I originally posted this on my blog, http://persianthoughts.wordpress.com, but thought I'd share it here...

Although the true meaning of "jihad" is NOT war against a people, it seems to be the commonly interpreted meaning. In fact, the below quote is one of a few meanings of the word "jihad" from www.thefreedictionary.com:

ji·had also je·had (j-häd)

n.
1. A Muslim holy war

Again, this is NOT the true meaning of the word when you research the actual Arabic roots of the word, but it is in line with what most Westerners think when we hear the word. We always think of the "crazy, Muslim jihadists" who wage war in the name of religion (in their case, Islam).

Well, keeping that definition in mind - perhaps omitting the word Muslim and considering jihad a religious war or God/Allah mandated war, I want you to consider the following quote by Republican Veep nominee, Sarah Palin, when she addressed graduating commission students at the Wasilla Assembly of God:

"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."

Hum....the Iraq war is a "task of God"....the Iraq war is "God's plan"....

I ask, who is the jihadist?

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