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How the West Could Lose…….

Dr.Daniel Pipes offers an interesting perspective on the difficulties the West faces in its battle against the sharia loving Islamists.

They could even win. That’s because, however strong the Western hardware, its software contains some potentially fatal bugs. Three of them – pacifism, self-hatred, complacency – deserve attention.”

Dr.Pipes offers three reasons as to why these “fatal bugs” in the software, are SO dangerous. I have encountered many such like mentalities here on this blog, and elsewhere, who view any type of military intervention as being something inconceivable, morally wrong and bound for failure. That pretty much sums up the attitude of the current ruling political elite in Finland, and throughout much of Europe as well. Thanks to the Estonians and Danes, for keeping the Baltic region from being thoroughly discredited. [It would be fair to mention that Finland is involved in a non-combat role in Afghanistan].

Pacifism: Among the educated, the conviction has widely taken hold that “there is no military solution” to current problems, a mantra applied in every Middle East problem – Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Kurds, terrorism, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. But this pragmatic pacifism overlooks the fact that modern history abounds with military solutions. What were the defeats of the Axis, the United States in Vietnam, or the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, if not military solutions?

Self-hatred: Significant elements in several Western countries – especially the United States, Great Britain, and Israel – believe their own governments to be repositories of evil, and see terrorism as just punishment for past sins. This “we have met the enemy and he is us” attitude replaces an effective response with appeasement, including a readiness to give up traditions and achievements. Osama bin Laden celebrates by name such leftists as Robert Fisk and William Blum. Self-hating Westerners have an out-sized importance due to their prominent role as shapers of opinion in universities, the media, religious institutions, and the arts. They serve as the Islamists’ auxiliary mujahideen.

Complacency: The absence of an impressive Islamist military machine imbues many Westerners, especially on the left, with a feeling of disdain. Whereas conventional war – with its men in uniform, its ships, tanks, and planes, and its bloody battles for land and resources – is simple to comprehend, the asymmetric war with radical Islam is elusive. Box cutters and suicide belts make it difficult to perceive this enemy as a worthy opponent. With John Kerry, too many dismiss terrorism as a mere “nuisance.”

Read more here. *L* KGS

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