The Noble Lie

A while back, there was a huge ruckus over a new children's show on HAMAS television that used a Mickey Mouse lookalike to spread hatred of Israel, racist stereotypes about Jews, and an ideology that supports the downfall and destruction of the above. He was recently joined by a Bugs Bunny lookalike.

• HAMAS Mickey Mouse - teaching kids to hate and kill
• Bugs Bunny lookalike declares "I will eat the Jews"

The fact that such blatant propaganda directed at children is reprehensible goes without saying. It is amoral, calculating, deceptive, and because of the vulnerable nature of the targets, highly successful at inculcuating the desired mind-set in the victim. Some have pointed to this as evidence of the cruel and barbaric nature of HAMAS and Muslim Palestinians. Lest we forget, the HAMAS Bugs Buuny lookalike has nothing on the violent, racist antics of the original Bugs Bunny (brought to us by Jewish producer Leon Schlesinger). From Africans with lips bigger than their faces, to our slant-eyed, buck-toothed sadistic Jap enemy in WWII, to the stone-faced, screaming Hun, American cartoon characters have spread racism and ridicule of the sub-human "other" for decades. Let's not forget also that nowadays, cartoons ridiculing Mohammed are tres chic.

Whenever I see this stuff, I think about the fact that Muslim "charities" such as HAMAS and WAMY were in many ways birthed and protected by western intelligence agencies. One of the articles mentions that this programming is aired using electricity from Israel (much like Iraq is now powered by "American" electricity -- since we took what was theirs and made it "ours"), and I wouldn't be surprised if western money and expertise isn't going into this operation, as I see this more of a class war (the brainwashers vs. the brainwashed, regardless of race, nationality, religion). Even Hirohito was a Knight of the Garter, after all.

How did such an extreme group as HAMAS become so popular among Palestinians? Pretty simple, really, the same way most violent extremists (including Hitler) came to power. They come onto a desperate and oppressive scene. They give food, shelter, and provisions to the victims of Israeli occupation. They rebuild what Israel destroys.

It's almost a formula. Build a dedicated corps of loyal, desperate people with nothing to lose and nobody else to turn to. Shore up the bonds of solidarity within that group by giving them an enemy to pin their problems on. Crack down on dissent or "softness" to the "other" within the group. Eventually there is no safe haven except to stay within the group and obey their strictures. Meanwhile, the other camp is doing the exact same thing to their people.

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