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The Motivations of Men (II)

Mark Shea is making sense: As long as we prefer to console ourselves that “they hate us because we are free” instead of taking into account the actual reasons they hate us, we will not understand their motivations and we will not be able to wage war against them. Note that: wage war, not “Pity […]

Mark Shea is making sense:

As long as we prefer to console ourselves that “they hate us because we are free” instead of taking into account the actual reasons they hate us, we will not understand their motivations and we will not be able to wage war against them. Note that: wage war, not “Pity them” and not “come to see things their way”. A basic rule of common sense in war is “understand your enemy”. If you don’t you will be blindsided when they do not act according to your expectations. Hitler was blind-sided by the British refusal to subscribe to his race theory and break off the war against fellow Aryans. The French were stunned that the Germans did not just look at the Maginot Line and give up. And Americans are perplexed that our crazy and inconsistent dealings with various Islamic regimes seems only to swell the ranks of Al-Quaeda. It can’t be anything we’re doing. So it can only be due to the fact that Muslims are a differenct species whose mental processes are inexplicable.

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