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From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 7:58 PM To: Bill Siegel Subject: Re: Fro- The Control Factor - Frontpage Magazine interview I already rad it. congragulations hope to see you soon On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Bill Siegel=< > wrote: Bill Siegel hopes this might be of interest to you: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-=lazov/the-control- factor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/ The Control Factor: Our =truggle to See the True Threat February 8, 2013 By Jamie Glazov <http://frontpagemag.com/aut=or/jamie-glazov/> Comments (6) <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glazov/the-con=rol-factor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/#idc-container> 22 =a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glazov/the-control-factor-our=struggle-to-see-the-true- threat/print/" title=""Print This Post&quo=; " target="_blank"> Print This Post <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie- glazov=the-control-factor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/print/> <=p> <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glazov/the-control-factor-=ur-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/siegel/> FrontPage Interview=E24rt guest today is Bill Siegel, a lawyer and business executive. He =as been a producer of several documentary films and assists numerous non-p=ofit organizations. He is the author of =he Control Factor: Our Struggle to See the True Threat <http://www.amazon.com/C=ntrol-Factor-Struggle-True-Threat/dp/0761858229> .<=p> FP: Bill Siegel, welcome to FrontPage Interview. Congratulations on this brilliant book. It is without question one of t=e most vital works of our time. let's begin wi=h what inspired you to write it. Siegel: Thanks for having me Jamie. As a young boy born=in the mid 1950s, I was fascinated with footage of Hitler and the Third Re=ch and could never understand how the Jews of the time could not see the a=il that seemed so obvious. Not yet appreciative of the benefit of hindsight, I could not com=rehend the blindness. Following 9/11, like so many others, I began to stud= Islam, its history, its current movements, terrorism and so on. As I woul= learn one stunning aspect after another, I would discuss them w=th friends and associates. Rather than confront the facts I would present,=they would find one clever way after another to avoid the frightening trut= of what America and the West truly EFTA_R1_01659050 EFTA02521723 face. Their fear appeared obvious=to me. I began to catalog many of my friends' different maneuvers =o dispel the anxiety that they found so difficult to endure. The more I fo=used on their mental processes (as well as my own) the more I began t= see a structure to the mental endeavor and to understand what I had, as a=child, found so difficult to explain. FP: Tell us about the Control Factor, what you describe as Q=9Cthat effort our minds enga ge in in order to keep us blind" and that "process of a voiding seeing the threats we face." It's also about, as yo= state, trying to believe that the threat is under our control, when in fa=t it is not. Kindly enlighten us as to these profound insights you make in=terms of the Control Factor. Siegel: First, let's distinguish the "real w=rld" where real battles are taking place from the mental battlefie=d which occurs in each of our minds. We tend to believe our perceptio=s are simply clear realizations of what is "out there" and=overlook how much our internal worlds can literally determine what we=see. When our internal minds become anxious and sense a loss of "c=ntrol," they tend to concoct ways to distort our perceptions so as=to restore that sense of inner control. I describe the Control Factor as a= "active and continuous process" designed to maintain that=sense, if not illusion, of control. We natural ly think that our thinking and feeling processes are passive; that they ju=t happen. Yet when faced with truly frightening prospects, the mind is gea=ed to actively distort. Similarly, the sense of contro= must be continuously maintained so the Control Factor operates constantly= In turn, the sum of this active and continuous undertaking makes these pe=ceptions all the more familiar and thus seemingly all the more "re=l." In one sense, the Control Factor is the mechanism of what Andy=McCarthy entitled one of his numerous excellent books- willful blindness. =he Control Factor is cleverer than we are aware; that is almost tautologic.' as, if our minds are to create ways to keep us in denial, they must out =aneuver our conscious thinking. Since World War II, America has had limited experience with threats comi=g to the homeland. Most of America's history has been about Q=9Cover there," where we have always known that if things got too out of hand (e.g. Vietnam) we could always ret urn home. The current generations, for a wide array of reasons, have had vi=tually no experience with a threat to this land. (The documentary, is interesting on this point). Co=sequently, the process of waking up to such a threat parallels the arc of = typical horror film. In such a film, there is typically a cast