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So were his very different reasons for calls to war directed to fellow Muslims. The reasons for war against Americans were not defense, justice or reciprocity. The reasons were theological hatred and genocide because Americans were infidels.
"Soon after 9/11, an influential group of Saudi apologists wrote an open letter to the United States saying,
"The heart of the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims is justice, kindness, and charity."
Outraged by such a claim, Bin Laden discretely wrote (in Arabic) to the Saudis the following:
"As to the relationship between Muslims and infidels, this is summarized by the Most High's Word: "We renounce you. Enmity and hate shall forever reign between us — till you believe in Allah alone" [Koran 60:4]."
"So there is an enmity, evidenced by fierce hostility from the heart. And this fierce hostility — that is, battle — ceases only if the infidel submits to the authority of Islam, or if his blood is forbidden from being shed, or if Muslims are at that point in time weak and incapable. But if the hate at any time extinguishes from the heart, this is great apostasy! Allah Almighty's Word to his Prophet recounts in summation the true relationship: "O Prophet! Wage war against the infidels and hypocrites and be ruthless. Their abode is hell — an evil fate! [9:73]." Such, then, is the basis and foundation of the relationship between the infidel and the Muslim. Battle, animosity, and hatred — directed from the Muslim to the infidel — is the foundation of our religion."
Raymond Ibrahim, The Al Qaeda Reader, 2007. [p. 43]
Look at this legal definition of gambling: "Gambling is when a person bets or risks something of value (like money) based on a chance outcome that is OUT OF THEIR CONTROL OR INFLUENCE with the understanding that they will either gain increased value or lose their original value determined by the specific outcome."
Examples of this is are the stock market and a government lottery, advertising "get rich quick" opportunities. This is also called a tax on the stupid.
Kalshi and other betting platforms offer predictions on likely political, geopolitical, cultural and economic events in the real world.
Perceptive cultural analysts look beyond fake media narratives to discern outcomes which become obvious to them for clear evidentiary reasons.
While individual payouts aren't always publicly detailed due to privacy, aggregated reports and interviews highlight several notable six- and seven-figure earnings:
- A professional trader accumulated nearly $1 million in total profits across ...
"Can you see those dark clouds gathering up ahead?
They’re gonna wash this planet clean like the Bible said
Now you can hold on steady, try to be ready
But everybody’s gonna get wet
Don’t think it won’t happen just because it hasn’t happened yet."
Jackson Browne, The Road and the Sky, 1974
Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia road was crowded with carts and muleteers, carrying to the great city the silks and spices of the East, the marble of Asia Minor, the timber of the Atlas, the grain of Africa and Egypt; and the carts brought out nothing but loads of dung. That was their return cargo.
– The Martyrdom of Man by Winwood Reade (1871)
