Solomonia Archive: Time for me to Shnor! The Liberty Alliance!

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Time for me to Shnor! The Liberty Alliance!

Do you get as infuriated as I do, hearing and seeing the lies that Arab television channels like al Jazeera (AKA Jihad TV) put out? Does it piss...you...off? I mean, while you and I might associate the defeat of Fascist torture and the tearing down of Saddam's statue as images we associate with Operation Iraqi Freedom, take a look at the image on Jihad TV's page about the war.

Hey, let's take a look at today's headlines under "Arab World." Here are two: "Israeli soldiers kill four Palestinians" and "Jordan police kill three armed fighters."

See the difference?

Let me tell you, I read the Iraqi blogs regularly. I can tell you for a fact that there are large numbers of ordinary Iraqis (and people in other Arab countries and Iran) who want our help, appreciate what has happened and want our efforts to succeed, but their "Arab brothers" don't. For them it's far more important that America should get a bloody nose than for ordinary Iraqi men and women to have a bright future. They'll sacrifice any number of their fellows, however many it takes, in order to tear-down - never to build. That's the side that al Jazeera and al Arabiya are on - the side of destruction, of hate, of terror and misery.

And ordinary Iraqis know it. Just read Ali at Iraq the Model:

...This is not between Isalmists and the west, not between Saddam loyalists and America this is between good and evil, light and darkness and I can’t sit and watch or explain anymore. You can say, “Nuke Mecca” or “nuke Fallujah” and you can chose the Spanish government’s attitude and submit to terror, or you can join us (Iraqis and coalition) in fighting dictatorship, terrorism and their-no less evil and damaging- propaganda machine. I call for serious measures upon such channels that provoke hatred and celebrate terror and show it as a heroic action. I say, “‘nuke’ Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia, the terrorists and all dictators in the world. It’s either us or them”. The evil TV channels should be prevented from entering Iraq and spew their poisons into the minds of simple people. They’re more dangerous than the terrorists themselves and no rigid concepts such as ‘freedom of speech’ should stop us here. This is not journalism, its terror propaganda...

Trust me, that's not an unusual attitude at all. We need to give these people an alternative, because there are Iraqis out there begging for them.

This time, Omar at the same site (I posted about this one previousl, here.):

I've been visiting the BBC Arabic site in the last few days and I found a forum where people from many Arab countries –including Iraq- post their opinions about some hot topics, the main of those is Iraq and terrorism of course. I wasn't surprised to see that most Arabs (especially from Egypt, Palestine, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Syria) are forming one side of the debates while Iraqis and people from the rest of the gulf countries are taking the other side. But I was surprised when I found that the almost all the Iraqis who took part in the debates are on our side, maybe 95% of Iraqis expressed their rejection to the violent behavior of some Iraqis and condemned the terrorists attacks on both Iraqis and the coalition saying that the Arab world must stop supporting the terrorists and the thugs from inside Iraq. It's also surprising that many of those Iraqis live in areas that are recognized to have a public anti American attitude in general like A'adhamiya, Diyala and Najaf. I feel that those people are still afraid to voice their points of view in public in such hostile atmospheres but the internet is providing them freedom and safety to say whatever they believe in...

We need to help our friends defend themselves from outside influences who want us to fail. We need to help our friends the Iraqis and our armed forces serving in the country.

Guess what? You can help!

Spirit of America is a charity that works with our military guys to get them what they need to do the winning of hearts and minds work that's so important to them. Right now, our Marines are trying to set up a series of local TV stations in various parts of Iraq - including the trouble areas - to serve as an antidote to the junk the various Jihad TV station spew forth. The stations will be run by Iraqis for Iraqis and will show the good work our guys are doing. If you have any wonder if that's important, just imagine the anger and violence the Arab media stirs up. This project is as important and life-saving as a flak-jacket. Further, it will have a multiplying effect on all those billions of dollars of taxpayer money being sent over there, by helping to relieve the violence and discourage the sabotage.

I have joined with a group of bloggers, led by Dean Esmay, in the Blogosphere Challenge, to help raise money for this cause. Our group of blogs, the Liberty Alliance,* is competing with two other groups, the ridiculous (but well-meaning) Victory Coaliton and the somewhat mentally handicapped (not that that makes them bad) Fighting Fusileers for Freedom to try to raise the most money for Spirit of America by 12:01am Pacific time on Thursday, April 29.

