So, the militant and the corrupted Humus have won, and the less militant but still more corrupted Falafel is out. What a mess. What's cooking now? Is this a cooking revolution of the insane or it's a cuckoo revolution of the Middle East? The level of tension, anger and frustration is high, sparks are flying and the big fire is not too far away. How do you put together a balanced meal when ingredients are all wrong and too harsh for a gentle taste? We can't chew it not even mentioning of swallowing it. That could be enough for a full-scale civil war where the green and the yellow would fight each other until one of the colors fades away, and maybe permanently. Is that good news? It very well could be but for whom? The less militant and the more militant, the less corrupted and the more corrupted may accomplish much by fighting it out and shedding some bad blood. Their blood. That blood could feed the young shoots of peace letting them flourish and multiply. The whole world agrees by now that green and all kinds of the greenish semitones there have to go. Enough is enough. Even the permanently lost Islam cannot tolerate it much longer. The decent Muslims are paying for the extreme misleading. Maybe this blood shedding among the faithful is Allah's will? Who can tell but Allah and Mohamed, his messenger? Inshallah! Allah Akbar!

Now, what about the rest of the balanced meal accord? Gefelte Fish may not see it that way until it proven true and fly off the handle commencing fast swimming upstream and, I may add, rightly so. Gefelte Fish for ages has been a big fish in this muddy pond and shall remain so. Gefelte Fish is there to stay. That's the proven point. Steak and Potatoes may not be able to save the fragile accord of the balanced meal this time and hold the Gefelte Fish back. What about the Frogs, the Sauerkraut, the Spaghetti and the Sushi boys? Maybe the Rice and Beans can balance the Humus out? What do you think the Big Ugly Red Bear, with a delicious ham, of the east would say? Frankly, I don't think anything could save this meal with Humus in charge or even being in consideration. No matter what we say and what we do, it would not cut it at all.

Even Falafel with all its problems of being somewhat fattening and often overcooked or undercooked, and not very appealing in looks and sounds, had more possibilities and even some hopes. The worst, the most corrupted and the ugliest dude-Falafel just recently died (Baruch Hashem!) from a questionable disease and we rejoiced in anticipation for a better one. And, a better one (we hope) came along. Well, anyone could be better then the old creepy one with a questionable disease, and this new one had a possibility. The whole world banked on him. He could have been a good one, given a chance. A good cook, even just a fair one, could make a lot of things right, if he tried hard enough, but who would try it now? Who would cook now? Allah and Mohamed, his messenger?

Too many bad (even if some of them are promising) cooks in the same kitchen spell a major disaster. Do we need one more? And there of all places? Do we need more sparks and fire in this tiny, fragile, old fashion kitchen? Thank you but not now. It may not survive the excitement.

But, some liberals and all kinds of "freedom supporters" say that, regardless of results, it was a democratic election and we all have to respect it. Do we? Was it? Democratic... Where? There? In the land of the bloodiest and the most corrupted dictators of all shapes, sizes and colors? Are you sure? Impossible. This is the land where corruption comes before anything else. Democracy is not in the wind and it's not in Muslim's genes. Even the turmoiling mob there is orchestrated and managed by someone else often wearing a turban of white or the black color and the funny clothes. Money always comes from their brothers Muslims and not, pretending to be our brothers, as well.

Guns and explosives come in a steady stream from the Big Ugly Red Bear, with the delicious ham, who likes to divide and conquer making a lot of money in the process. Big Ugly Red Bear, with the delicious ham, would sell its mother for a bottle of vodka while eating the own ham. What is so democratic about it, if you carry an AK-47 given to you by the Big Ugly Red Bear, with the delicious ham, almost for free, not counting promises made by both sides? That would be a scary democracy of a bigger gun or the democracy of an unruly mob. Another words, if you have a bigger or more guns, you enjoy a bigger or more democracy. Did it come out right? Yes, it did? Lovely. That's all we need. Is this the democracy we are talking about? Is this the democracy worth dying for?

