I didn't read all of that, but I read enough of it. Part of the problem is "moral equivalence". You can see the Associated Press' and Reuters' photos are all from destroyed Lebanon areas, and CNN as well as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times carry these photos, nearly exclusively. Look at the damage wrought by the Jews. Never mind the damage wrought by the muslims. This brings guilt onto the liberal western democracies -- guilt of supplying the evil forces with bombs that caused all this destruction.
The "guilt" is second to the need for oil. Guilt isn't the primary weapon of the jihadists.
There is also flat out fear. Fear of moslem riots and retaliation, all over the world, for saying anything critical about their global jihad and caliphate. It's fear of the oil being shut off, but it's fear of physical violence, as well. The NYTimes and CNN will get kicked out of Saudia Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Burma, Indonesia, and China...if they don't play by the rules specifically set by those countries. This is where the "guilt" comes in. It's easier to side with jihadists, because you know the western liberal democracies are less violent toward it's citizens.
Stockholm syndrome. You are safer if you're aligned against the people who won't kill you. This is the "guilt" that inhabits the west, the NYTimes, CNN, and all the other dhimmi. General Patton called them "yellow bastards", and I have come to the conclusion that he was right.
So, I do agree that psychology in warfare is important. But in this specific war against islam -- islam as it is currently being taught in the madarassas all over the world -- the element of psychology is less "typical" than the western liberal textbooks have it defined.
I also support the Great Khan's philosophy (and Churchill's). Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Gloat as the women and daughters wrap themselves about your breast, bewailing their lost men. However, rather than gloat, I'd tear down most of the historical monuments (in the case of islam, I'd tear down all of the religious monuments and actually leave the cultural monuments standing [not like there that many of them which are seperate from the religion, mind you]), rebuild all the infrastructure, then make mandatory learning instiutions -- complete with corporal punishment -- that focused on medicine, engineering, mathematics, and to a lesser degree, art.
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