Your donation in any amount (5 dollars? NO PROBLEM) is completely tax-deductible, and 100% of the proceeds (after the credit-card fee) goes to the project to help our Marines help the Iraqis and thus help us and the cause of Freedom.

Click on any of the various links or the big graphic at the top of this entry to go to the Liberty Alliance page and donate. You can use PayPal or a credit card to give.

Today is Mohammed's birthday. Let's see what he's saying:

...The hardest thing is that I have to fight more, and I will, but God, please give me the strength. Why should I be strong while watching others run away; Spain, Honduras, Thailand, human organizations, the UN and all the others who want (and it’s their right I must say) to avoid the dangers. But why did they disappoint us? Why abandon us in this moment when we really need them? Will they come back when conditions improve? Most likely, but who will need them then!!? ...

...One of our friend was angry when he saw the former slaves burn the flag of their liberators (and he has all the right to feel so), but I saw my country being destroyed for 35 years and I’m not desperate because I have faith that it will be rebuild one day. Still, why am I supposed to be the 'superman' who is never allowed to feel angry, sad or frustrated?

Others ask me to demonstrate and show my support to the coalition. Ok I’m with the coalition but I can’t do it my friends. I’m surrounded by armed criminals who wouldn’t hesitate for a minute before shooting me for just speaking out, yet I do speak, and not only on this page.

You, there in the free world, cannot witness against criminals without witness protection programs. We have nothing of this. Just under trained and half corrupted policemen and few newly graduated army soldiers and the law system, we inherited from Saddam and haven’t really changed it yet, is far from being efficient.
Why do others get discouraged easily? Don’t mistake me. I’m upset but will NEVER run away like some people did.

I wasn’t like this before. I was afraid most of the time. I have always looked for safety above all. I lost faith in the whole world and I wasn’t ready at all to make the slightest sacrifice for the sake of others. I was trying to leave my country and find a better job in a safe place, BUT, The brave solders (who don’t hold shares at Halliburton or Bechtel) who crossed seas and oceans and came to my country to fight for our freedom -and don’t anyone dare say the opposite, as I met so many of these soldiers and had hundreds of letters from them and there families and I know their motives; they fight for their country’s safety and for our freedom and they are proud of what they are doing- gave me the faith and showed me that man should not care only about himself, his family or his country, these are not enough to make a human being. These guys are MUCH better than me because I have to fight for my issue and they fight for me. They deserve the respect of the world and so do the people who support them. They always give me hope to go on no matter how difficult it seems.

I think I’ll have to skip celebrating my birthday this year, but that will not make me less determined than before, and I know that even if other countries pull out of Iraq, we will always have the strongest and greatest nation on our side, the wonderful people of the USA, together with the UK, Italy, Japan and the rest of the coalition forces. We owe you a lot and I pray, and I’m sure, that one day we will be able to return some of your favors and I’m talking about the people not the politicians although I don’t deny those the credit they deserve for doing their job as good as they can. When that day finally comes, you will know for sure that the great efforts and sacrifices you’ve made were not in vain.

Don't let Mohammed skip his birthday. Give him a present by helping Spirit of America.

* Here are the other fine blogs in our Alliance: INDC Journal, Gilly's World, True Nature of Reality, Woogieworld, Say Anything, Babalu Blog, Little Miss Atilla, Dodgeblogium, Cut On The Bias, Inkgrrl, Mr. E. Poet, Spur of the Moment, Cam Edwards, Marcland, Back of the Envelope, Shvedova, Dizzy Girl, Chief Wiggles, Joshua Claybourn, Ruminations & Ramblings, Tim Worstall, Tiger Hawk, The Rich WASP, The Everything Gazette, Back of the Envelope, Tempus Fugit, Ilyka Damen, Cox & Forkum, American Realpolitik, Patterico's Pontifications

Help us stick it to Jihad TV.

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1 Comment

Hoo yoo callin' a 'tard, man?

Am not!

#1 John of Argghhh! at: April 21, 2004 12:46 PM

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