A Primer On Islam

[Annie]

Interesting who the author is:

Peter Wehner is deputy assistant to the President and director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/the_nature_of_our_enemy.html

January 08, 2007
The War Against Global Jihadism
By Peter Wehner

President Bush has said that the war against global jihadism is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. We are still in the early years of the struggle. The civilized world will either rise to the challenge and prevail against this latest form of barbarism, or grief and death will visit us and other innocents on a massive scale.

Given the stakes involved in this war and how little is known, even now, about what is at the core of this conflict, it is worth reviewing in some detail the nature of our enemy - including disaggregating who they are (Shia and Sunni extremists), what they believe and why they believe it, and the implications of that for America and the West....

 

[Annie]

WSJ picked it up for today.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110009498

 

[eots]

I believe This is something people call propaganda or fear mongering
Think it works something like this...first you create a problem threat ie; evil Muslims ,then the masses react in fear and say... protect us something must be done ,then you offer a solution ,which is more money, more power, more control , gven to the government and taken from people

 

[Annie]

I believe This is something people call propaganda or fear mongering
Think it works something like this...first you create a problem threat ie; evil Muslims ,then the masses react in fear and say... protect us something must be done ,then you offer a solution ,which is more money, more power, more control , gven to the government and taken from people

Tough read for you? There is a difference between propaganda and factual information.

 

[eots]

Propaganda: Lies vs. Facts

Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.


- Herman Goering (Hitler's chief deputy) at the Nuremberg trials

 

[Annie]

Propaganda: Lies vs. Facts

Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.


- Herman Goering (Hitler's chief deputy) at the Nuremberg trials

I know this is difficult, but what you posted has zip to do with the article...

 

[eots]

no its not difficlt ..... "it's always a simple matter "

 

[Annie]

no its not difficlt ..... "it's always a simple matter "

Not if you're thoughtful.

 

[90K]

global jihadism is more than a military conflict

Yeah and these politicians need to understand it is just that and figure a way of removing BS policy and keep our troops out of the policital fight

 

[theHawk]

I believe This is something people call propaganda or fear mongering
Think it works something like this...first you create a problem threat ie; evil Muslims ,then the masses react in fear and say... protect us something must be done ,then you offer a solution ,which is more money, more power, more control , gven to the government and taken from people

Yup, 9/11, Al Queda, terrorist suicide bombers....its all propaganda lies. None of it happened.

 

[glockmail]

Yup, 9/11, Al Queda, terrorist suicide bombers....its all propaganda lies. None of it happened.

Exactly. That big hole in lower Manhatten is just our imaginations run amock.

 

[glockmail]

"[Ayaan Hirsi Ali] accuses "stupid analysts," especially those who call themselves "Arabists," as spinners of fairy tales, who know nothing about the reality of the Islamists but blindly defend Islam as "a religion of peace and tolerance." Those who look for reasons everywhere but in the Koran to explain Osama bin Laden and his followers are like those who would analyze Lenin and Stalin without reading the works of Karl Marx." http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/sfields.htm