You Cannot Kill an Ideology
This article reiterates an oft heard message of just quitting in the face of evil. If you are a defeatist you will never win. When will we learn that good must fight evil? Apparently some folks are defeated before the fight.
By: Leslie Sacks
Deepak Chopra – the most prolific of New Age self-help spiritual gurus – appears to have expanded his mandate to offer guidance in the angst-ridden realm of international affairs.
His résumé speaks for itself – no political, economic, or military training, experience or prior erudition. He has, however, written a series of guaranteed self-help solutions for all our modern-day spiritual needs that compete with American tax laws in awards for repetition and transparent agendas.
Nonetheless, Chopra recently stated on CNN, with accustomed certainty, that “you can kill a terrorist but cannot kill an ideology.” Never mind the past 60 years of American foreign policy – Chopra was born in Delhi, so he understands the Third World, along with all things at all times.
Of course, history is replete with examples of conclusive wars defeating blatant evil, of ideologies waning and disappearing when the price of fanaticism becomes too high.
Most recently, the fundamentalist ideology of al Qaeda has been resoundingly defeated in Iraq by the principles of self-government, freedom and secularism. Certainly Hitler’s Nazism and Mussolini’s Fascism got whacked during the Second World War. And what of Pol Pot’s fanatical collectivism in Cambodia, or the terror-communism of the Baader Meinhof Gang in Germany and the Red Brigades in Italy? None of these once-powerful ideologies are around today in any sort of viable form. And now the Arab world is giving short-thrift to bin-Ladenism, condemned as it is to ignonimity in Waziristan’s endless caves.
Deepak Chopra’s pronouncements ring further hollow given that his “peace at all costs” mantra is most widely consumed in the United States, where freedom has been wrought at enormous cost (military, human and financial). His ideas would not be so welcome (or profitable) in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran or Pakistan, countries and societies that he professes to know so well, ideologies he professes such tolerance towards.
Thus, Chopra joins the ranks of American successes who show boundless deference towards societies that reject them, yet castigate their own country and protector that provides unrivaled freedom of expression.
Indeed, Chopra is a committed member of the “war is never a solution” gang, who see America’s heavy military fist behind every confrontation, at the seat of every radical cause, the wellspring of every extremist’s grievance. To him, there are no irredeemable terrorists, no non-negotiable evils – only freedom fighters and disrespected refugees. Fighting these forces just makes things worse. After all, you cannot kill an ideology. Deepak’s philosophy has its appeal: decide that war is bad and ideology (or anything, for that matter) is never evil, and adapt easily to what everyone wants to hear. Especially, make us all feel good. He’s like the legal Marijuana Man, wafting mellifluously in on CNN’s transmissions and dismissing history’s harsh lessons with his modern-day opiates.
Posted by Leslie J. Sacks
on February 15 2009. Filed under More.
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Not only is Deepak Chopra a shameless apologist for Islamic terrorism, but his many books are all filled with mumbo-jumbo crap to fool gullible Americans like Oprah Winfrey and their kind. I have found his books filled with nauseating, impractical, touchy-feely sentimental hogwash and also only suitable for toilet paper.
mr. Deepak Chopra of India is a smart Pagan Hindu. Mr. Chopra is a receptionist of Ig Nobel Prize for his stellar work on Quantum Physics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra. I will suggest him to read Q'uran and extract some Quantum Q'uran from it..
Such Gutless people will make money by selling their mothers, their land and their culture and on the way, a century down the road their families become Islamic matadors.
The problem in west is not such people but millions of gullible innocents that fall for these charlatans.. The Chopra stores… http://store.chopra.com/ sells all sorts SNAKE OIL all over America..
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Indeed, Chopra is a committed member of the “war is never a solution” gang, who see America’s heavy military fist behind every confrontation, at the seat of every radical cause, the wellspring of every extremist’s grievance. To him, there are no irredeemable terrorists, no non-negotiable evils – only freedom fighters and disrespected refugees. Fighting these forces just makes things worse. After all, you cannot kill an ideology. Deepak’s philosophy has its appeal: decide that war is bad and ideology (or anything, for that matter) is never evil, and adapt easily to what everyone wants to hear. Especially, make us all feel good. He’s like the legal Marijuana Man, wafting mellifluously in on CNN’s transmissions and dismissing history’s harsh lessons with his modern-day opiates."
Deepak's belief system is the typical belief system of the new age movement which all religions are the same and all religions lead to heaven.
Shafee wrote:
"Not only is Deepak Chopra a shameless apologist for Islamic terrorism, but his many books are all filled with mumbo-jumbo crap to fool gullible Americans like Oprah Winfrey and their kind. I have found his books filled with nauseating, impractical, touchy-feely sentimental hogwash and also only suitable for toilet paper."
Deepak appeals to those who are looking for spiritual enlightenment and are in to new age beliefs. Like new age beliefs, a lot of what Deepak teaches is a load of crap and only pseudo-intelligent people like Oprah believe in him.
Also one have to be a complete idiot to believe in anything Deepak says.
I read a recent comment by the Dalai Lama , where he specifically stated that no preaching will work with terrorists because they have a completely different mindset. Understanding the mindset of terrorists implies dealing with them at a different level.
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