Terrorism Persists Because It Works

Peace between Palestinian states and Israel is not possible. In fact peace between Islam and the Western Modern World will never be possible. This is not because of some racist consideration, this is because of incompatible worldviews.

In the following blog we can observe evidence about the contribution that Islam makes to the modern world. Having a significant amount of the global population, we would expect them to have a higher distribution, however since we are NOT all equal, they do not have much to offer but the violence they have brought with them.

People do not just leave their culture behind when they negotiate, think, migrate, work nor study, it is always there, and the most significant determining factor of culture is religion. Every day that passes more and more evidence gathers in the form of damage to western democracy and trust to the liberal decision making. How many more westerners must pay for the negligence of politicians? We know how the wolves behave in the forest, why would we let them into our homes? They will not just suddenly stand in their hind legs and begin contributing to society, they will be as they are, at our own expense, until we recognize them as what they are and help them change and become a different culture BEFORE incorporating them into our societies.

http://brokenarrowbook.blogspot.mx/2017/05/when-it-comes-to-survival.html

We can't stop the killings with the innocent goodwill that started the killings in the first place, and the American and British greed induced military actions against the women and children in countries such as Syria and Yemen of behalf of Saudi Arabia Islam that perpetuated more killings such as the backlash in Manchester. Already, Islamism like Nazism and Fascism is a totalitarian dogma. Just as Islamism is deep seated and congenital among people of the Middle East ilk, Nazism is deep seated and congenital among the Germanic race. Angela Merkel along with her fellow Germans are all closet Nazis and their bending over backwards for Islam is the outer manifestation of inner conflict and frustration. Merkel (and liberal democrats of her ilk in America and Britain) can introduce Draconian laws under the aegis of defending Islamism whereas she couldn't under neo-Nazism. Accusing people of Islamophobia is their alternative to accusing people of Naziphobia, Hitlerphobia or Merkelphobia, something they wish they can do, but can't. It's all a form of the transfer syndrome.

I agree with Nicholas. Please remember one crucial thing. The Bible says: the heart is one deceitful device, who can know it; the Lord your God. Terrorism originates from the wrong seed of the Quran planted in the hearts of vulnerable believers because of the push and imposition to the people in their places where Islam dominates. The core of Quran is hate and we read and understand the core of the Bible being Love. Two things that oppose each other. Because of the doctrine of hate and resentment to those who don't believe it, it produced terrorism in a way of forcing non-Muslims to come and submit to it. If today the entire non-Muslim community world wide can announce conversion to Islam, that will be the death of terrorism but people can only suffer from the weight of sharia law which can be strongly enforced. Look at France,Britain and Belgium, the three countries will eventually be Muslim dominated because of strong message sent through terrorism, submit or we will terrorize you. So terrorism is a tool used to bring about the presence, and importance of Islam over other faiths regarded as abominations to Muslims,so that the can dominate everywhere. It's impossible though.

Mr. Dershowitz has not really defined the root cause as to why Islamic terror continues to exist. The root cause of Islamic terrorism is the Qur'an. Most people and national leaders have not read the Qur'an line-by-line. By reading the Qur'an, people will realize that it provokes bigotry, hatred, violence and the murder of innocent people who have their own personal beliefs other than Islam. Place an Internet search on the name, Nicholas Ginex and gain access to the book, "ALLAH, WE, OUR And US." It provides a history of Islam and reveals many abominable verses. The source of discontent due to Islamic terrorism is the Qur'an.

God forbid such a thing, but what would happen if these attacks became routine every week on a similar or greater scale? What would liberal politicians do? Continue hand wringing endlessly? Continue the same feeble speeches, endlessly sending condolences to the victims families and telling us all to be brave and carry on regardless? Maybe they would appoint a minister of condolences to take care of it.

One wonders what it would actually take for them to actually do something apart from increasing security checks and restricting the privacy of the host Nationals. The truth is they don't know what to do. They are just hoping it will all go away and they can get back to showering love and compassion on everyone.