of charact=rs surrounding one or two main characters. We in the audience know there i= a threat coming — be it a monster, a virus, a psycho killer, an a=ien, the blob that ate Cincinnati etc. This threat is typically defin=d by its intent- the singular goal of destroying the characters. Much of t=e initial exposition shows how the characters first are oblivious to the d=struction the threat brings about, then explain it in familiar terms only =o finally open their eyes to see that something uniquely terrifying is hap=ening. The next stage usually involves a series of failed attempts to deal=with the threat- from trying to negotiate with it, to appease it, to coax it, to threaten it =ith ineffective weapons and so forth. Most of these failings are due to no= adequately appreciating the threat for what it truly is and projecting on=o it a host of other attributes instead. The final stage generally involve= a back-up-against-the-wall decision by whichever characters remain alive.=I named this the "turnaround moment" when the character be=omes willing to be as ruthless as the threat. That change in mental state =s necessary to ensure survival. Ultimately, the storyline is a race for wh=chever characters remain to wake up fully and use whatever advantages they=may still have to beat the threat. This is the same arc our minds go through in battling our own Control Fa=tors, our own compulsions to deny that which is staring us in the face. Ul=imately, the question is whether we will be able to wake up while we still=have advantages and give ourselves permis sion to fully fight the battle we are in. I said earlier that there is a structure to the Control Factor. To oversimplify, I vi=w it much as a pyramid where on the bottom are the many minute by minute t=oughts that are manipulated. I call this level of maneuvers the many =E240.0D's" as they include the psychological defenses su=h as distortion, denial, demonization, deflection, deletion, detachment, d=lusion, displacement, discolorization and so forth. Layered upon these are=moves such as projection, where we can assign to our Islamic Enemy traits =e wish to see in them or introject traits from them into ourselves th=t we wish not to acknowledge. These maneuvers involve a mixing of identiti=s where we actually lose clarity about who 2 EFTA_R1_01659051 EFTA02521724 we are and who the enemy is. Pr=jection and introjection are active almost across the board. It is always =elpful, for instance, to ask how what the enemy accuses us of is more appr=priately descriptive of it. When we add Western Guilt and Shame, our need =o be liked, and other psychological dimensions, basic thoughts solidify into larger fantasi=s. As these narratives ("Our courts will =ever allow that," "As a superpower we will always be able =o win any fight we put our minds to," "Assimilation will e=sure Muslims are westernized" ...) gain consent from others =hey tend to guide us deeply and become infused on our policies. Ultimately= what emerges is a relationship we take with our Islamic Enemy that parall=ls that between an addict and an enabler. Emblematic of this relationship =s the "transfer of responsibility" in which we assume resp=nsibility for the enemy's behavior who is addicted to transferring=it away from itself. The Control Factor actively maintains this =elationship and makes changing that relationship as difficult a chore as a=y addict finds in breaking his addiction. And just as an addict needs to d=vote serious effort and con sciousness to his addiction, so must we devote great energy to unders tanding how the Control Factor ultimately sabotages us. FP: Describe the threat we face in our Islamic enemy. And you talk =bout the three levels of jihad against us. What are they? Siegel: Simply stated, our Islamic Enemy seeks the totalitarian d=mination of Islam throughout the world — Islamic supremacy. It see=s to have the West submit to Islam. Obviously, this does not mean that eve=ybody becomes a Muslim. Islam, in all its varied expressions, permits dhim=is- those Christians, Jews, and some others who are permitted to remain as=protected non-Muslims as long as they submit to an inferior status. What i= critical is that Shariah (Islamic Law) ultimately rules the world. Jihad, loosely, is the effort/struggle to see this vision through. The m=st obvious method of Jihad is through violence; it is the one most familia= to most Westerners and almost all of the Koranic references to Jihad are based in violence. The Violent Jihad includes al-Qaeda an= its offshoots as well as other groups that formed around the globe indepe=dent of al-Qaeda. It also obviously includes the violence from Islamic nat=ons such as the Islamic Republic of Iran whose constitution specifies such=vision. It also includes, however, various militant groups and training ca=ps here in the US as well as ad hoc efforts of individuals.