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| Impervious Hubris: How U.S. Intelligence Failures About Islam Led to ISIS |
| 2016-09-14 |
| BLUF: [PJ] ...... in Imperial Hubris, Scheuer wrote: At this point in history, we need worry little about the threat of an offensive and expansionist jihad meant to conquer new lands for Islam and convert Really? Tell that to the terrorized non-Muslims and non-Sunnis -- Christians, Yazidis, Druze, Shia -- who have been enslaved, raped, slaughtered, even burned and buried alive as the caliphate expanded into their territories over the last couple of years. All of this was enabled by the West's embrace of the tragically false "grievance" theory. Enbrace? The theory was given birth here. The "grievance" theory was the cause of abysmal policies meant to pacify aggrieved Muslims, such as wholesale support for the "Arab Spring," which saw the Obama administration turn its back on 30-year-long allies such as Egypt’s secular dictator Mubarak. The"grievance" theory is partially responsible for why, a decade after the U.S. started bringing "freedom and democracy" to this and that Muslim nation -- Iraq, Egypt, Libya, ongoing in Syria -- specifically by ousting secular dictators experienced at suppressing jihadis, all the most powerful and freedom-loving nation in the world has to show for our efforts is the creation of the Islamic State. Even so, the impervious hubris continues! Instead of accepting the hard fact that Islamic hostility is a product of Islamic teachings, U.S. President Obama continues invoking the "grievance" meme concerning ISIS. What could one expect from a lifelong community organizer ? Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that it’s important to: ... [show] respect even for one’s enemies, trying to understand and insofar as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Clinton said this at Georgetown University, which is fitting. Scheuer, who did not have to wait for our "grandson's lifetimes" to see just how much he got wrong, has parked himself where all who excel at denying Islam has any connection to violence have been congregating. He now teaches a future generation of "terrorism experts" at Georgetown. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 the hard fact that Islamic hostility is a product of Islamic teachings Gee, hope this doesn't appeal to the domestics. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-09-14 14:26 |