Peace to you, Yaacov ben Moshe!

Speculating on the motivations and tactics of an enemy from an alternate cultural dimension is always a dicey proposition isn’t it? The JINSA analysis is really a perfect fit though- not only because it was exactly in line with my own- but because it fits the whole cultural analysis.

My foundational posts on fascism, Kundera and Solzhenitsyn complete the picture- Willingness (even eagerness) to sacrifice friends and foes alike for the goals (destroy Israel and the west, then institute Shari’a), the worthlessness of the individual, the lack of any humor or recognizable warmth of feeling and the uncanny ability to exploit the openness and democracy of the enemy and turn them against him.

I’ll grant I perhaps use “point of view” and “bias” interchangeably; perhaps a dangerous imprecision in today’s culture. It was certainly not intended as a criticism. Everyone who communicates has a point of view and understanding that helps in understanding the text. What I don’t like are those who pretend they have no POV/bias but will weasel their views into a piece subtly or by omission of certain details. I don’t think anyone who reads your excellent blog will ever mistake your passion for the subject and desire for the West to wake up to the foxes gnawing at our tent ropes.

I know much less (almost nothing) about JINSA as an organization, however. While I think JINSA’s assessment is as logical as it is chilling (and demonstrative), I can’t – in my own effort to be as accurate and honest as possible – assign unquestioned credibility to their report without taking more time to research this further; time I didn’t want to take before calling attention to your passionate warning. Hence, my own caveat. What I tried to do with my conclusion was indicate that while some might dismiss the watchdog as too-vigilant, we ignore his barks at our peril.

My only issue with your very thought provoking post is the way in which you speak of my point of view as a “bias”. I would contend that there is a major difference between point of view and bias and that, on the whole, I am careful not to let my personal biases get in the way of my writing- or at least never to allow them to blind me to reasonable and substantial alternatives- Unless, of course, you are referring to my freely admitted bias in favor of being as accurate and honest as possible and toward placing a higher value on life and liberty than on not offending others with direct speech. I do not think that you will find anything that I have written that sacrifices accuracy for the enforced decorum of “correctness”

I suggest that there is nothing biased about discussing the problems that are created by people who are on record as having sworn to kill you and destroy the two countries dearest to your heart. Not to do so would, indeed, be equivalent to cutting off your own fingers to feed to the dogs.