<=p> Since 9/11, there have been something in excess of 15,000 Violent Jihadi= attacks across the globe. However, as terrible as this is, we have a tend=ncy in the West to think that the only dimension of threat we face comes f=om violence. While the Bush administration helped initiate this think=ng, the Obama administration has actively abused it by limiting any discus=ion of the threat we face to al-Qaeda and some other terrorist groups=abroad. As frightening as these groups are, we can get some ease from thin=ing they are a band of "extremists limited in number, weaponry, sophisticati on, and means. Stunningly, Hillary Clinton recently estimated that there ar= only about 50,000 "homicidal" violent extremists around t=e world who simply have been able to project power much greater than their=number should allow. Here the Control Factor makes the threat appear more =asily manageable. Jihad, however, is pursued in other often even more effective ways =hich I have grouped into three "levels." A second more ins=dious level of threat is what the Muslim Brotherhood itself called the 41)=804oCivilization Jihad." It is the effort to infiltrate all aspec=s of our society, peacefully according to our laws, in order to later be i= position to sabotage and destroy it from the inside. The Civilization Jih=dists have learned the culture and rules of the territories they seek to c=mmand and use those rules to maneuver—specifically using our freed=ms to destroy our freedoms. They use "lawfare" to seek changes in our laws so as to push Shariah into our society. Your read=rs should read Daniel Pipes and Brooke Goldstein's Lawfare Project=material and others to fully appreciate how cancerous this activity has be=ome. This includes intimidating in a variety of ways anyone who speaks out=against them or Islam and seeking to squelch our treasured broad right to =ree speech so as to ultimately prevent any criticisms of Islam. Once criti=ism of Islam is prohibited, little can stop it from cascading throughout t=e culture. The Civilization Jihad includes situating such Jihadists in critical pos=tions in the society, in the government, in the legal system, the military= and elsewhere. It includes the control over university programs that dist=ibute propaganda about Islam and Islamic history which then filters down t=roughout textbooks for even younger students. It 3 EFTA_R1_01659052 EFTA02521725 includes control over mos= of the nation's mosques and local Imams guiding the mess ages engaged Muslims are receiving. Most troublesome are the Muslim groups (CAIR, ISNA, MSA and others associated and/or joint venture partners =ith the Muslim Brotherhood) supposedly interested in "outreachQ=8* which know how to appear Westernized and interested in the goals of =estern Civilization. They have fooled a large part of our authorities and =edia due in part to their patience and willingness to chip away, one airpo=t prayer room, one frivolous intimidating lawsuit, one Congressman or CIA =fficer, one mosque, one ruling at a time. Particularly in the US, given our deep attachment to freedom as well as =ultural and psychological tendencies toward diversity, Western guilt =nd expectations of truthfulness, this effort is devious and difficult to u=root. The Civilization Jihadists present one face to the American public w=ich is completely at odds with their true agenda and how they deal in priv=te. Jamie, you and David and others such as Steve Emerson, Frank Gaffney, =ndy McCarthy and others have done s o much to uncover this level of Jihad that your readers should be urged to=review as much of their work (including Steve's recent excellent d=cumentary, The Grand Deception <http://www.amazon.com/Jihad-America-The- Grand-Dec=ption/dp/B009S93GQE> , and Fr=nk's important web video course, The Muslim Broth=rhood in America chttp://muslimbrothe=hoodinamerica.com/about-frank-gaffney/> ) as possible. Finally, there is a third level — the International Institutiona= Jihad. Here the most powerful international institutions such as the UN a=d the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and others seek to push into America from without those changes which are difficult to complete from within= The OIC is the largest Islamic institution in the world. It essentia=ly controls the vote in the UN's General Assembly and thus explain= in part the absurd and abject pro- Islamic, anti-Israel thrust of that org=nizat ion. This level seeks to use the power of Islamic nations to work from outside the West to force changes within the West. While there are variou= conflicts between many of the nations, being Islamic majority states, there is a great deal they agree upon which becomes the focus of these efforts= Just as the Obama administration is beginning to cooperate with internati=nal efforts to control gun ownership, so has Hillary Clinton's Ist=nbul Process become a dangerous step in the effort to restrict speech crit=cal of Islam by norm (or possibly even treaty) when it may not be fully ex=cutable by domestic action alone. I should point out that Stephen Coughlin, the former Pentagon officer wh= has an important must-see presentation of Islamic Law, uses different nam=s for these same three levels —Jihad, Dawa, and Ummah. Had I seen=his work before I wrote my book I would have conformed to his categorizati=ns. We must learn how powerful language has become on all three levels. Word= such as "peace,* $B!I "freedom," "terrorism," and phra=es such as "human rights" have different meanings for us a=d for our Islamic Enemy. To oversimplify, "peace" is not s=mething for now but that which comes when all the earth is submitting to I=lam. In the context of battles, "peace" is at best a=C2temporary ceasefire. "Freedom" is best understood as =aving the freedom to fully submit to Islam, not to choose whatever beliefs=one desires while respecting the same right in others. We've all s=en how "human rights" and "terror" re=lly only apply among Muslims, not to non-Muslims. Our enemy fully und=rstands these differences and uses them at all levels to paralyze us.