VLADIMIR ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION TO "ANNIHILATE" MUSLIM BOMBERS: WILL RUSSIA SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF EUROPE?

THE VOLGOGRAD TRAIN STATION

Just in time to instill fear for the 2014 Winter Games in Russia, Muslim suicide bombers went to work in Volgograd on December 29th & 30th, killing at least 34 individuals in attacks on a train station and a trolley car.

Speaking in Volgograd, Russian president Vladimir Putin stated he was certain that his government would "..fiercely and consistently fight the terrorists until their complete annihilation."

From the early 8th century incursion into Iberia by Tariq al-Ziyad, Muslims have fancied that one day Europe would be theirs.  Despite military setbacks at Tours in 732 and Vienna in 1683, the dream of Islamic domination of Europe did not cease to tantalize the followers of Prophet Mohammed.

FRANKISH MAYOR OF THE PALACE CHARLES MARTEL AT TOURS

Just as the likes of Charles Martel at Tours and Polish king John Sobieski at Vienna turned back  Muslim invasions, 20th century Muslim armies, determined to eradicate the Jewish state of Israel, found themselves checkmated by the Western-backed Israeli Defense Forces and the daring leadership of officers like Moshe Dayan. Thus, with experience as a hard task-master, radical Islam eventually fell into a 3-pronged strategy that may be likened to cradles, bombs and oil.

In 1990, there were 30 million Muslims in Europe.  By 2011, that number had swelled to 44 million. Current demographic projections have it  that there will be 60 million Muslims in Europe by 2030.

Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations (1993)  traced for readers how, in abutting European regions, Islam has, from its origins, been belligerent and conquest- oriented.  And now, with millions of Muslims on-site in the cradle of Western civilization, the Islamic cradle appears poised to overwhelm the West.

The late Libyan dictator Muarmar Ghadafi once opined that Islam would eventually prevail in Europe, but not by the sword.  A burgeoning Muslim population would overwhelm Western governments and traditions, and Islamic law and government would be instituted.

Despite his reputation of being somewhat unstable, Ghadafi might not have been far off the mark with his prediction.  With Muslim women in Europe bearing an average of 2.3 children and non-Muslim women bearing 1.5 offspring, it is clear that the Muslim population, especially when augmented by European conversions to Islam and continuing immigration, will outstrip non-Muslim population.  Converts to Islam in France, the U.K. and Germany are presently in the range of 300,000, while Muslim "political refugees" are still finding European havens.

The experience of most European nations with their Muslim populations is that assimilation has failed.  In France, for example, Muslims tend to congregate in ghettos where all the strictures of Islam are rigidly enforced.  As was the case last summer, violence is prone to erupt; and European governments, in the dotage of their declining socialist systems, are more and more inclined to placate would be wielders of bombs and incendiary devices with more and more concessions.  Most Europeans - unlike Israelis and, perhaps, Russians - are loath to meet the challenges of bombings with harsh resolve and retaliation.

With prices for gasoline in Europe averaging the equivalent of more than $8.00 a barrel, the oil-producing countries literally have Europeans over a barrel.  Consequently, European economies are hyper-sensitive to each and every minor gyration emanating from the Middle East.

Ever visited Edgeware Road in London? That neighborhood, better known as"Little Arabia,"  is typical of the growing Muslim influence in Europe.  And, for heaven's sake, one just cannot afford to give offense to Muslims!

We in America might benefit by taking a closer look at what has transpired in Europe.  In effect, Europeans are succeeding in cutting their own throats.  Anesthetized by economies that produced copious amounts of consumer goods, Europeans felt that the socialist gravy train could be perpetuated indefinitely. Selfishness and materialism led to complacency, and a graying population required immigrant labor to prop up socialist economies to insure continuing benefits, never mind that the immigrants were Muslims.  And, now, Muslims are so numerous in certain European cities that they literally block the streets during their prayer times, and more and more structures that once were churches find themselves converted into mosques.

DOES PUTIN SEE HIMSELF AS A MODERN DAY
KING JOHN SOBIESKI?

And here we return to Vladimir Putin, who, if past experience may be relied upon, gives every indication of having the strength of character to deal with insurgent radical Islam in Russia.  How can we forget Putin's bravado matched against a feckless Obama in Syria?  And, certainly, Chechnya and Dagestan have felt Putin's iron fist.  As a result of the war against the Chechen Muslim separatist  movement, Russia laid waste to the capital of Grozny and decimated the ranks of those who who chose to challenge Moscow's rule.  Keeping this in mind and with the Winter Olympics only a few weeks away, those Islamic separatists who would challenge Vladimir Putin could very well be in for a perilous time.

Deo Vindice!

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