16 March, 2026
From September 2012 to May 2013, I was a Fulbright grantee in Cairo studying Islamic philosophy and Arabic. Since I was recognizably Western and spoke Arabic reasonably well, I had grown accustomed to having impromptu political debates, especially with people who wanted to interrogate me about America’s support for Israel.
I once found myself in a taxi with two other passengers: a w...
The article’s core narrative—that we are systematically “capitulating” to a global jihadist threat—operates through a sophisticated Motte-and-Bailey technique (ARC-0043). The author begins with seemingly undeniable facts – recent attacks, media silence – and then constructs a more extreme interpretation: that this represents a deliberate, coordinated effort by a global movement to undermine Western values. This framing immediately creates a binary: either we confront the threat head-on, or we pa...