Ignorance Is The Real Enemy
For those who think diplomacy is the solution to the War on Terror, I ask you:
how can you have diplomacy with this?
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The man is chewing the UN flag after breaking
into the UN headquarters in Beirut out of hatred because Israel bombed the
town of Qana in southern Lebanon. In what reality or alternate universe could
that possibly make sense? Kofi Annan has called an emergency
meeting of the Security Council in response to the Qana bombing, and has
denounced the bombing in the most strenuous way.
And that, somehow, makes the UN an enemy of the Lebanese people?
Hitler was a carpet-eater. According to William L. Shirer in Rise and Fall
of the Third Reich "Hitler had been in such a maniacal mood over the
Czechs the last few days that on more than one occasion he had lost control
of himself completely, hurling himself to the floor and chewing
the edge of the carpet. Hence the term ‘carpet eater.’" There is actually
some speculation that Hitler feigned this behavior to instill a fear of his
‘madness’ in his enemies.
Now we have the flag-eater – the perfect illustration of the ignorance and
irrational emotionalism that creates Islamofascism. The man chewing the flag
is in such a froth, he doesn’t even know who his friends are. Due to his upbringing,
his brain cannot comprehend the bewildering array of forces and influences that
operate in the world, so he seizes upon a symbol, any symbol, of the foreign
world to attack. It is a simple equation: if it is not familiar, it must be
the enemy. Only in this wilderness of ignorance can the UN become part of the
obvious worldwide zionist conspiracy worthy of his spittle.
Be encouraged by this, not disheartened. Such people are incapable of defeating
wealthy, technologically-advanced societies using free markets and the rule
of law to bring progress. Ignorance, even the most malevolent ignorance, is
no match for reason. Like the barbarians at the gates, they can make inroads
on the empire, and inflict defeats on occasion. But the fate of the Islamofascists
is the fate of all ignorant hordes: which is to pass meekly into history while
a more informed, effective and humane liberty marches by.
Ignorance is what created and what drives the worldwide Islamofascist movement.
It is a creeping stupidity that works by filling all the tabula rasa not yet
occupied with a more worthy weltanschauung. A more complete knowledge
of others’ ways and lives, and a marketplace of competing ideas effectively
defeats Islamofascism, just as it defeated the stifling regress of totalitarian
communism. Humanity is much more of a bottom-up than top-down operation, which
is why the life of any totalitarian regime is limited.
This is not advocacy for inaction. Though the natural weight of liberty will
prevail eventually, why wait?
Crossposted at WILLisms.com
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