Say Anything To Get Your Way

Over and over again, we hear from right-wing propaganda shills that "Islamofascist jihadists" are an existential threat to western civilization itself because they are foaming-at-the-mouth rabid religious fanatics who believe that it is the will of Allah that a new caliphate be established and sharia law be imposed on all the peoples of the world. We are told that they are so irrationally fanatical, and so certain of their ultimate reward as to be impervious to reason and unresponsive to diplomacy; therefore we must exterminate them. On the other hand, those same shills tell us that any criticism of the Great, Grand, and Glorious Leader (aka "the Decider") will "embolden" the enemy. Tell me: how do you embolden a fanatic? If, indeed, he believes that his deity is on his side, no "emboldening" would be necessary, or even possible! No, these seemingly contradictory statements are both in service of the imperialist agenda of the right wing--statement one to justify a never-ending GWOT, statement two to squelch and demonize opponents of that agenda.