The most efficient way to solve a problem is to first break it down to its simplest parts—its bare-bone elements.
This was the ultimate point of a recent article in which I asserted that:
When it comes to the connection between Islam and violence against non-Muslims, one fact must be embraced: the majority of those in positions of leadership and authority in the West are either liars or fools, or both.
No other alternative exists.
Both in the comments section on my site as well as those of other websites that carried the article, and through emails, many begged to differ. They argued that there are other alternatives and my distinction—fool, liar, or both—is too simple.
Some argue that those Western leaders who refuse to connect Islam to violence and terrorism are simply being “politically correct,” or are “cowards,” or are bought-and-paid-for “traitors,” or are worried about their careers, or are intentionally trying to defuse a potential world conflict, i.e., a “clash of civilizations.”
Others argue that many Western leaders sincerely believe that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism because they cannot think outside the box—because they cannot transcend their own Western epistemology; or because they are “delusional,” or overly “optimistic,” etc., etc.
To be sure: Depending on which Western leader and/or talking head is claiming that Islam has no connection to violence—that is, judging on a case by case basis—all of these explanations may be true.
Still, they are only just that—explanations as to why these people are claiming what they are claiming about Islam. None of these explanations changes the fact that what they end up saying is either a direct lie or a product of a soft brain.
Whether it’s due to “political correctness,” “cowardice,” “treason,” or even sincere fear of international conflict, those who claim Islam is free of violence are, in the end, still liars.
Likewise, whether it’s due to mistaken “optimism,” or the inability to think out of the Western epistemic box, or simple delusional thinking, those who cannot accept that Islam is connected to violence are, in the end, still fools.
Incidentally, others argue that “Damage done by deceit is worse than damage done by stupidity, because it is done deliberately.” I beg to differ: damage is damage, irrespective of cause. If someone intentionally runs you over, or if someone accidentally runs you over, the end result is one: you’re dead.
It’s important to understand these distinctions in order to see through the fog. Whatever their motivations, anyone who claims Islam does not teach violence and intolerance against non-Muslims is ultimately a liar or a fool, or a little bit of both—and nothing else.
Once the issue is boiled down to this simple equation, it becomes clear how and why an intrinsically weak Islam has become such a threat to the West: fools and liars are behind the wheel.
How to remedy the situation becomes even clearer: simply renounce and oust them from power. The rest is details.

Ex-muslim says
The West is losing on two fronts:
They are loosing on islam and they are loosing on common sense! Trump was the hope but they are siding with islamists and crucifying him! The West is the anti-Christ! They are very stupid losers!
Jay Boo says
Ex-muslim is a loser for attempting to spoon-feed that defeatist sentiment.
Champ says
Indeed, Jay Boo …”ex muslim” and his defeatist attitude enables evil islam; and he’s also part of the problem of hatred, and not the solution of true peace. Doubt he’ll ever understand how toxic and dangerous his attitude is.
HELEN says
Your so right. It only takes common sense to see what Obama has been up to and Hillary will proceed. Take down whites we’re the majority take down Christianity majority faith and we know the truth because the bible has already spoken of this. Have gun control and use main stream media as smoke screen to make the truth seem like a lie and discredit anyone who gets in the way. Create open borders to Muslim refugees. Establish Islam as peaceful. God’s ultimate will shall be done in the meantime we need to try and bring people to Christ. Keep fighting the good fight. Amen
Michael Laudahn says
I completely agree with this alternative – liars or fools. It’s as simple as that.
Angemon says
Indeed.
linnte says
Our leaders certainly aren’t stupid, else they would not have made it into power. If little ‘ol me can read what Islam is all about by reading the Qur’an so can these “higher educated” leaders. Because the Qur’an is easily accessible, if they haven’t done their homework, they are fools. If they have, then they are liars. Good read Raymond!
Dom107 says
Yes the West are losing in this thing unless we have mass conversions out of Islam into almost anything else although scientific rationalism would be preferred.Hardly likely looking at places where they have already settled and have brought their ignorant and barbaric ways with them.
Trump was the hope for the USA but he has gaffed for the second time by intimating that those supporting the 2nd amendment might have their own solution if Hilary tries to change or modify it.
