the best of it...romain
Posted by: romain at January 6, 2008 05:16 PM
I am sickened at the senseless loss of such a wonderful person. Politics and all that Islamic muck out of the way, she was an icon in this world who will never be replaced. We mourn her loss.
Posted by: Ian at January 9, 2008 03:04 PM
Shalom from Europe
Benazir Bhutto was in the past twice in the Pakistanien Goverment and she was not so good to Israel.
maybe she was not able to be good for Israel.
I dont know what the future will be
but it does not look so good
so have fun everyone
and lets Party :-) with alot of sex
Peace
Posted by: Josh at January 12, 2008 07:27 PM
one of the great problems with islam is that it is not really widely known about. we often see films showing the life of jesus, it is an improbable story at best, he ws not perfect but was not a bad fellow. when it comes to islam and mohammed we see no films, the reson is that he was so evil and clearly a psychotic narcissist that a film of his life cannot be made that would show him in a good light ! people ought to realise that just because salesmen tell you their product is good and what you need does not mean they are right, we should always look at all sides of an argument. so i would like to praise mr lucas for giving very clear insights to the dark aspects of islam. one very real problem is that christianity, look at its history, is not so very different to islam, so looking at islam with a cold clear eye can force christians into the uncomfortable position of having to look at christainity with a cold clear eye, most christians therefore find it easier not to. but for anyone who would like some very detailed evidence against islam, then check out books by Ibn Warraq, who can easily rubbish all the claims made by islam. best wishes to all.
Posted by: martin at January 15, 2008 07:22 PM