When?

12 May 2004

annihilate
v. annihilated, annihilating, annihilates
v. tr.

Perhaps soon. Perhaps never. Perhaps…it isn’t our place.

The West doesnt have the power to change Islam; it only has the power to destroy it. We have a lot of nukes. We could kill everyone. We could just take out a few troublesome nations, kill millions, and irradiate Mecca so that the Fifth Pillar is invalidated. The hajj would be impossible. Every pilgrim a martyr. I dont think well do either; God help us if we do, but inasmuch as we have the capability, its an option. But it would be a crime greater than the crime that provoked such an act, and in the end that would stay our hand. They know we wont do it.

James Lileks
The Bleat
May 12, 2004

Filed under:

 ||