tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post4863246059349182461..comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Comments on Bill the Butcher: An Interregnum in IdlibBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-4333309000093165302017-07-27T03:39:15.526+05:302017-07-27T03:39:15.526+05:30A slight error: Wahhabi. al-Qaeda wanders back and...A slight error: Wahhabi. al-Qaeda wanders back and forth into Wahhabi and out.<br /><br />al-Wahhab's main point was that the Caliphate became corrupt in the 14th century and lost all legitimacy. Yes, the first four Caliphs were rashid (not clear what rashid means, I've heard lots of translations, but whatever rashid means, it's very, very good). After that, not. And during the 14th century (that's the 14th Xtian century, or the 7th Islamic century) the Caliphate lost all legitimacy, and the spiritual and temporal leadership of all Islam passed to the head of the al-Saud tribe. The Daesh believes they chose a Caliph, and he's the new and much improved spiritual and temporal leader of all Islam, but no one outside the Daesh accepts their Caliph (whoever he is as of current date).<br /><br />Every Wahhabi accepts that the King of Saudi Arabia, the Keeper of the Two Holy Places, is the sole spiritual and temporal leader of all Islam.<br /><br />Sometimes, al-Qaeda accepts, to get money and recognition from Saudi Arabia, and sometimes not. So they're kind of, sort of, sometimes Wahhabi, but not 100%.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-83766320431035409212017-07-26T21:04:09.172+05:302017-07-26T21:04:09.172+05:30The more things change, the more they stay the sam...The more things change, the more they stay the same. In some ways, this name change game reminds me of the old TV series in the USS of A "Dragnet". It always started the same way; the announcer would say,"The story you are about to witness is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Well, when dealing with Wahhabis/al-CIAda/ISIS, etc.. the names get changed to protect the guilty.<br />Oh, if you can find it, there is a comedy song "Saint George and the Dragonet" by Stan Freberg with Daws Butler (I think he is on this). It begins by mentioning that the needle should be changed to protect the record. It was originally on a 45rpm vinyl record. It may have been part of an album also, but I am not certain of that.<br />Well, as long as sultan Erdogan gets pissed off, rather he got pissed on (yeah I AM damn sarcastic and nasty today) so much the better. Yes I do despise the shit house the country of my birth (US of A) has become, but these petty thugs like Erdogan really get me pissed off. Ever wonder why he thinks (??) he can play both the US/NATO and Russia? I hope he gets slammed by them all.charlie ehlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com