Books I Read in 2007
THE MIDDLE EAST by Bernard Lewis
Historians know a dirty little secret (actually thousands, but lets just talk about this one). It is a fact that should be shouted from the mountain tops, but is carefully overlooked by the “useful idiots” on the left who apologize humbly to the terrorists that any of us are rude enough to still be alive to impede their expansion. A peek into the history of the regions of Islam will reveal an incredibly germane, but ignored key to understanding the Muslim world. Here it is: (I am whispering now, so lean in close) they were slaughtering people (each other and others) before any non-Arab (think white) or colonizing power ever made contact with them. What? What what? What was that? I thought they only kill in response to the “policies of the West” or because of Israel or because of “W” or because of Oil or because of the injustices of the colonial powers (building all those terrible rails, roads, hospitals, and schools!)
No. The fact is, the House of Islam was flowing with rivers of blood before any oil ever fired the imagination of a white man and before any European powers ever made an impactful appearance in the Arab world. Yep. They just kill people…well…because their bible tells them it is what god likes. Of course it says the opposite too (Muhammad could have used one of those Hollywood continuity assistants to check for contradictions).
You can find the historical foundations of this modern mess right here from Bernard Lewis. This is an excellent book which I highly recommend.
