The Fall of Islam

Islam filled the vacuum left over by the fall of the Roman Empire in the 7th century AD and would come to dominate the Middle East as the new arbiter of power in that part of the world for centuries to come. From Arabia, the Moslem would conquer all the outlying provinces of the Roman Empire from Syria to Egypt, from Tunisia to Roman Spain, from Jerusalem to Kabul. The only force to stop Islam would be the first Christian city-state of Constantnople, situated in the Bosphorus and through army and navy maintained a precarious position in Asia Minor. Byzantium checked Islamic power for over 700 years, preventing the Mohammedans from invading Europe through its soft underbelly of the balkan states. However, over time would slowly lose its grip and ultimately its capital would fall to Islam in the middle of the 1400's.

Islam had recently recovered from the Mongol invasions that swept southwest asia and now had reached its zenith. The glory of Islam prevailed against its nemesis, Constantnople, ever its arch-enemy since Islams birth in the deserts of Arabia. But just as the Mohammedans had celebrated their great victory, they soon lost their most prized possession in the West, Andulasia. Spain would be re-conquered by European monarchs under the roman banner of Catholicism. Soon thereafter, the New World would be discovered by Columbus in 1492.

Since that time, Islam under the Ottoman Turks slowly petrified and by the beginning of the 20th Century became known as the "sick man of Europe". World War I finally cracked and broke Islam into many shards of petulant states that would completely weaken this once feared and mighty empire of Allah. The discovery of crude oil in the heart of the Middle East would cast envious eyes from other nations of the world and bring temporal wealth to a region completely bereft of industrial capacity. However, this black gold would have its price. The eyes of the nations are upon this region and all they see is a weak power sitting atop the most strategic oil reserves in the world.

What will Islam do? It does have religious fanaticism which is both cruel and destructive and by itself is a force-multiplyer. However, the Islamic nations are weak by corruption and are constantly warring amongst themselves for power. They have no indeginous arms industry. They have no industrial capacity. They have no manufactering base. They have no cultural influence outside of their own borders. Internationally, they wage war by assymetric means against the Russians, Indians, Africans, Europeans, Israelis and now, Americans. They have many enemies and no friends, except Allah. And now, they think nuclear weaponery will level the playing field. However, there is no equality in war.

Islam has reached a point of no-return. Its people yearn for freedom as all humanity yearns for liberty. The cultural influence of the West constantly reminds the Mohammedan that he is weak and powerless. The rise of new empires will displace Islam from its perch as the arbiter of the Middle East. Europe will then fill the vacuum where Rome once stood. Islam will resist and strike out in war but will incur the terrible vengence of nuclear retaliation. None will be spared. Like the Aztecs before them, losing the war will also mean the end of their culture. When this happens is anyone's guess, but it may be sooner than we realize. Only time will tell for even time itself is the enemy of Islam.