oil-gotten gains

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), May 4, 2009 at 21:40

Ianus wrote:

"Yes, indeed! I meant al-buraq ! .. But I was in doubt if a Moslem engineer could ever be so impious as to infringe Allah's patent for al-buraq."

Although obviously a working prototype was developed - I don't think Allah followed through with the patent application for some reason. And brilliant technology it must have been - capable of travelling a thousand kilometres in a second - and somehow shielding its rider from fatal g-forces in such rapid acceleration and deceleration. Not to mention overcoming the problem of the massive air pressure on the rider's unprotected skin and lungs..

NASA and the Lockheed skunkworks would give their eye-teeth for even a few of the secrets behind the propulsion system.

Such a pity it never went further than the prototype stage because Allah would have realised perfectly well that giving away the secrets to such technology, royalty-free - would have obviated the need for the much later invention by infidels of the fossil fuel burning internal combustion engine - and all its attendant problems such as air pollution and the rapid carbon dioxide buildup which has now become a worldwide problem.

Could it be a conspiracy then? The muslim ancestors of the present day Arab sheiks, already at that time having knowledge of the oil sands in their deserts - saw the potential future threat of Buraq technology to the prospective wealth of their descendants from the sale of Black gold under their deserts in the twentieth century? Were they responsible for introducing a campaign to wipe out every last Buraq so that the secret behind its power would never, ever fall into the hands of the Infidels - thus permanently securing the future obscene wealth of their far future progeny?

Or was it those pesky Jews - who immediately saw the military advantage that Buraq technology would give the Islamic hordes of the Middle east? Did the 7th Century progenitors of Mossad go on late night raids to destroy all Buraqs - so completely that no trace of them or even their DNA has ever been found to this day?

I can see a best-seller here - with a possible movie follow up.

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