“Losing the War of Ideas”

With the proviso that, in my opinion, the “jihadists” distort and misrepresent the authentic original meaning of jihad, I think this article is correct:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/02/losing_the_war_of_ideas_127966.html

Right at the moment, I think that the world is indeed losing the battle with jihadism — and that this will have horrifying and massively lethal consequences in the not-too-distant term.

I also believe that jihadism needs to be engaged not only militarily but intellectually, culturally, and socially — and that many of our leaders are in short-sighted denial about the reality of what we face.

I wish America had a president.

(Thanks to Loran Blood for calling my attention to this item.)