Interesting document but you make it sound like a modern problem. Terrorism has existed for thousands of years an example would be the Babylonian practice of dividing a conquered city into thirds: one group left there, one group spread across their empire and the third group crucified flayed alive and their skin nailed to city wall or impaled on stakes as a warning to the populace. That is terrorism. It has been used my many many countries through out the world. It is not new but it is effective. What we need is an effective way to respond to it.

there is more than one way to change the rules of the game.

first, deny the terrorists publicity. statements and speeches can be a lot shorter and to the point. and the media can be dissuaded from producing wall-to-wall, "breaking news" coverage that lasts 3 days, and includes everything from a backgrounder on the terrorist, to interviews with his barber.

second, deny them importance. a horrific traffic accident can be just as deadly, but it would never be considered a top priority for the leaders of the country. neither should a terrorist attack. condolences to the bereaved, and a speedy recovery to the injured, and back to work.

third, do something. something which hurts the terrorists. armed policemen or soldiers in the streets of britain aren't doing anything to harm isis or deter them in any way. police raids on a dozen islamist organizations, just for voicing their support, would be more effective. and an sas raid, eliminating an isis leader or two, would be even better.

but it all starts with taking the trained seals off the telly.

The fact is, we neither have the time, money, nor method to sort out the "good" Muslims from the bad ones who would saw off our heads or nuke us if handed the button. Are there any good Muslims anyway? Any individual buying into the evil contained between the covers of the Quran has a heart and soul manipulated by demons.

Neither did our grandfathers have the time, money, nor method to sort out the good Germans and Japanese from the bad ones. So they bombed every German and Japanese man, woman, and child in sight until they surrendered unconditionally. We wouldn't have won the war if we didn't. We'd best develop the stomach and will to do the same.

The objective is not to exterminate Muslims, but rather to destroy their Islamic ideology. In much the same way the World could live in peace with the Germans once we destroyed Nazism.

And all the terrorist groups across the world saw us cave in to the IRA, and know that if they keep going they'll get whatever they want in the end, no matter what the cost in life.

Don't forget to also mention that the Palestinians are, as far as I know, the only people to get a UN organisation set up purely to look after their needs and disburse funds to them (UNRWA). That is possibly the biggest win of all, and once again, a fruit of their terror campaigns.

I heard Dershowitz say he was a "proud supporter of Hillary Clinton" on TV the other day.
He was also part of the "Butcher of Brentwood"'s legal dream team that freed that scum
bag OJ Simpson and he supports phony refugee importation to everywhere in the West but
he is against any Muslims going to his beloved Israel. I hope I won't see him on this site again.

Terrorism has persisted within Islam ever since Mohammed and his men killed all the Jewish males in the village of Qurayzda. It has nothing to do with financial benefits and everything to do with the Nazi-like ideology which defines Islam.

Terrorism persists because Islam's core tenets promise the benefits for committing it will be rewarded in the afterlife.

No, terrorism only works for the disenfranchised, the drug culture, the bottom of societies, the forgotten. The Middle Eastern societies are devoid of women. They have been covered up and erased from that society. Women are the nest builders, the spiritual, the nurturing part of mankind. Take them out of the equation and you will get, "Lord of the Flies' in any society. This is all psychological the exact opposite of Alan's take. The truth that the bottoms of our societies breed crazy doesn't make it automatically follow that they be forgiven, helped, counseled etc. It's too late. They are the Mafia's of their respective countries. The U.S. grows creeps too--look to the alcoholic parents, absent parents, absent dad. Have you seen the Poppy fields in Afghanistan? No one wants to deal with this truth because everyone wants to go home to their nice safe cushy couch and throw back a good stiff Scotch and tonic or toke.

The only solution to terrorism is to kill the terrorists, wherever and however they show themselves. The only problem Israel has had is not that they killed too many Palestinians but that they haven't killed enough.

