My latest: Islamism, the Lefts Moral Blackhole. Read: open.substack.com/pub/sjhyde/p...

It’s disturbing, yet fitting that Islamist elements in Yemen would produce propaganda that closely resembles Nazi Der Stürmer propaganda. When you consider the historic relationship between the Islamists and the Nazis much of what drives the wars against Israel becomes clear.

In a culture dominated by decadent leftism, paralyzed by its unwillingness or inability to grasp how jihadists operate, delusion becomes the inevitable. The past year has been nothing but a psychological stress test for the West—a collective experiment in self-deception. Far too many have failed.

Books have been written about what can be found in this image. When entire theological projects rest upon the delegitimization of the Jews to grant themselves legitimacy, its no surprise that Islamic Palestine & the Catholic Church appear to be a match made in heaven—or Paradise.

Yes, its positive to see the Assad-Russia-IRGC-Hezbollah axis lose ground in Aleppo. But to imagine Salafi-jihadists stepping into their place as a sign of progress is a dangerous delusion.

We need to stop lying or consenting to being lied to about the problem. Oct 7 should have made the connection between Islamist bullying in the West and Jihadi violence in the ME clear. That it didn’t, and instead led to more confusion, is what makes the violence on the streets of Montreal inevitable