Thanks god, we live in a Republic and the charging mob is not in charge. We enjoy the majority rule with the minority free to present and defend its point of view. Often the minority arguments win and we change the majority ruling. That's the foundation of the republican system in action.

We may recall times when the small, skinny, nothing to look at, Sauerkraut grew up a mustache and started goose-stepping all over the world stepping on all kinds of toes. Many did not like it and openly revolted against it but the Sauerkraut and the Sausages did not care much and stepped on more toes. That was very painful for all and left very deep burning marks on individuals and the whole cultures, including the Sauerkraut and Sausages themselves, for generations to come. Hundred of millions of perfectly balanced snacks and completed meals: regular, local, ethnic, international, Kosher, Halal, vegetarian and so many others, delicious and sometimes not so much, were permanently destroyed, burning, going up in smoke and perishing forever in eternity. The overindulgence with the Sauerkraut and some of the Sausages did it but, nevertheless, the Sauerkraut and the Sausages claimed to be democratically elected and just following orders. Was that the same type of a democratic election we are dealing with now? It may very well be.

The strictest and the spiciest Chelou Kabab was not too long ago elected to rule the Middle Eastern cuisine that for thousands of years was the subject of the cultural admiration. Then, the radical Halal revolution stripped it off all flavors, allowing only Koran to be used for the recipes in life and no other cookbooks. It was the violent one with shots being fired, people being killed and the foreign hostages being taken. All international rules of the coexistence were violated at once. In one night this culture of respect went from the center of civilization to the bottom of the pit. It took generations upon generations for this civilization to clime up to the considerable top and almost no time to fall down and even lower then it was when generations started to clime up. It went down to the bottom of the pit, the pit that was dug out to collect the dirtiest refuse of the society. Did Allah and Mohamed, his messenger, will it? Do they deserve it? To be on the bottom of the dirtiest pit? We may never know but the Muslim leaders believe so. Inshallah! Allah Akbar!

Halal revolution was criminally insane back then and even more now. Its appetite grew much faster then its brain and common sense. The culture suffered, taste suffered and integrity suffered even more. The whole world, including much of Halal, was in shock and the condition is increasing. Now this Chelou Kabab perversion of Halal wants to nuke all meals claiming that this is its sovereign right. This capability for nukes were conveniently manufactured by the Big Ugly Red Bear, with the delicious ham, who is not blamed for that at the moment but the moment shall change condemning all the guilty. The Big Ugly Red Bear, with the delicious ham, maybe guiltier than all Halals together. This overdone Chelou Kabab -- Halal thing intentionally excludes the other cuisines from being present at the common table of friendship and brotherhood and even refuses the Gefelte Fish the right to exist. The skinny parody of Chelou Kabab wants the Gefelte Fish dead. This Chelou Kabab stated it openly and this thing also was democratically elected. How did that happen? Democratic elections have brought us to the verge of war already, time and time again. We still try to negotiate but are we getting anywhere? Should we just stop wasting our time and clean the kitchen using, if necessary, the harshest chemicals? Think. That could be the answer. This is a new Saddam in the making. We let these elections do before whatever they wanted to do and the whole world paid for it in full. Maybe we should get the poisonous snakes while they are still young? Maybe we should burn the "Satan verses" and the "Satan seed" before they burn us?

But, no, we do not see it that way yet. We did not have enough. Give us more. It takes more than attacks on way of life, our cities, deadly explosions in hotels where we rest, kidnapping and execution of our citizens, burning of our flags and destruction of our properties, and the open insults to make us see it that way. The Frog country was half destroyed by the Islamic violence instigated by nothing, by the violators themselves. But the Frogs got blamed for everything.

Government is not responsible for you learning at school and getting an education and a profession. Government is not responsible for your desire to get a job and getting one. All government is responsible for is providing you with a fighting chance. You are suppose to make the best out of it. You are suppose to find your own place under the sun. We all do. Don't blame anyone for your failures. Blame only yourself and find the way out within yourself. It is not what the people did for us but it's what we did for the people. All this rioting justified by "injustice" could be easily described by: "if I do not have what you have, you should not have it either." But the proper, the democratic way is different: "if I want something you have, I want a chance to work harder and earn it, as well". That is understandable and just. This is the way of our life and this is what the democratic society is all about.

