Modi (Moderate): Good morning all. Hope everyone had a good night’s sleep.
Mani (Mainstream): You are bright and chipper. It must be Radi’s turn to buy breakfast.
Radi (Radical): Oh, no it isn’t. It’s your turn, Mani. Why so happy-looking, Modi? I know a few imams who would torture you just to find out what your sin was.
Modi: I found a good friend working for the newspaper that has a great head for history. He showed me a few things about research.
Radi: Good. Perhaps he will show you how everything that is happening today is simply the 7th century all over again.
Modi: Actually, he disagrees with that to a certain extant. He notes that many of the imams that have studied the past as if it were the only aspect of life worth knowing only think in terms of the past. They relate only to the past for explanations and answers. It is as if the 7th century was only last week. They are too limited to be effective to anyone but others of the same genre. Today we have more knowledge of the mind and how it works and why people want the things they want and do the things they do. We know much more about people and groups.
Radi: All of the imams I respect tell me that everything must be observed and analyzed through the prism of 7th century Islam. The only things new are the weapons. To hell with psychoanalysis. Everything else is exactly the same. Our scriptures are as alive today as they were when our Most Beloved first committed them to memory.
Mani: I agree with Radi completely.
Modi: If the Americans believed that way, they would not be the country they are. The people there can listen to their political imams objectively and see there is no logic behind what they say. Some dummies, of course, are in lock-step with their political imams and cannot see the logic or the reality that belie the words. For the most part, however, the Americans have some idea of logic and reality and reject many absurd notions.
Mani: Can you explain that?
Modi: Well, the researcher showed me the other day just how bad and dumb a certain political imam was. Remember that white-haired nit we discussed the other day, the one running for president?
Mani: Yes, the whiner.
Modi: Well, when the Khmer Rouge was marching into Cambodia with murder in their hearts and on their lips, old White-Hair said: “The greatest gift our country can give to the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now.” [1] I guess his theme could have been “Peace Through Genocide.”
Mani: By Allah, he could not see the coming “Killing Fields?” He would not even consider defending the people just in case?
Modi: Just an insufferable bore that goes through life pooh-poohing the analyses of better people.
Radi: Our people are better than that. Certainly, we look at everything through the 7th century prism; however, our fighters are down-to-earth people who know who to fear and who not to fear. When we lie, we don’t lie to our people, we lie to the enemy and there are good reasons for telling the lie.
Mani: Radi is right, Modi. Our fighters know the truth and fight superior odds anyway, with hopes that our dedication and fierceness will overcome technology and numbers. There is a difference between being crazy and being stupid. Sometimes we pick out the strongest point and attack it simply because we think that perhaps the enemy is lax there, thinking that we would not be crazy enough to attack there.
Modi: Sometimes that is a smart tactic, not a crazy one. Our Most Beloved said more than once that war is deceit. But he meant deceiving the enemy, not ourselves.
Radi: It seems to me that you are coming closer to our side, Modi.
Modi: Which side is that, Radi?
Radi: The true side of Islam, the path of our Most Beloved.
Modi: Our Most Beloved showed us more than one path. We can choose which path to follow, the path of peaceful existence, or the path to war. Remember, our Most Beloved walked the path of peace first.
Mani: Yes, Modi, that’s right. He only chose the path of war when the armies of Mecca sent their power against him and tried to kill him and destroy Islam.
Modi: I am so glad that you said that. Suppose it became clear, regardless of who is saying what, that the Western powers, even America, were not trying to kill us and not trying to destroy Islam?
Radi: That is a lie and you know it is.
Mani: It certainly appears that Americans are trying to kill us and want to destroy Islam.
Modi: I showed you more than once that the Americans do not even understand Islam. They have no clue that it is anything more than a religion. They do not know our Most Beloved or our scriptures. Americans respect religion and bend over backwards to accommodate it. They seem to hate only their own religions.
Mani: Why would they hate their own religions?
Modi: Because no Jewish or Christian religion would go along with killing their babies and giving its blessing to widespread adultery, unchecked fornication, and gay anything.
Mani: But our religion would be even stricter on those issues. In fact, we would kill the perpetrators quickly! Trials? We don’t need no steenking trials! Moreover, about gay people? They would be killed outright, perhaps even buried alive.
Radi: Don’t those baby-killers in America know all of this?
Modi: No. In the words of one of my grandsons, “Them stupid.”
Radi: I do not understand any of this. I only see the Americans attacking our lands.
Modi: I know this, Radi. You are looking through the wrong prism. Just ask yourself, Radi, what are the troops actually doing?
Radi: They are killing our people. They kill men women and children indiscriminately.
Modi: Radi, our kids would not be crowding around the Americans for treats if what you said were true. Our people would not be going about their business in the midst of a patrol if they feared the Americans as killers of Muslims. Some troopers have knocked down doors and taken some people away. However, the doors have been repaired and most of the people returned. The neighbors all knew who were Al-Qaeda and why they didn’t return.
Mani: I do not like interrupting your speech; however, I think it is time we vacated the area quickly and got breakfast somewhere.
Modi: (Looks around) Why? What is going on?
Radi: Don’t you hear that? There is an American patrol in the neighborhood.
Modi: But I already told you, you have nothing to fear from the American patrols. They are not looking for trouble.
Mani: I understand that. Nevertheless, you never know when Radi’s friends decide to make martyrs of themselves and get us caught in the crossfire.
Radi: I am going to decapitate both you guys. But I can wait until after breakfast.
