Jonas E Alexis: Israel and the Zionist Regime Sponsor Terrorism!

The systematic use of terror, especially as means of coercion. "It is quite pedestrian for stupid people to fall for stupid ideas. More interesting, and of greater harm to society, is the phenomenon of smart people falling for stupid ideas. Ph.D.s, high IQs, and intellectual honors are not antidotes to thick headed-ness. Ideologues forgo independent judgment, in favor of having their views handed to them. To succumb to ideology, is to put your brain on autopilot. Ideology preordains your reaction to issues, ideas, and people, your views of politics, philosophy, economics, and history." "Despite the conviction and seeming depth of knowledge with which ideologues speak, they are intellectual weaklings, joiners, who defer to systems of belief and charismatic gurus for their ideas. For an intellectual, this is the unforgivable sin. Intellectuals think. When intellectuals let their ideology do their thinking, we can't with any justification continue to label them intellectuals." Daniel J. Flynn, Intellectual Morons. Terrorism, defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, are "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person, or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons." "Terrorism is the illegal use of extreme force and violence for the purpose of coercing a governmental entity or population to modify its philosophy and direction." William E Dyson, Terrorism: An Investigator's Handbook. Jonathan S Tobin of the neoconservative magazine Commentary, declared at the beginning of last month that "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a leading figure in a tyrannical regime that has murdered untold numbers of his own people, and which funds international terrorism, that has claimed the lives of many Americans, including our soldiers in Iraq." More than thirty years ago, the late Carl Sagan declared that extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. Although Sagan did not live up to his skeptical standard on many issues, I partially agree with him on this point. He wrote, "If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You never learn anything new. You become a crotchety old person, convinced that nonsense is ruling the world. There is, of course, much data to support you!