"When a foreigner has a terrible experience at the hands of an American, we know America can't count on the affection and allegiance of that one abused foreigner. When people who don't know America are force-fed the worst about us, we can understand their antipathy.He's close to dropping the "it's our fault" explanation. This boy believes in the imperial Islamist vision that the world should turn Muslim. The view, like Communism, needs to be addressed on its own grounds, rather than the typical reflexive position that the "others'" beliefs, when uncomfortable to us, must be responsive or due to our actions. It's deflection - SOP. There's a liberal fear to call a spade a spade if it involves a discovery that the reason someone hates us is, well, they hate our values and culture.
This boy is another result of giving Wahhabis billions, and their return investment in our country.
Exactly.