HJS
Mani (Mainstream): You are bright and chipper. It must be Radi’s turn to buy breakfast.
Radi (Radical): Oh, no it isn’t. It’s your turn, Mani. Why so happy-looking, Modi? I know a few imams who would torture you just to find out what your sin was.
Modi: I found a good friend working for the newspaper that has a great head for history. He showed me a few things about research.
Radi: Good. Perhaps he will show you how everything that is happening today is simply the 7th century all over again.
Modi: Actually, he disagrees with that to a certain extant. He notes that many of the imams that have studied the past as if it were the only aspect of life worth knowing only think in terms of the past. They relate only to the past for explanations and answers. It is as if the 7th century was only last week. They are too limited to be effective to anyone but others of the same genre. Today we have more knowledge of the mind and how it works and why people want the things they want and do the things they do. We know much more about people and groups.
Radi: All of the imams I respect tell me that everything must be observed and analyzed through the prism of 7th century Islam. The only things new are the weapons. To hell with psychoanalysis. Everything else is exactly the same. Our scriptures are as alive today as they were when our Most Beloved first committed them to memory.
Mani: I agree with Radi completely.
Modi: If the Americans believed that way, they would not be the country they are. The people there can listen to their political imams objectively and see there is no logic behind what they say. Some dummies, of course, are in lock-step with their political imams and cannot see the logic or the reality that belie the words. For the most part, however, the Americans have some idea of logic and reality and reject many absurd notions.
Mani: Can you explain that?
Modi: Well, the researcher showed me the other day just how bad and dumb a certain political imam was. Remember that white-haired nit we discussed the other day, the one running for president?
Mani: Yes, the whiner.
Modi: Well, when the Khmer Rouge was marching into Cambodia with murder in their hearts and on their lips, old White-Hair said: “The greatest gift our country can give to the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now.” [1] I guess his theme could have been “Peace Through Genocide.”
Mani: By Allah, he could not see the coming “Killing Fields?” He would not even consider defending the people just in case?
Modi: Just an insufferable bore that goes through life pooh-poohing the analyses of better people.
Radi: Our people are better than that. Certainly, we look at everything through the 7th century prism; however, our fighters are down-to-earth people who know who to fear and who not to fear. When we lie, we don’t lie to our people, we lie to the enemy and there are good reasons for telling the lie.
Mani: Radi is right, Modi. Our fighters know the truth and fight superior odds anyway, with hopes that our dedication and fierceness will overcome technology and numbers. There is a difference between being crazy and being stupid. Sometimes we pick out the strongest point and attack it simply because we think that perhaps the enemy is lax there, thinking that we would not be crazy enough to attack there.
Modi: Sometimes that is a smart tactic, not a crazy one. Our Most Beloved said more than once that war is deceit. But he meant deceiving the enemy, not ourselves.
Radi: It seems to me that you are coming closer to our side, Modi.
Modi: Which side is that, Radi?
Radi: The true side of Islam, the path of our Most Beloved.
Modi: Our Most Beloved showed us more than one path. We can choose which path to follow, the path of peaceful existence, or the path to war. Remember, our Most Beloved walked the path of peace first.
Mani: Yes, Modi, that’s right. He only chose the path of war when the armies of Mecca sent their power against him and tried to kill him and destroy Islam.
Modi: I am so glad that you said that. Suppose it became clear, regardless of who is saying what, that the Western powers, even America, were not trying to kill us and not trying to destroy Islam?
Radi: That is a lie and you know it is.
Mani: It certainly appears that Americans are trying to kill us and want to destroy Islam.
Modi: I showed you more than once that the Americans do not even understand Islam. They have no clue that it is anything more than a religion. They do not know our Most Beloved or our scriptures. Americans respect religion and bend over backwards to accommodate it. They seem to hate only their own religions.
Mani: Why would they hate their own religions?
Modi: Because no Jewish or Christian religion would go along with killing their babies and giving its blessing to widespread adultery, unchecked fornication, and gay anything.
Mani: But our religion would be even stricter on those issues. In fact, we would kill the perpetrators quickly! Trials? We don’t need no steenking trials! Moreover, about gay people? They would be killed outright, perhaps even buried alive.
Radi: Don’t those baby-killers in America know all of this?
Modi: No. In the words of one of my grandsons, “Them stupid.”
Radi: I do not understand any of this. I only see the Americans attacking our lands.
Modi: I know this, Radi. You are looking through the wrong prism. Just ask yourself, Radi, what are the troops actually doing?
Radi: They are killing our people. They kill men women and children indiscriminately.
Modi: Radi, our kids would not be crowding around the Americans for treats if what you said were true. Our people would not be going about their business in the midst of a patrol if they feared the Americans as killers of Muslims. Some troopers have knocked down doors and taken some people away. However, the doors have been repaired and most of the people returned. The neighbors all knew who were Al-Qaeda and why they didn’t return.
Mani: I do not like interrupting your speech; however, I think it is time we vacated the area quickly and got breakfast somewhere.
Modi: (Looks around) Why? What is going on?
Radi: Don’t you hear that? There is an American patrol in the neighborhood.
Modi: But I already told you, you have nothing to fear from the American patrols. They are not looking for trouble.
Mani: I understand that. Nevertheless, you never know when Radi’s friends decide to make martyrs of themselves and get us caught in the crossfire.
Radi: I am going to decapitate both you guys. But I can wait until after breakfast.
HJS
[1] Voting to Kill by Jim Geraghty, page 57
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