This clip of @DouglasKMurray on @PiersUncensored has been circulating online, and I imagine many of you have seen it by now (if not, it’s worth watching). For this reason, I won’t address his comments directly, but rather focus on a hidden meaning within his words that many seem to overlook. Douglas begins by stating that you can’t hold the leader of a democratic nation to the same standards as the leaders of a terrorist organization. And here lies a critical insight that needs to be brought to light. Many in the West view events in the Middle East through their own lens—shaped by their values and beliefs, which are rooted in one basic principle: LOGIC. In their minds, it seems logical that a person would want to live a good and peaceful life. It seems logical that they’d want their family and children to have a better present and future. It seems logical that a country would strive to improve the lives of its citizens. It seems logical to want to live and let live. But that’s a mistake. _______________________ You can’t analyze the Middle East through a Western lens. But many still refuse to accept this. They don’t want what you in the West think people want. You shout “Free Palestine” because it seems logical to you that this is what the Palestinians want. But they were already free—Israel withdrew, and along with the rest of the world, provided resources they could have taken advantage of. They had democratic elections. And what did they choose? They chose an extremist Islamist organization that believes in a global Islamic caliphate. They chose not to be democratic. They chose not to choose anymore. They chose not to be free. _________________ Now, because you refuse to understand this, we witness all sorts of bizarre phenomena, like “Queers for Palestine”—since, to them, it seems logical that a marginalized group would support another group they perceive as oppressed. Naturally, they assume both sides support each other’s rights and goals. We’ve also seen other figures claiming that all the Palestinians want is to live in a free and democratic state, "just like we have in the U.S." (remember that?). “Just give them their own state, and they’ll leave you alone.” This sounds logical for someone who wants to live their life and let others live theirs—but it doesn’t align with the logic of the Middle East. By the way, this is also why many in the West refuse or struggle to understand that a significant number of immigrants from the Middle East didn’t come to integrate. “I’ll let them live their lives, and they’ll let me live mine,” they think. But that’s not the reality. Many didn’t come to integrate, and they didn’t come to let you continue living your lives as before. (Of course, many did—many Muslims do want to live that way—but they aren’t the dominant group. They fear radical Islam more than anyone else, so you also need to look out for them.) The day you understand this will be the day you understand why they encourage their children to die, why they raise them to die, and why they rejoice in their deaths. No Western person can truly comprehend this— but that’s the reality. You’ll understand why, in Gaza, there isn’t a single civilian bomb shelter—not one!—despite it being a war- torn area and despite receiving billions for civilian infrastructure and fortifications. (In Israel, for example—despite having the world’s most advanced missile defense technology— there is still a law requiring a protected room in every new home, and public shelters near unprotected buildings are regularly maintained.) You’ll understand why civilians are deliberately left vulnerable, and why they actually want to see as many of their own civilians killed as possible. ____________________ The day you understand this, you might realize that this is not just a local conflict, but a clash of cultures—one that believes in compromise and coexistence, while the other sees compromise as out of the question, with only one solution: the destruction of one of them.