(quote) To make it not work, the entire world must unite in never rewarding terrorism and always punishing those who facilitate it. (unquote)
I liked most of this article, but it ends on a vague and meaningless bleat. A whimper. A dull platitude. HOW? How do we 'punish' those who facilitate it? I suggest a two-fold attack: 1) the never ending, ceaseless hammering of a basic truth. A truth, without which, good but naive Western people are powerless. Namely: it is critical to learn and accept that these 7th century retards ONLY respect strength and or PAIN. All else is interpreted only (as this article also points out) as weakness, to be taken further -ruthless- advantage of. Forget the same old flowers, Teddy Bears, sad words, eulogies, and fine words of ringing nobility, pure intentions, and yet MORE pointless APPEASEMENT. Such a hardening of attitude, perversely, is a part of the SOLUTION. 2) Hey you Europeans! I know you see yourselves as far more enlightened than us 'higgorant' Americans, but do you really think being unarmed and helpless in the face of a ruthless armed insurgency is STILL a smart way to go? Do you really think relying on 'Big Government' for your personal protection, (and that of your loved ones) is practical or even sensible in 2017? How about at least studying re-armament? How to CNC computer-mill manufacture your own weaponry? It's not hard. If you want Peace, prepare for war? If the WILL was there, to protect your women and children, if the GUTS was there, to face harsh reality, you guys could quietly and covertly re-arm your menfolk within weeks. THAT would send a message.And if you want to recoil in horror at my 'immoral' and 'redneck' suggestion, then go ahead, continue blindly and sheep-like to place all your trust and all your sweet faith in haughty leaders (like Hure Angela Merkel) who calmly ushered in the greatest cultural and ethnic cleansing ever perpetrated in Europe, without putting such a seismic change before you in a general vote. Forgive me, if you abhor re-armament, and insist on failed appeasement and prostrating yourselves (and your loved ones) in front of the onrushing juggernaut, if I quietly murmur this: "You are fools. Blind fools. You have learned... nothing."

Is Dershowitz seriously saying the world has paid less attention to the Chechens than to the Palestinians because they are peaceable folk who don't indulge in terrorist acts? Is he for real? It probably has more to do with the fact that there aren't five million Chechens in Russia, although the Chechens seem to create enough mayhem for a population of five or ten million.

I agree with Dershowitz, we need to get to the root cause of Islamic terrorism, but it is not some kind of "grievance" that will go away if it is not rewarded. The jihadist-types could care less about the Palestinians. The jihadists are following the commands of Allah and the teachings of Muhammad in fighting and killing non-Muslims. And they don't seek an earthly reward. Muhammad promised them paradise with 72 virgins. The temporal frowns of disapproval will have no impact on this reward promised by their prophet.

Unfortunately, this is just another article stressing the importance of getting to the root cause of terrorism, but shying away from identifying that root cause: Islamic Doctrine.

There is only one solution to the terrorist problem: any one involved in a terror attack, whether dead or alive, has to know that once he has been identified, all his family members, or accomplices will be deported back to their (or their parents") country of origin. No "if" or "but". The reception to Donald Trump, our POTUS, with sabers was quite symbolic of the Muslim culture - they understand one thing : the sword, (al Harb).

It is so sad that so many young people are dying as a result of Islamic terrorism. But until the West gets it that these are not odd isolated instances, they are acts of war called Jihad. Supported by the smooth talking Arab leaders, ISIS and every other Islamic terrorist organisation on the planet and the nations that financially support them that the western leaders try to "talk to" about the "need to stop terrorism". It is time that the Western leaders started accepting and speaking the obvious truth, enforce their laws at home, defend their own people, stand against terrorism everywhere including attacks on Israel, close the borders, send radical families back with their radical Imams to their original countries and even ban Islam if terrorism persists. They are mean heartless people and deserve nothing but the same treatment as they dish out to others. Terrorism works because the West allows it. Diplomatic prattle is futile against people who are indoctrinated to kill you by their ideology.