=u> Look simply at how the phrase "Israeli-Palestinian conflict*=8OQ has equalized the two parties, making it all the easier to ascribe f=atures of one to the other and view the problem as a simple-to fix division of ass ets into statehoods but for personality problems among the leaders. The sim=le truth is that this is and has always been a one- sided Arab war against =srael as Ruth Wisse and others have described and, as Bibi Netanyahu made =tear, the ONLY state truly at issue here has been the State of Israel thatrthe Arabs have refused for over half a century. Nonetheless, the Control F=ctor hypnotically abuses the mind's susceptibility to the intricac=es of language. Even the label "Peace Process" has been damaging languag=. While most focus upon the first word, turning this into a "proce=s" has helped ensure that peace is never obtained. It is more appr=priately called the "Extortion Process" because all that r=sults is that violence is used over decades to extract concessions from Is=ael. These three levels must be understood for their differences while united=by a single goal. While these levels often op erate together and assist each other, we must avoid "level confusi=n" which the Control Factor employs to 4 EFTA_R1_01659053 EFTA02521726 curtail our fears. If =he Obama narrative is swallowed- that the only threat is the Violent Jihad= we will miss the other contamination fomenting within our borde=s. We must appreciate how these levels work together and even unite w=th other forces such as the global Leftist movement that you, Jamie, have =escribed so forcefully in United in Hate <http://www.amazon.com/United-=ate-Romance-Tyranny- Terror/dp/1935071602/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=U=F8&qid=1357362028&sr=1-1&keywords=united+in+hate> . FP: You write about how we like to talk of "Good Muslims=E244 and how we are always on the eternal search for "moderate=E2404$0 Muslims (Khatami, Mousavi, Abbas, etc), while we stress how =he "extremists" are the real problem and how "f ew" they really are. All of this is connected to the Control F actor. Enlighten us. Siegel: The Control Factor =eeks to have us feel in control of the situation. The easiest way to do th=s is to simply minimize the number of potential enemies. We have been lect=red for years about how Islam is a "religion of peace" and=that the violence we see (remember that we have already improperly limited=the problem to violence) is the product of a small number of "craz=es" (remember Hillary Clinton's 50,000) who have distorted=lslam. I call this the "Peaceful Muslim Disclaimer" as vir=ually everyone in the press and government has been bullied into making so=e statement of the kind to silence those who will pressure them that they =re "Islamophobic" and Islam is being attacked. (These are =he Islam hustlers who operate on the same principles that black race hustl=rs so effectively used to extort concessions over the last six decades or =o). Nobody has done any real work to support this proposition, nor is it cle=r exactly how it would be tested. My view is that the grammar 40=9CIslam is x" is itself problematic because Islam has express=d itself throughout history in a variety of fashions. It is more usef=l to talk in terms of how seriously engaged with Islam, the Koran and othe= texts, a Muslim is. What is significant is how Muslims today are using Is=am and most of those who are in power either throughout a large territory =r within a small community tend toward, if not fully advocate, the ve=y supremacist ideas that we try to tell ourselves are reserved for the few=C2410"extremists." Presumably most Germans did not w=sh to see all Nazi atrocities carried out but in the end they fell in line=because they had to. Those our politicians and press call the "ext=emists" are in one sense more accurately the "good4r=80, Muslims who are following their Islamic beliefs dutifully. FP:<=p> Siegel: One of the dirty little secrets the Control Facto= preys upon is that if we believe we control something we can co=fort ourselves that we can change it. Remember the horror film- the threat=has one purpose and that is to destroy you. You can not change it, talk it=out of it, teach it alternatives or otherwise. That is what makes it so in=erently frightening. If we can convince ourselves that we caused the threa= to act the way it does we can maintain the secret hope that we can change=it. Consequently, there is a tremendous attraction to blaming ourselves fo= the Islamic Enemy's behavior. And we see this power in our r=adily accepting responsibility for terror- because of our occupation, our =reedy quest for oil, our failure to extend a hand of "engagement ,=E244, Israel's building settlements, our making videos