Muslim deception and public opinion

Hat tip to Cox and Forkum for the cartoon. You can read their related commentary and links HERE.

I don't think I need to say much about this, as it's being talked about all over the blogosphere. The Cox & Forkum site has some very good links to blogs that are talking about it in detail.

Here is a link to one article not on their list, which I think is must-reading. It deals with the staged Qana incident, but a portion applies to the Reuters scandal as well, because both eminate from the same souce of Muslim deception:

Stage-Managed Massacre An excerpt:

...Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, declared that “War is deceit.” Specifically, he taught that lying was permissible in battle.[1] While the doctrines of religious deception (taqiyya and kitman) are most often identified with Shi’ite Islam, and ostensibly rejected by Sunnis, because they were sanctioned by the Prophet, they can still be found in traditions that Sunni Muslims consider reliable, and are practiced among Salafis. Jihadists today have spoken of the usefulness of deceptive practices.

Americans and Westerners are not used to dealing with carefully orchestrated and large-scale deception of this kind. It is time that it be recognized as a weapon of warfare, and an extremely potent one at that. Qana has already largely accomplished what it was supposed to. It will now take its place beside the Danish cartoons, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and all the rest as a useful focal point for Muslim outrage and a magnet for jihad recruitment. The dhimmi Leftist Western press is happy, for it can again show America and Israel as guilty in the world’s site. The mujahedin are happy, for jihad and Sharia will advance still more. The only people who couldn’t possibly be happy with this are the Israelis and others on the front lines of the jihad worldwide...

(bold emphasis mine) The media can all too easily be used to manipulate perception, to the point where the perception of a situation becomes more important than the reality. When not enough people question the perception and expose it's faults, it takes precedence over the reality. The false perception becomes the propaganist's victory.

The MSM seems to more than willing to let itself be used by Muslim propagandists. Qana is only one example, as we are now finding out about doctored photos and misleading captions from Reuters as well. Bloggers are exposing this, even though it is supposedly the MEDIAS job to verify information they publish. Clearly, they can't be bothered, or worse; it's intentional on their part. Is it any wonder the MSM is becoming the Jihadist's favorite weapon? So friendly and accessible, so easy to use...

These fakes were uncovered because they were so poorly done. How many other "good" fakes have managed to go undetected? Don't we deserve better?


Related Links:

Reuters employee is Judophobic
Thank God for tracable IP numbers.

Extreme Makeover - Beirut Edition
It seems Reuters isn't the only one...