Islam is an expansionist socio-ideology with military (terrorist) and religious (mosques and schools) wings. The ideology is supremacist, misogynist, homophobic, and entirely incompatible with Western freedoms. There are moderate Muslims and non-moderate Muslims but Islam itself is determined to re-establish the caliphate and impose sharia law world wide. Western nations that minimize the spread of Islam are ignoring Islam's goal of world dominion. Terrorism is the most obvious horrifying aspect of Islam but Islam's mosques and schools are equally threatening to Western freedoms. Both persist because they work - one speaks with a loud voice and the other whispers.

No truer words were ever said or written. Alan Dershowitz you deserve a Pulitzer prize for telling the world that it must unite in never rewarding terrorism and in punishing those that facilitate it.

Indeed it all started with Arafat and Palestinian terrorism and continues with Hamas and Hezbollah. Unfortunately the UN organization instead of combating terrorism is becoming a club for states that do nothing but sponsor terrorism (think of Iran, North Korea, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela et al). It is time to hold all those states that sponsor terrorism accountable for their actions. It is imperative that all free nations of the world unite to prevent the spread of this metastasizing cancer.

The Irish Republican Army has more or less completely stopped its terror campaign. Terror exists NOT because it is effective. I totally disagree with that pernicious opinion. Terror exists because there exists no other means to redress grievances. Remember, the British under King George accused G. Washington of running a terror campaign and conducting the first guerrilla warfare.

News reports seem to neglect the CAUSE of Islamic terror...blaming Islam or its holy book for terror. But the West was not the target of Islamic terror until the USA started destroying countries in the Middle East in violation of international agreements. Pre-emptive defense of Israel seems to be the policy at work in Syria, Libya, Iraq, and elsewhere. Iran is now Israel's biggest problem - and we are seeing a new movement against Iran that will split Islam in half with the new united anti-terror initiative in Saudi Arabia. So it doesn't seem that TERROR will stop, because the cause is still in place, and no other means of redress yet exists.

An intelligent assessment, why is it that people in places of power in the Western World cannot see this? Why can they not see that terrorism is working far better than pacifism? Why is it that minority groups win the argument, exactly, because they believe in their cause? No one in Europe or U.K. has banned Sharia law, no one has suggested Mosques be closely monitored for terrorist teachings, no one has dictated that any immigrant MUST obey the laws of their chosen country, must follow the culture of that country. Go to Saudi Arabia or any other mostly Muslim country and see just how far you will get starting a different religion. Why pick on Muslims? Because other religions that used this form of domination were stamped out. Mohammedism is not a religion, it is a way of life. Understand this and you will go a long way toward being able to deal with it. Subjection to demands by terror groups only make them stronger.

You cant argue with what Mr. Dershowitz says. Until we stop rewarding terrorism it will continue.

Every act of terrorism must be met by a calculated response. We must put a price tag on terror. If we cannot punish the terrorists directly, we must punish their financiers and enablers. When bombs and missiles begin to fall, mosques are closed, Islamic expression restricted, immigration cut off and aid is withdrawn, the seas in which the terrorists swim will dry up - faster than you think.

Terrorists are psychopathic criminal bullies. Bullies only understand one thing - their own medicine. So let's stop being 'nice' and give them a taste of their own concoction.

Of course terror persists bcs it works. This comment is not so perspicacious and what should be said about it is that its demographic basis is so LARGE. The larger the basis the larger the tip of the iceberg. Even the tip of the iceberg is not the biggest danger which is the demographic basis which will replace present European populations if they are not expelled very fast whether the leftwing scum likes it or not.

Conquest works, and when it has succeeded it is irreversible. The Islamic terror, deceit and immigration is a war of conquest.

Israel was the first victim in this use of terrorism as extortion. Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people and it soon became apparent with the Klinghoffer murder and the selection of Jews during the Entebbe hijacking that it was the Jewish factor that was at the root of the Palestinian actions. The world in these cases of terrorism has discounted Jewish lives, just as it did in allowing the holocaust. Just as in the holocaust it started with the Jews but ididm't end with the Jews, terrorism hasn't ended with the Jews. The world even today discounts the murders of innocent civilians in Israel and actually supports the Palestinian actions, politically as well as financially. This reward of anti-semitism, for that is what it is, has come back to haunt its perpetrators and now we are all at risk of the extortors. Terrorism is extortion! It began with the Jews but it hasn't ended with the Jews. When will we learn.