that def= me Mohammed and so on. Again, the relationship is defined by the enemy bla=ing us for his actions and our accepting such responsibility. Shelby Steele has written brilliantly about what he calls "=hite guilt" and outlines how whites during the 60's and th=reafter were pressured into a transaction whereby in order to re-obtain a =ense of moral authority they accepted blame for the condition of blacks40=A0and behaved as if guilty. Blacks were able to extract great concess=ons and whites were able to view themselves as morally restored and redeem=d. At a certain point, however, the behavior takes on a life of its own an= the narratives become deeply embedded in the culture and, as we can see t=day, difficult to uproot. Western guilt is an extension of Steele's notion. President Obam='s confessionals to the Arab world admitting that America has made="mistakes" and was not born a colonial pow er express this same tendency to appease through guilt. Hillary Clint on's "reset" with Russia conveyed the same submissi=e request for a more acceptable response. In being guilty we presume the o=her party will recognize our contrition and respond in like kind. One of t=e Control 5 EFTA_R1_01659054 EFTA02521727 Factor's most devastating moves is employed- presuming t=e other is just like us and will respond the way we would. This is frequen=ly how an enabler justifies his continuous support for an addict. The prob=em, however is that our Islamic Enemy is NOT like us and will not respond =n like kind. Rather, as we repeatedly refuse to learn, appeasement invites=more abuse from an enemy. This becomes the "game of=guilt;" it tends to expand to greater and greater consequence=. Paradoxically, psychological defenses tend to create the very outcomes t=ey seek to eliminate and it is no different here. It is a game we love to =lay but, unfortunately, the game gives us no rules for how to end it.</=> All beha vior is instructive. That is, we teach others how to treat us. The game of=guilt, along with other Control Factor tools, teaches our Enemy it is=winning and to continue playing. FP: The reason=Nidal Hasan was able to perpetrate his murder spree at Fort Hood is precis=ly because of our Control Factor. Please connect the dots for our readers.=u> Siegel: Just as I used to look at Hitler when I was young and be =mazed that no one could see what he was about, in retrospect the same appl=es to Hasan. It is precisely all the elements of the Control Factor that c=uld allow this man, a Soldier of Allah, to be positioned as he was. He was=blatantly voicing his Islamist views and Jihadi intent including, even, an=essay recommending the "painful liquidation" of non-Muslim=. Yet, in the Army of all places, the Control Factor operated to allow and=even foster his work. Even after the murders, we continue the denial by calling it "workplace violence." He is the Civilization-Violent Jihad combo! And we continue to enable*=A0the same infiltration elsewhere. FP: Tell our=readers about "The Project" and "Explanatory Memor=ndum." These are realities that serve as great threats to the Cont=ol Factor, right? Siegel: These are separate sets of documents that outline th= Muslim Brotherhood's goals and plans underlying the Civ=lization Jihad. The former was discovered in Europe and extends globally. =he 1991 Explanatory Memorandum emerged in 2008 from the Holy Land Foundati=n trial and describes the Brotherhood's work in America as a =E2404>Civilization-Jihadist Process with all the word means" and="a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western c=vilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable hous= by their own hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious ove= all other religions." Much as the commun=sts of the Soviet Union had formulated in the 1950s a detailed long term p=an to destroy America (many of the effects of which we are seeing of =ate including destroying the nuclear family, secularizing the nation,=feminizing men ...) these documents identify many strategi=s to infiltrate while eroding the foundations of our civilization in order=to transform it into an Islamic one. The Control Factor has many inge=ious ways to convince us that this is ridiculous, that our courts and syst=m would never allow such a thing, that one is racist or "Isla=ophobic," if not insane, for even thinking this is real..=A0 And just as with the communists, time is plentiful. Even more so w=th our Islamic Enemy, a multi-decade plan is short term. It is not cr=tical that a seriou sly engaged Muslim lives to see the result. It is critical, more correctly a duty, however, that he carries on his Jihad.l>=A0Patrick Poole and The Center for Security Policy's Team B Report= Shariah: The Threat to America <http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/upload/wysiwyg/artic=e%20pdfs/Shariah%20- %20The%20Threat%20to%20America%20%28Team%20B%20Report%=9%2009142010.pdf> ,<=> FP: And so what you call an "Inner Jihad" has to =tart. It's our, as you say, mandatory "addiction treatment." Please explain. Siegel: The "=nner Jihad" is the effort we must undertake to gain control over o=r Control Factors. There is a famous Hadith in which Mohammad, return=ng from a successful battle, essentially says that the physical fight was =he "lesser Jihad" and it is time to then attend to the 4>=804kgreater Jihad s"- that internal battle against our own internal appetites= lusts, wrong thinking and so forth. While that Hadith has been falsely ut=lized to say that "Jihad" is not violent, it is useful to =s as a symbol of the vicious effort we must take internally against our ow= Control Factor tendencies. 