“At the same time, I think Wilders was stupid to claim that the ruling elite are “waging total war.” It’s a lazy claim — intended more to incite than to inform — and it’s probably not true.”
Actually, Wilders understands his target audience, who are the average Dutch, European, and American who are on the slumber and who are just now, beginning to awake.
His claims aren’t lazy at all, they are important clarion calls, yes, to wake up the citizenry to the evils of Radical Islam. It’s too late for the Radical Muslims are coming. They are among us. Rouse them...incite them...whatever the hell it takes...Wilders is on the money.
Not so. It's an incitement against an entirely different group: the "multicultural elites."
Wilders is fighting a different battle than you think he is -- he's really fighting against his political rivals. "Radical Islam" appears to be the club he's using to attack his political rivals.
And, as such battles usually go, it will most likely turn into a battle of personalities and therefore go nowhere.