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| Flynn’s plan to beat radical Islam starts with schools and social media |
| 2017-02-05 |
| [NYPOST] President Trump’s national security adviser wants to fight not just Islamic Lions of Islam but the "radical ideology of Islam," and he plans to do it from the grass roots up, starting with our children at schools while also using social media. Dealing with the global Islamist threat on a tactical level through dronezaps and arrests hasn’t worked, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn argues, according to his largely overlooked 2016 book, "The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies." He wants to combat it more broadly, using informational warfare, among other things, on a scale not seen since World War II. But first, he writes, the government has to overcome the political taboo of tying Islamic violence to the religion of Islam, including its sacred texts, which he says the enemy is using as a manual of warfare. Last week, Trump asked Flynn to work with the Pentagon and other security agencies to draft a comprehensive plan to not only defeat ISIS on the battlefield but "delegitimize its radical Islamist ideology," and have it on his desk by the end of this month. Advance details of the plan can be gleaned from Flynn’s book. In it, the 33-year Army veteran proposes discrediting the "evil (religious) doctrines" motivating jihadists -- namely the Islamic rewards for martyrdom (or suicidal terrorism) and the totalitarian tenets of Sharia law -- using psy-ops and counter-propaganda, not just through federal government channels but also through "our schools, media and social networks." "If we can’t tackle enemy doctrines that call for our domination or extinction," Flynn writes, "we aren’t going to destroy their jihadis." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 We tried this in AFG. Turned out you not only have to build the schools and provide teachers, you have to guard both 24/7. And the markets the teachers shop in. And the Police units that patrol the areas. And the roads that they travel on. Etc, etc, etc... Lotsa Boots. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-02-05 13:36 |
| #2 start with the Islamic schools K-12 let's see how that works out |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-02-05 08:36 |
| #1 but also through "our schools, media and social networks." Good luck with that, General. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-05 08:25 |