6 EFTA_R1_01659055 EFTA02521728 As I said earlier, the Control Factor is "active" and =E2$4continuous" so we must constantly monitor and combat it.=C2*Like "Whack-a-Mole," just as we may think we have add=essed it, another variation pops right up. I use the terms "addict=E2$4 and "enabler" because we truly need a form of reh=b to break the habitual power of the Control Factor and bec=use our relationship with our Islamic Enemy is very much like that between=a typical addict and his enabler. And just as it is so difficult for an ad=ict to kick his habit, so does the enabler act essentially addicted to his behavior and find it so difficult to change. At its core, the relati onship involves the transfer of responsibility for our Islamic Enemyt>=99s hate and resultant actions onto us with our response framed essentiall= as an effort to do what we can to try to address the Enemy's grie=ance. (Your book, <http://www.amazon.com/United-Hate-Romance-=yranny- Terror/dp/1935071602/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=3D1357362028&sr=1-1&keywords=united+in+hate> , describes this addiction to hate in detail.=u> The key to the Inner Jihad is to learn to transfer responsibility for ou= Islamic Enemy's hate and resultant actions back to it and ta=e responsibility back for our own situation. We must learn all we can=about the enemy. We must unwind our inappropriate projections and introjec=ions and rediscover who we are and are not. We must speak up. We must supp=rt those Muslims who promote expressions of Islam that are consistent with=our principles. And we must stalk the Control Factor, constantly be on guard for its intrusion. This is an indivi=ual endeavor as each of our Control Factors uses its own methods. The=book gives plenty of examples of each maneuver discussed but it is importa=t for each of us to discover the unique workings of his own mind. That tak=s the work of the Inner Jihad. FP: Share with our readers what you mean by the "Turnarou=d Moment." Siegel: There is a moment in=typical horror films where the central characters have been pushed to thei= limit. They then change and fully embrace the willingness to be as ruthle=s as the threat they face. No more moral high ground; no more futile attem=ts to ignore or change the threat's essence. As Lee Harris describ=d in The Suicide of Reason <http://www.amazon.com/Suicide-Reason-Radical-Islams- Thr=at/dp/B00167R9NW/ref=sr_l_l?s=books&ie=UTF88(qid=1360128507=amp;sr=1- 3.8ikeywords=lee+harris+suic%20ide+of+reason> , it is the willingness o r license to be (not necessarily actually being) as ruthless that is c=itical. It is a mental state that sheds all the prior counter-productive e=forts at denial to finally clearly focus on the threat faced. Part of the =nner Jihad is to reach that Turnaround Moment sooner rather than later.=/u> FP: You suggest that "mirroring" should be used a= part of our arsenal. Tell us about it. Siegel:=Mirroring is a literal approach to transferring back to the addict respons=bility that we have been inappropriately accepting. Critical to the addict=enabler relationship is asymmetry. Like the addict, the enemy uses a less =imiting set of rules than we do. The enemy typically initiates aggression =hile we respond only. Mirroring means that we demonstrate our willingness =o act symmetrically, to be governed by the same rules. It is stunning how =uch is accomplished when one's attitude simply is clear that he will do what is necessary; often not much else is needed as the a=dict or enemy realizes the game is fundamentally changed. But other times =ction is absolutely needed. Demonstrating that we are not afraid to treat =he enemy as it treats us carries great meaning. Imagine (international law=aside) if Israel announced that from now on it will mirror Hamas such that=if civilian populations are targeted by bombs from Gaza, Israel will =o the same (it is accused of such anyway). The population might fina=ly rethink and take responsibility for its privilege of voting its leaders= As stated earlier, all behavior is instructive and when we mirror we teac= the other the effects of his behavior. Conversely, some situations demand that we assert asymmetry; those cases=where it is necessary to highlight our differences with the enemy. Just th=s week, an disingenuous report was issued by an NGO drawing an equivalence=between Palestinian and Israeli schoolbooks claiming that both sides have their relativistic " narratives." Yet, as the Palestinian Media Watch <http://www.palwatch.org/>'s website has demonstrated=for years, there is nothing in the West anywhere comparable to the hatred =pewed daily by the Palestinian Authority, including through its education =ystem. It is interesting to note that while the US State Department initia=ly funded the "study,"- in what appears to be an attempt t= sanitize the PA's record so that the US can continue to fund the =A against the spirit of US 7 EFTA_R1_01659056 EFTA02521729 law- Hillary Clinton has a difficult time escap=ng her conclusion as Senator in 2007 that these schoolbooks along with oth=r media "profoundly poison(s) the minds of these children..