That is INCORRECT. Terrorism ONLY works in the "democratic" West. WW2 proved that as the ONLY real opposition to Nazi occupation was in the Balkans and in the USSR as in both places niceties of ethics were ignored and atrocities on both sides were the norm. All the "resistances" in the west were minimal in their impact and especially in France where the Maquis were a joke until 1944 when even the French could see that Germany was losing. In the west attempts at terrorism were subdued by the taking and if necessary, the execution, of hostages and this was sufficient. Democratic countries now totally refuse to see that the west is at war and until they do even half measures such as internment of all suspects, alien or citizen (USA 1942) will not happen. Terrorism is Total War and ONLY Total War will beat it and that includes "water boarding" and capital punishment of the guilty. Until this occurs the west will continue to lose.

Friends, yes, all these things you say are true and it will continue to get worse with innocent lives extinguished by these good Muslims, no, not radicalized terrorists, but good Muslims faithfully obeying the instructions of their prophet and following his example in the Koran, Sira and Hadith. To die in jihad against the infidel / kafir, the muslim is to have a guaranteed place in paradise with 72 virgins. The implications of those statements are staggering. Is there is an elephant in the room that no one wants to speak about? Until our politicians and law makers put aside self-interest and consider the silent majority as well as commit to understanding political Islam, this will eventually turn into a pandemic and our grandchildren will not think to highly of their grandparents that stuck their heads in the sand and committed them to a living hell.

The elite does not feel threatened yet!

The only way the World will be able to penalize those countries which see terrorism as a legitimate means of advancing their cause or which reward those who commit terrorism. That is to disband that joke of an organisation called the United Nations.

It is nothing but a Third World Employment Agency that costs a fortune. Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Commission; what a joke. Jerusalem not part of Jewish Historical antiquity but it is for Islam: Incredible! The West Bank Fiasco; Unbelievable. Welcoming ARAFAT and ABBAS as heroes; Typical!

The UN is the greatest rewarder of the fruits of terrorism that we have in this world. It gives terrorist supporting countries and terrorism itself, legitimacy.

Tear up all those charters, they are worthless warrants that promote the spread of ideologies supportive of terrorists. We don't need them. They curtail the defensive actions available to any Country trying to resist Islamification. Each country has its own moral compass that is being pulled of course to accommodate the will of those with an agenda to push in the UN.

It allows terrorism supporters to unite and have a greater voice to influence World affairs. Even its basic tenet to preserve peace in the World is a farce. The 'permission to enter', Veto vote and 'Rules of Engagement' do not stop conflicts when they need to, and I only need to quote 'Syria' here.

Until Western Nations are prepared to pull the pin on this organisation, we are headed in a only one direction that will see the end us all, albeit at some time in the future.

It really does seem that the only thing that will finally get the West to pay attention to how horrible terrorism is will be for an act so large and so heinous to occur that it cannot be ignored or brushed under the world carpet. Someday, one of these asshats in ISIS or the like will get ahold of a nuke. Maybe when said nuke blows up in London or Paris, the international communtiy will take the kid gloves off and realize that there is no redemption for a terrorist.

You have written an excellent article as usual, Dr Dershowitz. But you, in using the word, "Palestinian", have rewarded terror just in the way which you oppose. They are Arab residents of the Land of Israel, Mohammedan residents of the Land of Israel. But please do not call them "Palestinian", because the use of this term recognizes them as a nation, something which they "earned" by means of their terror.

If my memory does not deceive me, we never called them "Palestinians" when my family and I were new to Israel in 1979. It was around the time of the Oslo accords that they received this propaganda name.

The term, "Palestine" was introduced by the Romans. That is how they referred to their colony in the Land of Israel. Until relatively recently, anyone native to our Holy Land, including us Jews, were referred to in at least some literature, as "Palestinians". I have seen this in a rather old book, whose title I have unfortunately forgotten.

