Deepak Blames America

by Dorothy Rabinowitz - November 30th, 2008 - Wall Street Journal

For advocates of the root-causes theory of crime, the central story is, ever, the sorrows and grievances of the perpetrators. For those prone to the belief that most eruptions of evil in the world can be traced to American influence and power there is only one subject of consequence.

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The noteworthy point here was the writer's conclusion that the U.S. itself was to blame for the power of these beliefs. "It is easy for Americans to dismiss such thinking as bizarre," Mr. Slackman allowed. But that would miss the point that the persistence of these ideas represents the "first failure in the fight against terrorism." A U.S. failure? Nowhere in the extended list of root causes here was there any mention of the fanaticism and sheer mindless gullibility that is the prerequisite for the holding of such beliefs.

Its very ordinariness speaks volumes about this report. A piece written with evident serenity, the perversity of its conclusions notwithstanding, it's one emblem among many of the adversarial view of the nation that is today entrenched in the culture. So unworthy is the U.S. -- an attitude solidly established in our media culture long before the war on terror -- that only it can be held responsible for the deranged fantasies cherished in large quarters of the Arab world. So natural does it feel, now, to hold such views that their expression has become second nature.

With the youth of America having been brainwashed for 40 years there is little to defend our nation against these idiotic views. The me-me-me generation has their Messiah and now they get to spew such idiocy without fear of contradiction. Who is surprised that Obama would call Pakistan and commiserate with the Muslims about how unfair it was they would be blamed for this Hindu caused massacre. Obama DID NOT of course call India, the perpetrator (along with America) of this horrible episode (according to Obama), since he did not want them to think he cared about their deaths. You think it is insane to believe that India can be blamed for inciting these Muslims to slaughter their people? Then explain why Obama CALLED the MUSLIM leader and DID NOT CALL the HINDU leader. There is no other rational explanation.