=9D It is most important that we do not succumb to this type of use of symm=try that distorts the profound differences between us and the enemy. Essentially, we are not clear as a nation, participating in a world with=international rules, how to best fight this enemy. The first act of any rehab is to acknowledge that we d= not know how nor are we yet competent to stop our addictions. This i= not a book about policy. In fact, the "right" policies ar= unlikely to emerge until a critical mass has meaningfully dealt with thei= Control Factors and share a common perspective. We like to look at our hi=tory and assume a single perspective throughout but the truth is that we h=d to learn how to respond to Pearl Harbor, the Nazis, the Cold War etc. Th= same applies here. Our press promotes "elites" who are ta=ked with acting as if they possess the "true wisdom" to de=I with our threats but the truth is we do not know nor are we equipped to =arshal enough of our population to agree just yet. The sooner we learn, ho=ever, the less we will suffer. Mirroring has always been a key compon=nt of those lessons. I have been encouraged by some recent acts that have begu n to nip at the asymmetry. For years, the language of "feeling s" had been reserved for our enemy while we were limited to that of="action;" we would do terrible acts that would cause bad f=elings in the enemy which would then serve to justify whatever response it=made. It had always been a question of the harsh insensitive acts<=u> Westerners do against Muslims and the resulting hurt, lossshame etc. that Muslims experience. The Ground Zero Mosque i=cident, however, broke new ground because all of a sudden non- MuslimsQ=804> feelings became the focus and were cast as resulting from Musli= acts. Another example was seen in how quickly the attempt to blame t=e Benghazi murders on the video about Mohammad fell apart. Just =s large corporations eventually learned to turn away from shakedown attemp=s from race baiters, we are beginning to learn to demand symmetry through =irroring. A word of caution: When enablers change their behavior and deman= symmetrical rules for the addict, the latter typically initially erupts with great resistance= This is a stage we must be prepared to tolerate and fully withstand as it=creates the only real chance for the addict to finally change. It is =ritical, therefore, that when we finally engage in mirroring that we be pr=pared to see it through completion. FP: What if we fail to engage in our own Inner Jihad and the Control Factor stays firmly in place? Siegel: Critic=l to the Inner Jihad is the realization that our civilization is fragile; =ot to be taken for granted. Our demands for multi-culturalism and diversit= have bumped heads with the simple paradox that tolerating the intolerant =eads to extinction. Tolerating the intolerant is perhaps the most crystall=ne version of asymmetry we have accepted. Seriously engaged Muslims M=ST place the Koran above all law while in America, the Constitution ranks =upreme. As Omar Ahmad , founder of CAIR, reputedly said, "Islam isn't in Amer ica to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran is th= highest authority in America and Islam is the only accepted religion on Errth." Who makes law- the people or Allah? While the Control Factor=constantly seeks for some accommodation between the two, this conflict CAN=NOT be negotiated. Only one can survive not because we have declared 4>=804>war" but because our Islamic Enemy has. That is, perhaps, therlesson we will most need to fully learn, one way or another. We will event=ally hit a Turnaround Moment as a nation and if enough of us are=not truly prepared to fight and continue to be controlled by our delusions= we will lose. If we truly seek to win, it is better to get there sooner w=ile we have advantages than later. FP: Bill Siegel, thank you for joining FrontPage Interview. And thank you for writing this superb and most important boo=. We encourage all o f our readers to get their hands on The =ontrol Factor: Our Struggle to See the True Threat <http://www.amazon.com/Contr=l-Factor-Struggle-True-Threat/dp/0761858229> and to read iff<=u> Editor's note: To watch The Glazov Gang=E244s recent discussion about the Muslim Brotherhood's infiltr=tion of the United States and the Obama administration, see this week,=80Qs episode below: 8 EFTA_R1_01659057 EFTA02521730 Freedom Center pamphlets now available on Kindle: Click =ere <http://w=w.amazon.com/s/ref%3dnb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&fiel=- keywords=david+horowitz&rh=n:133140011%2ck:david+horowitz&ajr=300#/ref=sr_st?keywords=david+horowitz&qid= 1316459840&rh=n=133140011%2ck:david+horowitz&sort=daterank> . Filed Under: Jamie Glazov <http://frontpagemag.c=m/category/daily-mail/> Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's editor. He holds a Ph.D. in H=story with a specialty in