[Q] - A big part of the reason for this dismaying American
response to the cartoon affair is, of course, that Islamization hasn’t
progressed as far in America as in Europe, and there’s consequently an
incredible level of ignorance in America both about what’s really
going on in Europe and about the very nature of Islam. In the current
presidential campaign, only a small portion of the electorate seems to
think that the war with jihadist Islam is a major issue. The one
candidate who understood best what we’re up against, and who took it
most seriously, Rudy Giuliani, was ridiculed across the political
spectrum for being obsessed with 9/11 — as if the events of that day
had been some kind of fluke or accident that has virtually no meaning
for us today.
In depressing numbers, in short, Americans seem not to grasp the
lessons of 9/11 — which should hardly be a surprise, considering how
many journalists and politicians keep repeating that the terrorists
are betraying a great and peaceful religion, that jihad means doing
good works, and so on. A while back, in response to rumors that Barack
Obama is a closet Muslim, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof
argued that it would be a matter of utter indifference if the
president of the United States were a Muslim. Of the hundreds of
people who commented on this article on the Times website, the
overwhelming majority applauded Kristof for his extraordinary courage
in standing up to Islamophobia. Only a tiny handful of readers noted
that there are, in fact, good reasons for free people to be concerned
about the possibility of a U.S. president with a devout commitment to
Islamic theology and law. The American media that do report honestly
on the less attractive truths about Islam, moreover, tend to be media
that people are encouraged to look down upon. -
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/who%E2%80%99s-sleeping-more-deeply-%E2%80%94-europe-or-america/
Read the whole thing... preferably out loud at your local Starbucks.
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