Gradually, however, the Arab residents of our Holy Land "earned", so to speak, the status of a nation, to distinguish them from Arabs elsewhere in the world. Along with this propagandist status, they received the exclusive use of this propagandist name of "Palestinian". They earned the status and the name by means of terror. And we must stop rewarding these Arabs.

Sincerely,
Dr Frank Leavitt (Yeruham)
Retired, Ben Gurion University,
Resident, Kiriat Arba, Hebron,ISRAEL.

The problem is: how do you punish someone who kills innocent people and himself when he believes that is his key to Paradise (and 72 virgins)? We must learn to utilize his beliefs in a manner similar to what "Black Jack" Pershing did at the beginning of the 20th Century in the Philippines. During the uprising by the Muslim Moros, he captured a number of them and executed them them with bullets greased with bacon. One was allowed to "escape" and told his fellows that if it happened to them, they would go to Hell because of the contamination by pork, and the uprising died swiftly.

Burying the remains of the Manchester bomber wrapped in bacon and slathered with pig manure should have the same effect. Would it hurt to try?

Terrorism WILL persist until the threat against the terrorists is greater than the prize that they seek. On a simple fundamental level, all human beings, when confronted by a vicious animal in the wilds, or by a huge, menacing bully on the street, know that both ingenuity and physical strength must be marshalled if survival is to be had. The bully on the street may have a price - which can be paid, but sooner or later, the victim must fight back - or die in the trying. In the case of the wild animal, there is little reason for its attack, beyond it doing what wild animals do....hunger not always being the cause of the attack. In recent years, we have witnessed terrorist attacks that appear to have more in common with that of wild animals. The perpetrators are frequently pathetic, indoctrinated creatures - often of tender age, who subscribe to a garbled and incoherent notion of what their God ( and their indoctrinators) desire. Just like the dumb animals in the wild, few if any would attack a stronger and better prepared adversary that was determined to wipe them out without a second thought. We may all squirm in horror and revulsion at the conduct of an Idi Amin, a Saddam Hussein, or a Gadaffy, but they kept the radicals down - too terrified to attack. Our softy- feely governments of present day Western countries, will be the death of us all. This recent bombing in Manchester, with its appalling cruelty and death - against the most innocent - predominantly little girls and women, was designed to shock as well as kill...........next time it might be far, far worse. Recent news stated that ISIS, when it captured a city in Iraq, utilized information found in a university there, which permitted them to arm a laptop computer with tiny, but deadly explosives. How long will it be before we are mourning the loss of millions due to the delivery of a dirty bomb?

Terrorism works because countries in the West refuse to accept the root cause as coming from Islam, starting their invasion of Europe in the 7th Century. The present day Palestinian issue and hatred for Israel is only part of their insidious plan to destabilize the world in capturing it for Islam, and then Sharia. They are evil.

In the mean time, while they slaughtered Christians and minorities in the ME, we did nothing, further proving to Islamic jihadists that their terrorism works.

Now everyone is kowtowing to the instigators of terrorism for fear of being called Islamaphobes and racists (the latter being the reason police in South Yorkshire turned a blind eye for a decade on sex grooming Muslim gangs exploiting young British girls) instead of having the courage to stop the murder and mayhem in their countries. They are the lame leading the blind.

Islamic terrorism has become a run-away train while our leaders remain deaf, dumb and blind to the realities of what is really happening.

Terrorism only works if the governing elite in the attacked nations allow it to work. The Socialists really think they can deal with the Islamic terrorists. The reasoning is that we, the human race, will eventually be ONE, the collective. What these educated idiots do not understand is that the Islamic baddies want the same thing that the Socialists want; A totalitarian state. But the Islamist's state will be ruled, not by atheists, by those who are fulfilling Allah's will.

OK Mr. D terrorism does work. You are correct. But do you have a solution to terrorism?....These governments and UN you mention are run by men/women. Why are they unable to stand against terrorism? Is it just inherent in human nature to shy away from confrontation? (ie-Hitler)

Regarding Terrorism:

Article quote: "To make it not work, the entire world must unite in never rewarding terrorism and always punishing those who facilitate it."

