Posted on 07/09/2008 10:32:39 AM PDT by IrishMike
Some in Britain have come up with an ingenuous way of countering the threat of jihad: They pretend it does not exist.
One would think this would be rather difficult in the wake of the recent terrorist attempts in London and Glasgow, but the jihad-deniers use these very incidents to make their case. The failure of the bombs to go off, they argue, is proof that the would-be terrorists were an assortment of bungling fools. What's more, they extend this characterization to all those who swear by the cause. On this view, the whole concept of jihad is merely a silly concoction of some misguided dolts.
An article titled Evil plotters? More like sad and crackpot which ran recently in the UK Times offers a startling example of this line of thinking. This is what its author, the well-known British commentator Matthew Parris, writes:
Something is changing in the public mood, and I think it's this: terrorism is beginning to look a bit stupid. Those pictures of that idiotic and slightly overweight fellow with his clothes burnt off looked pathetic, undignified. It has occurred to even the meanest of intellects that concrete doesn't burn. And it isn't just the technical competence of alleged British terrorists that people are beginning to doubt: it's the whole jihadist idea. What world are they aiming for? Most British Muslims, just like most British everyone-else, think it's all pie in the sky: all rather silly. Yes, silly. Not "evil" as the red tops would have it. [...] We're not talking anything as clever as Evil here: we're talking Weird, we're talking Crackpot, we're talking Sad. The idea of using a Jeep to make a terminal explode was, in the latest lingo, a bit gay.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Meanwhile we have Barry Barak Bin Obama running for president.
On the other hand, like Liberals, Jihadis hate being laughed at. Maybe it could be part of the solution: I’ve seen terrorist “lolcats” images out there.
Some fight, some laugh, but ALL hate the terrorists. . .
ingenuous way of countering the threat of jihad: They pretend it does not exist.
Sounds just like the Third Party loons here
I just wonder how many of these people have received money from Saudi and other Arab sources.
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