I am currently reading my autographed copy of Newt Gingrich's latest book, Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America. It's a bit strange to be wading into national and international issues again, after three years of being mired in local issues. In fact, as someone who used to think of himself as a pretty knowledgeable guy on national and international events, I'm realizing I'm going to have at least a two year hole in my knowledge.
Anyway...I read one passage in Newt's book that I thought summed up very well a lot of why Americans don't understand the current war we find ourselves in. The fact is, words matter and the words we choose to describe things effect the way we perceive things. As we all know, perception to often is reality. Here's what Gingrich writes:
"Because post-modern analysts refuse to take religion seriously, we describe "suicide bombers" while our opponents describe martyrs. We see them as psychologically deranged, where they see themselves as dedicated to God."The long and short of it is, as long as our media continues to filter our current military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan through a secular sieve, the public is going to be at a loss to understand the vehement hatred that is being leveled at our troops and our nation.
In other words, you can't take God out of a holy war.
3 comments:
You should pick up da latest copy of Rolling Stone.
And the SP's think defeating Christianity with a defense of Islam is loaded with Wisdom.
NEWT and Medlock said...
"""The long and short of it is, as long as our media continues to filter our current military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan through a secular sieve, the public is going to be at a loss to understand the vehement hatred that is being leveled at our troops and our nation.""""
Well part true. The problem is people understand PICTURES. Try to find the video of the Attack on America.....the JETS flying into the Trade Towers. The FIRE, people jumping to their deaths :-( The cheap liberals and their pathetic leader Clinton training us to be "sensitive" and "diverse" and "inclusion" has brainwashed an entire generation. Liberals want to BLAME us for the deaths, NOT the ATTACK on our soil. REWRITING history for you pothead liberals reading :-(
The real problem.....our schools are NOT teaching true history or patriotism or country pride, just how Uncle Sam has been all bad.
Follow the MONEY.....err follow the VOTES of the "I Hate America" DNC and teachers UNION :-( Johnny cannot read, or know his true US history, just "diversity", and "Inclusion" :-(
By the way, thank the cheap feminists for their trying to make all little boys FEMALES in their thinking :-(
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