What Am I Supposed To Do?

The world is a mess. Wars, pestilence, starvation, the four horses of Apocalypse are riding free. Things are in a terrible state and the handbasket is full.

Apparently the Taliban is running amok. There’s a newsflash. But … and this is the kicker, it’s Bush’s fault. What, you might ask. Yes. Bush. It is not the Taliban’s fault for being a terrorist organization. It is not the fault of Islam itself, the religion of peace. It is not the fault of the caliphs and imams who remain silent while jihad is waged against the world at large and women in particular.

Nope, none of that. It is Bush’s fault. I’m not sure how the logic works, but that’s what I’m told.

You see, in Afghanistan the Taliban is killing teachers who have the unmitigated gall to teach – get this – girls. They literally eviscerated a teacher and then tied his four limbs to motorcycles and pulled that man to pieces. Because he was teaching girls. Bush should … I believe the doves are calling for him to invade Afghanistan or something like that.

In the last two years I’ve heard for a call for the Pope to apologize for the Crusades started by Pope Urban II a long time ago when the Muslims closed off Jerusalem to the Catholics hoping to make a pilgrimage to the Holy City. For hundreds of years the Muslim controlled area was open to Catholics. But … not anymore, so Urban got pissy and called for war. Obviously, this is the Pope Benedict XVI’s fault.

He is also to apologize for not saving the Jews during the Second World War. It was the Pope’s fault that Nazi Germany executed millions of Jews and gypsies. I’m not sure whose fault it is that Nazi Germany also executed millions of Catholics, but they don’t really count. The whole thing is the Pope’s fault. This Pope’s fault. He is the leader of the church and as a leader …

But what about Muslim leaders? Why are they not being held accountable for the perversion of their faith by the lunatic fringe? The only reason I can come up with is that the leadership is not against the use of religion for jihad against the non-Muslim world. It seems that the religion of peace is being encouraged by the leaders to engage in jihad so that the impoverished men can attain the 27 virgins (are these nuns who are waiting for them?) when they get to heaven.

Why is the Muslim leadership not condemning the treatment of these Afghani girls who simply want to learn? Could it be that the Muslim leadership while looking out over the mosque cannot see to the back of the building where the women are relegated. Are the men the only thing they see? Are the burqa or head scarves so great that the women under them cannot be seen? Are the women truly secondary and not worth the trouble it would take to save them?

Regardless of what world leaders can or should do, there is nothing I can do. Short of lament the treatment of women across the globe who are being terrorized for the sake of a religion. It is horrible. The Taliban should stop that. I’m sure my saying so will make a huge difference.