That's not the point, but the nonsense that this administration puts out. Don't these people, I am talking particularly about Psaki, Harf, Schultz, Ernest, look like immature morons to you? It's just embarrassing, people make fun of them I've never seen before.
David Brooks gives a reasoned voice to this perspective.
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The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have treated the problem of terrorism through the prism of our own assumptions and our own values. We have solipsistically assumed that people turn to extremism because they can’t get what we want, and fail to realize that they don’t want what we want, but want something they think is higher
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Well, Brooks is a conservative, and conservatives do share some of the elements of the Islamists' critique of Western materialism, even as they enjoy all the wealth and pleasures that the world affords.
Even on gay marriage, which he supports, he came across condescending with his distinction on how conservatives should justify it (good) versus liberals (bad).
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Haha ;)
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The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have treated the problem of terrorism through the prism of our own assumptions and our own values. We have solipsistically assumed that people turn to extremism because they can’t get what we want, and fail to realize that they don’t want what we want, but want something they think is higher ( ... )
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