Continuing the theme from yesterday (sort of), let’s assume for the sake of argument that the Republican National Committee is wrong, and that ISIS is not performing horrific and brutal acts of mass murder around the world just to get gun control repealed in the U.S. So if that’s not it, then just what is it that people like that would want from the U.S.?
I’m sure they would be very disappointed in Obama’s recent speech. Instead of fiery rhetoric, calls for violent retaliation, and blaming all Muslims everywhere for the actions of a small band of extremists, our president is calling for careful steps and well coordinated multi-national response. Total buzzkill, right?
But from the perspective of ISIS leaders, there is one American politician who is doing everything right: Calling for immediate and violent military response, universal registration of Muslim Americans, and banning of travel by any Muslim to the United States.
I am speaking, of course, of Donald Trump.
From the perspective of an ISIS leader (as well as we can ever understand such a perspective) the Donald is perfect. He is giving them absolutely everything they want, on a silver platter. The eerie accuracy with which he says exactly what ISIS would most want an American politician to say is uncanny, breathtaking in its precision, eerily efficient in its potential for helping to encourage new recruits to join their insane cause.
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would say that Donald Trump is working for ISIS. The alignment between his words and what ISIS wants American politicians to say is just that uncannily good.
But I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I think he’s just incredibly stupid and irresponsible. Although I wouldn’t be completely surprised if it turned out that there was a hidden ISIS mind control device underneath the man’s hairpiece.
I mean, think about it logically: Why else would anybody wear something like that on their head?