Jihadi legitimacy: good public relations + liberal sympathizers

by Infidelesto on August 18, 2009 · Comments

When Hamas recently crushed another Islamic jihad group in gaza, they told gullible Western officials that they were fighting against “extremism”!

It’s just one recent example of how Jihadism is being legitimized through a crafty form of public relations (Taqiyya) as well as a bunch of liberal western journalists who sympathize with the “plight of the Palestinians” yet have no clue about that regions history, and if they did, they completely ignore it based on their own emotions while “on the ground” in Gaza.

Walid Phares wrote a great piece today in HumanEvents about “Jihadi Public Relations“:

How far will terrorists go to cloak themselves in legitimacy? Last week’s action in the Gaza Strip, now governed by the terrorist network Hamas, is a good example.Hamas’ attack against the Jund Ansar Allah (JAA, “The Soldiers or the Partisans of Allah”), a Jihadist group inside Gaza, was intended to provide the Palestinian Islamist organization a pass to become a “mainstream” movement, acceptable internationally as a partner in peace negotiations with Israel. [...]

By now, the “Jund” has been crushed, its Mosque seized and its survivors pursued.

But what are lessons we need to learn from this pool of piranhas, where big Jihadi fish eat little Jihadi fish?

1. According to many commentators on al Jazeera, Hamas chose to finish up the “Jund” as a maneuver to lure the West in general — Great Britain and the United States in particular — into “engaging” the organization, lifting its name from terror lists and adding it to the peace process between the Palestinians and Israel. Hamas spokespersons rushed to say “we too are fighting the extremists, the terrorists as you are fighting them and pursuing al Qaeda,” which resonates greatly in Western ears, especially with the Obama administration and the Brown government: Soon enough sympathizing journalists, apologist academics and even diplomats and envoys will be citing the “glorious” deeds of Hamas as evidence of fight “against terrorism.”

The U.S. narrative lately has been underlining that there is no war against “Global Jihadsim” but a “war against al Qaeda” only. So those in the business of Jihad, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and a plethora of other groups, can make their credential known to the West by slapping some local, little al Qaeda boys, and claiming a green card to the world of “accepted Jihadists.”…

Read the whole thing…

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  • Tonto
    I don't know what the hell is wrong with people. When the obvious facts are in direct opposition with what liberals want to believe, truth just doesn't win. Thre liberal leaders we see in this world are the most self distructive force there is.....idiots! "Oh dear, another bombing? Let's get together and sing goom-by-ya together" HELL FIRE!!!!
  • hellosnackbar
    Who dreamed this one up(the Hamas goodies and the"Jund"baddies).
    Terrorist versus terrorist is what it was(rather like spy versus spy(mad magazines passim))
    It is a paradigm for the corroded mentality of murdering madmen.
    BTW great job done with the new format John!
  • SirWilhelm
    Tonto, the liberals have spent the last 8 years demonizing Bush so they could win the last election. Of course they ignored and twisted the truth so they could gain power, why would they stop now? Yes, the liberals are a self destructive force, ignorant, but not idiotic. They are ignorant of reality because they are convinced they already know what's right better than anyone else, they are true elitists. Hamas is playing up to the liberal media that still supports the liberal viewpoint in order to further their cause, very smart. Never underestimate the enemy.

    One thing I'd like to point out is how the mosque, the Jund HQ, faired in this exchange. It was fought over and suffered damage from both sides. I guess it's ok for Muslims to disrespect mosques, but not infidels, more hypocrisy by Islam ignored by the media.
  • Tonto
    Remember King Hussein of Jordan? He was a good friend to the US and tried to have peace with Israel, and kicked out the palestinian renegades (killing 30,000 of them)....all because his daddy was murdered in a mosque. The islamists or jihadis are pretty pragmatic about mosques. If it would be smart to stable their horses in a mosque, herd their sheep or store weapons from it or fortify it and shoot from one, they'd do it. It is a smart move to hysterically protest any thing that non-islamic people think is non-PC even though muz really don't give a shit....it's just another political ploy. I'd blast every mosque off the planet on their biggest holy days when I'd be guaranteed that the most muz would be there, and feel wonderful over it. Liberals would be screaming and stomping their hankies over it though.
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