A number of quite funny cartoons published in a newspaper created a wave of violence of Koranic proportions. People are killed, the property of the innocents is destroyed and the whole world is insulted. We try to talk it over forcing the media not to publish it again. Whom are you trying to talk it over with? Allah and Mohamed, his messenger? Try to bring Bible or the Torah to Saudi Arabia and see what happens. Well, you would not see what happens because you would be executed by decapitation in front of a Mosque as soon as humanly (!) possible. Would you call it a peaceful discussion of the matter? Democracy works only in this way: if you respect what we respect, we will respect what you respect. Why don't we face that? Ever since Islam was invented, we've been struggling with it? Not with people and not with cultures but Islam itself. Islam maybe the last religion but it does not come from God. It comes from the Devil pretending to be God and represents all we stand against. Only in Islam are democracy, human rights, culture, education and freedom denied while slavery, oppression and unjustified bloodshed are promoted. False prophecies made by false prophets are put above the human's interests and the harshest punishments assure that the followers follow. People were given the choice and they failed to choose right. They chose the Satanic Verses.

Even now we do not fight one militant Islamic group or another. We fight the whole Islam, the Evil religion that created the evil international culture, and that is what we have to destroy. All Muslims are in it one way or another. One cannot separate the individual Muslims from the Evil deeds they commit in the name of God. All true Muslims would follow the word of the Imam and, if they don't, they are not true Muslims and should not belong to that group. Islam, as any aggressive religious sect, demands a complete obedience and does not allow the freedom of choice. There is no "Reform Islam". We keep asking Muslims for an explanation hoping to find an escape from the prejudice but the answer is still the same. "You, the American Imperialists and the Jewish Zionists and the rest of the world bribed by the Jews, are guilty of not understanding us, innocent Muslims, of repressing us, of not respecting us, of not giving us all we want and when we want it, and we are poor oppressed people have the right to defend ourselves using all means available to us". Where does that come from? But that's what we keep hearing while bending over backwards taking all of that. Is not it time to stop bending over, smell the roses and let force talk? Force is more understandable by them and bullets make better points. Why do we keep answering their violence with smiles, politeness and excuses for something we never did? I know, I know -- turn the other cheek. We do not have any more cheeks left to turn. We are fresh out of them. The Moors and the Turkish Empire made a very deep dent in the cheek supply. The Mufti of Jerusalem and his boys enlarged that dent to Koranic proportions. The Arab world and the Palestinians with constant wars, political plots, bloodthirsty dictators and plain terror made it all soaked in blood. Well, unfortunately for the Muslim leaders, most of this blood was the Muslim blood and Paradise is running out of virgins. So, is their goal to terrorize us with their own blood? I think this is the time to open our eyes and to face the truth. Let's acknowledge the real enemy -- Islam -- and hit it as hard as only possible. After that we can talk and let them find excuses and explanation for what they did and did not do.

Is there anything wrong with the democratic process, as we know it, if radical groups can get elected promoting aggression, racism, fascism, communism, hard-line religion and all other types of discrimination based on sex, belief and misleading superstition? Should we curb democracy somewhat but still call it democracy? Is it wrong or is it right? Oh, we do it already. We did outlaw all radicals at our table. We just do not let any party promoting anti-democratic ideas create a party. We started it not too long ago but it works for us. We separated religion and government but not far enough. We still have more work to do but there is a good start. We call it the Constitution-based Federal Republic with strong democratic traditions or the Republican System of Government.

Will we ever get a balanced meal that would satisfy all different tastes and appetites?

Boris Zubry is a mechanical engineer. He was born in the Soviet Union and now lives in the United State. Mr. Zubry is also author of "Chess Master," a political thriller; "Miles of Experience," a collection of short stories and "Arrogance of Truth," a collection of satiric short stories and poetry. Find his books at Amazon.com. Contact him by email at boriszubry@comcast.net or at his website, http://www.boriszubry.us