Really dumb Mr Trump you have changed a probable victory for Hilary into a definite clear victory and if she does get assassinated you will be blamed,she will be a martyr and the 2nd amendment will be history. Even G W Bush wasn’t that stupid !!!
Jay Boo says
Dom107 said,
“Trump was the hope for the USA but he has gaffed for the second time by intimating that those supporting the 2nd amendment might have their own solution if Hilary tries to change or modify it.”
That is Leftist media propaganda.
Hillary has done mush worse in attempting to instigate her Muzzie goons to turn on Trump.
Even if Trump meant it as a joking hint, it might have been only as self defense should a Clinton inspired Muzzie turn on Trump because of Hillary’s instigating, there may be a payback in return. Of course the MSM always gives Hillary a free pass.
Trump is a human being.
Hillary is a beast.
Berengaria says
Please think what you are saying, DONALD TRUMP is our only hope. You dismiss him because of a few statements that you think will offend our enemies.
I can only believe that you are Pro-Lyin’,Crooked,rotten Hillary. She means death for White Christians & the destruction of the USA.
somehistory says
You should read Daniel Greenfield’s article on this subject. It is very enlightening. He writes The Point and can be found on FPM (Front Page Magazine).
pennant8 says
It takes a special kind of fool who is blind to all the empirical evidence about Islam accumulated not from the year 610, but just from the year 1979 which is a date as good as any to mark the resurgence of Islamic jihad in the modern era..
mortimer says
Very good comment. 1979 was the agreed start of the Third Great Jihad.
somehistory says
I was thinking about that very thing during the early morning hours when sleep was far and I had been praying about what is happening and going to happen soon. That very year popped into my head as the year the beast seemed to come back from its death throes.
Berengaria says
We have already been invaded by a violent enemy, now what do we do? We either fight & kill these Muslim savages or they kill us.
The UN & BO regime has carefully selected areas where the Muslims will have the most power in the Government.
Our leaders are already in the army of Allah, & they should be the first to be replaced.
mortimer says
What a situation when the government asks the citizenry to listen to lies and repeat lies while they don’t believe the lies!
We know Obama believes in professionally lying about Islam…he admitted this in a speech on TV in which he asked what would be accomplished by saying ‘Islamic terrorism’?
August_West says
“When it comes to the connection between Islam and violence against non-Muslims, one fact must be embraced: the majority of those in positions of leadership and authority in the West are either liars or fools, or both.
No other alternative exists.”
I quote Orwell –
War = Peace
Ignorance = Strength
Freedom = Slavery
The current slogan:
Islam = Peace
Is only a slight variation on the first of Orwell’s three EngSoc party slogans.
Saying Islam is a Religion of Peace is pure DoubleThink/DoubleSpeak in the true Orwellian sense.
The analogy to Orwell is, in my humble opinion, actually the best way to understand current events.
God Almighty says
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) was Prime Minister of Great Britain four times: 1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892–94. He called the Qur’an an “accursed book” and once held it up during a session of Parliament, declaring: “So long as there is this book there will be no peace in the world.”
Orwell too, was spot on. 🙂
Walter Sieruk says
One of the many reason the the West in not doing as well as it should be in this “War of Idea’s” between the Judeo-Christian west and the Islamic East this because too many Americans and also some Europeans have been infected by and embraced the folly if the concept of “Cultural relativism.” This the philosophical thinking that “There is no absolute truth and that everything is just relative to the society and culture that a person was raised in..Therefore with C.R. philosophy “Every position is just and opinion and equally valid and there is nothing really right or wrong ” What foolishness. . This C.R. means that the current war is just a “was of opinions” This is total nonsense. First, If Americans had really believed cultural relativism during World War Two, then Hitler and his Nazi forces would have won in the end. For what rational America would risk his or her life going going in the war that is based on “just opinion” The reality Hitler was wrong and that is not an “opinion,” Second . if everything is just “opinion” and truth cannot be obtained then the people who have embraced the C.R. idea are just giving their opinion when they speak of what they believe is the truth is and nothing more. For in saying that truth in unobtainable they are stating what they have the truth which they believe that have obtained. They are thus standing in complete contradiction. So Absolutism is what is terrible needed by many American’s and Europeans in order for the West to win in the end against the error and darkness of the forces of Islam with its militant and stealth jihad.
