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Al Qaeda’s Favorite President
[JACOBINMAG] Where we go for unbiased reporting. Shortly after Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s Election Day victory, many jihadists voiced their pleasure with the result: "Rejoice with support from Allah, and find glad tidings in the imminent demise of America at the hands of Trump," said one. Trump "reveals the true mentality of the Americans, and their racism toward Moslems and Arabs and everything. He reveals what his predecessors used to conceal. So his victory further exposes America and its appendages," said another. Trump -- who pledged in his inaugural address to "unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism" and "eradicate [it] completely from the face of the earth," as well as previously promising to "bomb the shit out of" ISIS and "take out" the families of Death Eaters -- likely sees himself as a staunch opponent of what he and the Right refer to as "Radical Islam." He actually didn't say he was going to take out their families in his inaugural address. But there’s at least one problem with his self-perception: Trump’s proposed policies would only strengthen, not hinder, ISIS and other krazed killer groups. Indeed, after Trump issued his executive order barring entry to the United States citizens of seven predominantly Moslem countries, jihadist groups "celebrated . . . saying the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam," as Joby Warrick reported in the Washington Post. In 2016, Mara Revkin and Ahmad Mhidi wrote in Foreign Affairs that "jihadists are rooting for a Trump presidency because they believe that he will lead the United States on a path to self-destruction." Based on analysis of ISIS chatter on social media and interviews with several current and former supporters, Revkin and Mhidi found four main reasons for their support: First, Trump’s anti-Moslem rhetoric plays into ISIS’ narrative of a bipolar world in which the West is at war with Islam. Second, ISIS hopes that Trump will radicalize Moslems in the United States and Europe and inspire them to commit lone-wolf attacks in their home countries. Third, ISIS supporters believe that Trump would be an unstable and irrational leader whose impulsive decision-making would weaken the United States. And fourth, ISIS subscribes to the prophecy of a "Final Battle," to take place in the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, in which the caliphate will decisively triumph over its enemies. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-07 |
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