To say that Arab hostility to the United States is a
result of American foreign policy rationalizes Arab xenophobia and jealousy. Arabs always rationalize their hatred of everything
foreign, typical of ambitious but lagging nations.
Western media often trumpets jihadist quotes of
Islamic leaders, and pumps fear into the people who do not know how common is
empty rhetoric in Muslim world. The leaders, proud of the effect, escalate the
spiral of hateful rhetoric. Ignoring such speeches is the best way to finish
them.
No one, repeat, no one assists terrorists in their aim
like the media. The media damage national security to please the mob and commit
high treason in the war on terror. Picturesque reporting on terrorist acts must
be prohibited, and only short notices allowed, with no photos or video feed,
except censored images in drastic cases, like the W.T.C. attacks. Nothing would
impair low-level terrorist efforts as much as such a ban. The policy is not
misinformation, as did the Japanese throughout the war and the Soviets
throughout their existence. It rather prevents misinformation, distortion, and
exaggeration. People get true information, with facts and figures.
Theological and ideological theories are irrelevant;
external attributes matter. Ideological battles are a quest for fancier idols.
Many Russians and Arabs in the 1990s rejected Western capitalism but longed for
the consumer perks it offered. The idols and ceremonies of the free
market—commodities and shopping vs.
statues and demonstrations—won the Leninists over and would also outperform
mosques and jihad-inspired suicide.
Islamic civilization’s inferiority to the West is real and rational.
Democracy is not rule by the majority but by the largest coherent and determined group.
Islamic civilization’s inferiority to the West is real and rational.
Democracy is not rule by the majority but by the largest coherent and determined group.