Infidels Live Here

Found an excellent piece on the web yesterday. The Daily Mail of London has a piece by a former member of the British Jihadi Network. One of my favorite parts of the article is that it’s written by a guy named Butt. No wonder he’s pissed off and disaffected. Seriously, it’s an excellent look into the mindset of the radicalized element. It also jives with what Steve Emerson has been saying for almost 20 years.

On a similar Islamist note, I just finished Terror at Beslan. That was a tough read. Heart of darkness type stuff, but real and replicated. Literally gave me nightmares, and I’m no wilting violet. (If you're serious about not sleeping for a while find and watch this.) I’ll spare you the particulars, but if you wanna know more you can read this or this. There’s a need to walk a fine line in reading this stuff. I don’t think we should flee from inspecting evil, but it becomes easy, almost seductive, to believe it’s more pervasive than it actually is.

Speaking of cataloguing evil, you really should read Michael Yon’s latest piece. Yon is doing absolutely stellar work. Yes, he’s neck deep in the most unpopular war in 40 years, but that doesn’t detract from the caliber of his observation and writing. Mike’s the Ernie Pyle of The Long War. If there were journalist justice he would have won a Pulitzer or two by now.

Ares