Russian, U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He is=the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling, <httpl=www.amazon.com/United- Hate-Romance-Tyranny-Terror/dp/1935071602> Follow the discussion<=a> chttp://intensedebate.com/postRSS/156279472> Comments (6) Sort by: Date Rating +3 =u> <=mg src="cid:image003.png@OlCE060A.30650710" alt="AdinaK's avatar -=Go to profile" border="0" height="26" width="26"> <http://www.adinakutnick=.com/> <=> AdinaK <http://www.adinakutnicki.com> 86p 11 hours ago <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glaz=v/the- control-factor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/#IDComment5660695=3> <=u> The war being waged has two components - mental and =hysical. The mental side is a minefield of constructs, deeply implanted wi=hin generations of Americans, and its PC chickens are coming home to roost= So much so, millions of Americans (westerners) cannot break free of its s=ackles. But it is not as if these mental chains magically appe ared. Far from it - http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/11/26/the-death-of-... <http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/11/26/the-dea=h- of-the-west-or-its-survival-runs-through-western-academia-addendum-to-th=-paradox-pitfalls-of-liberal-democracies- cornmentary-by-adina-kutnicki/> In addition, the fault-lines of democracy allowed for the most retrogra=e forces, on this planet, to infiltrate and penetrate the body politic- http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/09/02/the-subversio... <http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/09/02/the-subversion-of-america-thro=gh-the-fault-lines-of-democracy-muslims-in- america-plotting-in-plain-sight=with-their-leftist-counterparts-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/> IF the mental and physical constraints are not immediately removed, it =s a given that western civilization will fall. Cause and effect. Adina=Kutnicki, Israel - http://adinakutnicki.com/about/ Report Reply </=> 1 reply • activ= 30 minutes ago 0 9 EFTA_R1_01659058 EFTA02521731 dmw 40=87 30 minutes ago <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glazov/the-control-factor=our-struggle-to- see-the-true-threat/#IDComment566477344> And I would think one "phy sical constraint" is to not let them in in the first place. By & quot;them" I mean those who have allegiance to a socio-political syste= disguised as a religion that seeks world dominance by man imposed methodo=ogy/effort -- unlike Judaism and Christianity properly understood. If we a=e to "believe", the world already has a King and does not need a=Caliph. Report Reply </=> 0 MikeWood 6 hours ago <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie-glazov/the-control-fa=tor-our-struggle-to-see- the-true-threat/tflDComment566257885> Ground-breaking, brilliant. There are absolutely ess=ntially lessons to be learned from this. Buy this book, read it, study it,=and lend it to your friends and colleagues. Do it. Report Reply 0 =ambsev77 <http://intensedebate.com/people/lambsev11> 54p • 4 h=urs ago The fall of Rome.=. The fall of the 3rd Reich... The fall of Western Civilization... 00000h... Scary! How about the fall of humankind recorded in Ge=esis Chapter 3 and following? We're ALL GONNA DIE! But will yo= rise with Christ? Report =u> Reply +1 =/u> <http://twitter.com/Wolfy.lam> <http://t=itter.com/WolfyJam> =/p> @WolfyJam <http://twitter.com/Wolfylam> =i>• 2 hours ago <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie- glazov/the-control-=actor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/#IDComment566405658> 10 EFTA_R1_01659059 EFTA02521732 Notice how celebrities basking in their narcissism t=ink they can dictate culture to us while they live their lives in the comf=rt of their ivory castles. Mia farrow has no clue what the right to bear a=ms means and because of that she needs to shut the hell up. _As far as bla=ks go-- I grew up in the 70's coming home from Hallahan H.S. in Philad=l phia, me and my small group of girls were swarmed by a mob of black girls =ho would kick and slap and pull hair without provocation. of course we wou=d fight back but then that was back in the day when whites weren't sis=ies. Still I made excuses for them. Black men would get in my face for no =ther reason than to intimidate me. rocks were thrown a my car for no reaso=. So, in short, based on my experiences Blacks are the cause of racism and=if they hate whites so much then they should stay away completely and tota=ly. _ Report Reply </=> +1 chttp://twitter.com/WolfyJam> <=a> <http://twitter.com/Wolfylam> @WolfyJam <http://twitter.com/Wolfylam> =i>• 2 hours ago <http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jamie- glazov/the-control-=actor-our-struggle-to-see-the-true-threat/#IDComment566408418> I read the Control factor and it was excellent. I wi=h more people would realize that our country is at its most vulnerable tha= ever in its history. the jihadis have basically taken over the inner citi=s. Islam's love for violence coupled with ignorance and narcissim are = recipe for disaster. I hope Americans wake up in time to save their futur=. I'm not optimistic though. 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