Got an email from Russ Vaughn, who's been on the road the last several days with a sick laptop.

Bill, haven't been visiting the site much this past week so you may have already linked to this. It's very well done. Wish to hell I'd written it. Dave Grossman, the retired Army LTC and author/lecturer, who inspired my "Sheepdogs" poem with his seminal essay on the topic, sent this to me: If— (you want to be a true jihadi)

Following the link:

If— (you want to be a true jihadi)

[...]

If— (you want to be a true jihadi)

If you can hack the head off from a hostage
Who’s kneeling bound and helpless on the floor;
If you can purge yourself of each last vestige
Of decency, morality, and Law;
If you can hate and never tire of hating,
Or, faced with truth, still hold fast to your lies,
Or, while you’re hard at work decapitating,
Show no trace of pity in your eyes:

If you can teach your kids the “victim” story,
Stir Muslim losers trapped in English slums,
Fill youthful heads with crackpot dreams of glory,
And urge them on to fiery martyrdoms;
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[Read the whole thing]

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 12, 2006 at 12:32 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est, Poetry, Russ Vaughn | Permalink

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