Walter Sieruk says
There is another reason why America is not doing as far and it could have gotten in this current ad terrible and vast conflict between the Judeo-Christian West and the Islamic East . It’s the sad fact ,to my disgust , viewing from firsthand observation that too many Americans too shallow ,as in too simple minded to investing time effort and money in reading and study in the subject of Islam and it’s different kinds of jihad .Be it stealth and militant jihad. All the while many Muslims are engaging in their Islamic quest . This is in contrast to many who America, have their priorities wrong and instead in going to the internet and looking up pamelageller.com or buying some of Pamela Geller’s books and reading them or buying other books as the one by the former Muslim who is now a Christian ,Mark A, Gabriel who wrote ISLAM AND TERRORISM . Those Americans only invest their effort , time and money as things, being sports as football and baseball. Some sports are OK but to care less about this war in just in games , sometimes even siting at a bar with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand is awful. Shame of those Americans . This is just as Brigitte Gabriel had written in her book which is entitled BECAUSE THEY HATE .For in the book she stated things well . For she wrote “The West is ignorant and refuses to learn.” By the way, I hope that no America was offended by this .Nevertheless its’ the truth and needed to be keyboarded.
linnte says
This American is not offended Walter. Not at all. Because it is true. I tell Americans and British folks every day on my Facebook feed to READ THE QUR’AN and find out for themselves what Islam is about. Why on earth should I EVEN have to tell them? Shouldn’t they just naturally have some curiosity about Islam? I tell them that NOT reading Islamic texts yet SUPPORTING Islam, is like voting for a candidate who you have no idea what their political platform is! It’s ludicrous. When I hear people talk about some TV show as if it’s the best thing that is happening in their life, I just want to scream at them.
Mong says
It’s somewhat foolish at this stage to even entertain the idea that western leaders are miraculously ignorant to the nature of Islam. They’ve been living in the same world as the rest of us. Of course they know what Islam is all about. They’re either on board with the islamisation of the west, or they’re trying to avoid global conflict. If they’re trying to avoid global conflict, they’re going about it in the wrong way as their actions are encouraging conflict. If you had two children prone to fighting in the playground, you’d keep them away from each other not lock them in a room together. So it seems as though western leaders are accepting of islamisation. I have no idea why. Maybe the Saudis have said they’ll only sell oil to sharia complient countries. I’m guessing and I don’t believe that to be the case. However, let’s think of possible reasons why western leaders would accept islamisation. If we can’t think of any credible reasons then there probably aren’t any and western leaders might just be incompetent after all.
somehistory says
Fools. Because if they are liars, then they are also fools. Intelligent, non-fools, realize that lying has only bad consequences. There may seem to be a benefit, but it is not ever a real benefit to lie and the end result is always bad. Honesty is the only way. Be honest, seek truth, speak truth.
Fools, because lying is a foolish thing to do. And if they actually believe what they are saying, they are still fools for believing a pack…an unholy book…of lies.
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
There is a very specific kind of woman. This woman I speak of is the kind of woman that will start a relationship with a man that has a GLARINGLY obvious problem, like heroin addiction. She will throw herself headlong into this relationship. She will do it because she simply loves the man beneath the problem. She sees past the problem. She sees some kindness beneath the madness of his death spiral. When he’s not destroying everything before him, including his own family and friends, he can be kinda nice. This woman is an enabler, pure and simple. Western Leaders who have embraced islam ARE this woman. Islam is the junkie in the depths of addiction and despair.
If you have ever seen the show Intervention, the psychologists that perform the intervention council the family and friends of the addict. They always tell the family the same thing every time: “You HAVE to cut them off from your life completely! You are enablers, and as the addicts’ family, you are only contributing to the problem.” The psychologists drill this point into the families’ heads. They let the family know that if the addict continues his/her terrible life choices, that the separation must be complete and absolute. No exceptions.
The day will come when we’re going to have to listen to the experts who know what they’re talking about. I’m talking about experts like Robert Spencer and Sam Harris, and Geert Wilders, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Enough of islam! It’s time to be grown-ups and cut them off! No more!
linnte says
You are absolutely correct! Having worked in Addiction Services, this is essential for the addict to hit rock bottom, and turn themselves around. And it’s the reason I think Islam must be banned and sent back to their sandbox where they belong.