SORRY, NOT POSSIBLE!

The problem is that terrorism is one of the "tenets" of the Islamic ideology and the reward that terrorists are promised and actually believe that they will get is eternal bliss in a paradise filled with voluptuous wide-eyed virgins. That is why it will not be possible for the "entire world" to unite. Islamic countries bent on global domination and establishing Islam as a One-World Religion will continue to breed terror cells and lone-wolves who believe it is their duty to carry out the wishes of Muhammad and Allah and in doing so, get their eternal rewards.

"The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I am commanded to fight with men till they testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Apostle, face our qiblah (direction of prayer), eat what we slaughter, and pray like us..."
(Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 14, Number 2635, Narrated Anas ibn Malik)

"Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfillment of (the heart's) desires;Gardens enclosed, and grapevines; And voluptuous women of equal age..."(Qur'an: 078.031 - 078.033)

"Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers...(Qur'an:003.151)

"And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere...(Qur'an:008.039)

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I think you have to go back further than Arafat, assassins used to be a more common term for terrorists who were raised to the level of anarchists by Communism, the example of the assassination of the ArchDuke and the fact it had such a direct bearing on starting WWI a horror conflagration was not lost on the "communists". So much destruction from one act. Who subscribed to immoral and amoral effects of these acts pretending they somehow result in a greater good or are an expression of dialectics and conflict sociology largely discredited but just as responsible in thought for creating Hitler's and Stalin's. Even the Antisemites recognize these facts but distort them believing the Bolsheviks were all Jewish and directed global communist "revolutions", Hitler who originally began his career in politics as a member of the workers Party simply turned the issue of Soviet Socialism into a form of national socialism that had a racist and bigoted emphasis as opposed to class conflict and the rise of the proletariat. Stalin wasn't guilty of being a sociologist dictator but of belonging to and leading Slavs and the Jews made it happen in the Nazi's narrative.
That Arafat rose out of the post Nazi ashes when SS men on the run found employment in Syria and Egypt one could speculate is still being felt today.
The incredible lie that drives acceptance of terrorism today is the commonality between the now proven regressive liberal socialists trying to revive the glory days of socialism and saying no to power, or expecting a redistribution of wealth and more control by big government is married with the Radical Islamic factions who they perceive as kindred spirits its western religions and capitalism that are the great evil justifying even necessitating "revolution".

Western Radicals and Islamist's don't speak the same language but they seem to understand each other perfectly and even a regressive liberal socialist in America today is not very likely to say what they honestly believe , because it is proven failure they will come off looking like idiots. But they all understood why cars had to burn, Starbucks windows and Banks smashed when Trump ran for and then became President. It also explains why there was a whole section of people at the DNC convention waving Palestinian flags and some of them were even J- Street Jews.

Arafat may have been a terrorist created by western ideologies just like the Muslim Brotherhood held Hitler and Stalin in high esteem. But ultimately Arafat was not a western looking Revolutionary, he was a radical Islamist. That's what people still by and large do not want to understand.
They easily perceive that Anthropologists can get things wrong by only looking at people through the eyes of their own culture but somehow they missed Arafat was a radical Islam because they continue to prefer to see him as a good old western style revolutionary.

Very important article, and I wonder if our youth is reading this. It is a blessing to grow up in our great country, we grow up never questioning our ability to think and make decisions for ourselves within the context of freedom. Our idealism and our sense of freedom...it's not shared throughout the world. It's great to give the benefit of the doubt and believe in the good will in all people, however our idealism may very well be the road that brings our great democracy down; where cultural battles will be lost by degrees--gone and not for good.

We must be vigilant in calling out false equivalencies and not be apologetic. We are a charitable nation, but we must be able to verify how money is allocated; so that it is not funneled to terrorist organizations.

