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.