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
I think the only inconsistency in my analogy is that a heroin addict is FAR more likely to make a positive recovery. I don’t see that potential in Islam. It’s time for tough love.
linnte says
Correct again. The heroin addict has two choices, clean up or die. Many DO make the right choice. I don’t see Muslims making this choice 🙁
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
Also, I like your hitting rock bottom analogy. It seems fitting. Islam needs to hit its rock bottom. Based on the state of islam right now, their rock bottom would be something utterly horrific. And i, for one don’t want them to be in OUR countries when it happens.
linnte says
Geeze yes! No rock bottom here because that will mean civil war. Banning Islam would cause them to become violent. So we are up against the rock and the hard spot ALWAYS! Even Liberal Americans would fight beside the poor Muslims. What a nightmare time we are living in! Lock and load ’em!
Kiel says
I cannot agree more. As a psychologist, I recognise your image of the family and the addict. Countless women have been sitting in my consulting chair bereaved of their former relationship with a psychopath. Too late they followed the advice to get the hell out of there. Partnership with a psychopath is an abrogation. The same holds true for the infamous Islam.
Debi Brand says
Excellent, Sir, as always.
abel & solomon says
If you have been following the news in France very carefully, you will have seen that since the Cardinal of France made a public declaration that Islam’s Allah was a false God the number of terror attacks in that land has fallen to zero. This proves that, as we predicted in our book Islamic Apocalypse, proving the theological falsity of their religion does break the confidence of Islamist terrorists. Here’s a couple of short extracts;-
There is no god but God, so who is Allah?
Is Allah the Satan of the Bible? As we have seen Allah admits urging people into hell, he and his fallen angels are in charge there (74:30); “have We not only appointed angels to be wardens of the Fire…”. He assigns a demon to each Muslim (7:27); “We appointed devils as companions…” and thus fits Satan’s description as “Beelzebub, Prince of Demons”.
Can a tolerant society overcome intolerance?
The Koran teaches Muslims that they will be successful and that non-believers are losers. The statement (47:32) “those who disbelieve…the way of Allah…He will make their actions fruitless”, can be pragmatically scrutinised and proved false. There is not a single Islamic nation in the world’s ten most prosperous by overall GDP. Indonesia is the first Islamic nation coming in 16th just ahead of the rather unreligious Netherlands who have a similar GDP but a population nineteen times smaller. And it is not because Muslims are not hard working, it is because Islamic culture and Sharia law hinder economic growth. Are there not thousands of Muslims begging, risking their lives to get to Europe, the USA and Australia to find work? Many non-Muslim countries are more prosperous than Islamic nations, this is an undeniable fact. We have to show Muslims the Koran is wrong. As soon as Muslims understand that the Koran is not perfect and infallible, they will start to doubt that it is the word of God, and then their confidence in carrying out jihad will fall rapidly. It really is as simple as that.
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TinkyWinky says
Non islamic countries may be far wealthier, but that does not mean the islam will lose.
Islam needs to be fought at all cost. Otherwise the whole world will be under islamic rule. Look how far the followers of Muhammed ( a thief, murderer, rapist etc) got so far.
At least 1.6 billion followers. From Indonesia to Marocco. Only the Chinese know to deal with them so far.
elizabeth dickman says
The West will never win against Islam as long as Islam is referred to as a RELIGION.
Islam is NOT a religion. It is an ideology, a radical cult and a form of government with a set of laws and nonsense dreamed up in the head of a madman who molded it to suit his personal whims. Regarding it as a religion allows for its protection and opens the doors to Mosques, which provide an incubator for Islam’s dangerous tenets.
How foolish our presidents are with all their falderal about the religion of peace. How sanctimonious those elected officials who defend Islam and even appoint them to the bench and tolerate Sharia law. Sickening!
Mr Flagio says
But you do have to be some sort of psychopath to brazenly lie and KNOWINGLY put people at immense risks by those lies.
common sense says
Chronic wrong Kerry is in the picture soooo:
“Fools and liars are absolutely interchangeable” – actually kinda true but could not resist. Eat your spinach kids!
Manuele says
John Kerry is getting used to the Muslim’s pointed fingure salute. I SAY HEY JOHN KERRY, DON’T YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS MUHAMMAD’S SIGN WHICH MEANS, SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS AND SMELL IT.