It would be great if we could return to talks of de-escalation and dismantling all nuclear weapons. Instead of furthering sanctions [that opportunity squandered with the last admin] we are now in a pattern of selling more arms to balance power. This is lucrative and may keep our men and women out of the theater of war; but not necessarily making us safer in a long run. We are going down that path of escalation, particularly in a region that is rife with fanaticism [which has been deep seeded and robust for centuries].

I am hoping that this reset in the Middle East vis a vis Saudi/American arms deal, will win a peace; for at least until we can return to talks of dismantling. Imagine all that money going towards infra-structure, education, arts & science, exploration & medicine, etc Yes, Imagine [alas I am an American child].

Alan, please listen carefully. The problem is Islam. Islam preaches hatred of and violence toward infidels. Fortunately, not all Muslims adhere to Islam all the time.

Mr. Dershowitz writes a nice column, until he gets to the end, when he says "To make it not work, the entire world must unite in never rewarding terrorism and always punishing those who facilitate it."

In so many ways, far too many to list, the West rewards Islam. They thus have developed a major sense of entitlement. They see no costs to terrorism. They've been engaging in terrorism for many decades, and never get punished for it, except occasionally by the Israelis, such as after the Munich Olympics' massacre.

So, sure, we're supposed to "punish those who facilitate it." And who has been "a" if not "the," major facilitator of terrorism, after Obama's buddies, the Iranians? It's the Saudis and their mega-support of Wahhabi Islam. Now, we're supposed to see them as Trump's new buddies, and maybe even Israel's potential buddies. The Saudis evil bargain has been to financially support Wahhabism, in exchange for leaving the monarchy alone. The West's support of Abbas, and Arafat before him, are beyond shameful. None of these stop.

Today on Fox News, Tony Shaffer and Brad Thor spoke. Brad brought up how both Judaism and Christianity went through their reformations, and that we need to somehow get Islam to go through their reformation.

Wake up, world! This IS the Muslim reformation!

Can't connect the dots? Here they are. The reformation for Christianity was when the Bible finally became available to the masses, and believers discovered grace and the goodness of God toward us. As we read the Bible, we realized that God's love as demonstrated by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to take away our sin is the foundation Stone of our faith.

The Muslims are finally reading and studying the Koran and Hadith - the very documents that demand that all Muslims are to enslave or kill all Infidels.

We are witnessing the Muslim reformation every time a rabid Muslim blows himself up among innocent men, women, and children. But God forbid that this ideology of death or its rabid followers be condemned. God forbid that these killers of mankind have their first amendment Constitutional protection even be questioned!

So here we sit - watching and waiting until they come for us. And so that you are never called an Islamophobe, get out the Sharpie Marker and draw that dashed line around your throat with the words, CUT HERE!

Yes, terrorism persists because it works, but could it also be that it persists because it is firmly grounded and embedded in the teachings of that Great Religion of Peace, particularly in its Wahhabi manifestation?

Could it be that terrorism persists because the Saudis fund the teachings of Wahhabism in thousands of madrasas all over the world, including in the United States?

On May 21, 2017, Elliot Abrams wrote in the National Review:

"Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi Islam is at least a gateway drug for extremism. All around the world, Saudi money is being used to suppress indigenous forms of Islam. Saudi preachers, mosques, and schools teach that local and moderate versions of Islam are impure and must be replaced by the only true version: the Saudi Wahhabi version. But that version of Islam treats unbelievers with contempt and often hatred, oppresses women, and opposes democracy."

Terrorism is like a campfire about to be extinguished. It is easy to revive, just fan the embers, et voila!! The western world still does not get it. All the meetings, conferences, gatherings, discussions, condolences and condemnations, ignore the inability to call a spade a spade. Do not upset the apple cart, do the politically correct thing, and then we can repeat what we have said before as it happens again!

This has been the truth for anyone willing to see it. In fact all Islamic terror acts worldwide are simply copy cats of the "Palestinians" different Islamic gangs of terror, the great innovators for killing mostly Jews. Everybody was changing the channels instead of reacting to the flow of Israeli blood. Now it is their own kin that are the targets of Islamic terror.