Ah yes, governments are by nature absolutely stupid.
John Reid has issued a dire warning that the Government risks losing the "battle of ideas" with al-Qa'eda.The Home Secretary spoke out at an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials amid an ever-growing threat from home-grown Islamist terror groups.He called for an urgent but controversial escalation in the propaganda war and said al-Qa'eda's so-called "single extremist narrative" was proving ever more attractive to young British Muslims.
The Government needed to do much more to win the "battle of ideas", Mr Reid said. The meeting came as ministers — including Jack Straw, Ruth Kelly and Phil Woolas — started to take a much more aggressive stance against radical Islam.
Ministers have told The Sunday Telegraph that 30 terror plots are being investigated and that 1,500 young Muslims — many more than previously estimated — are suspects.
A key government weapon in the struggle to win hearts and minds is the decision to fund covertly an Islamic website appealing for moderation. A classic of New Labour terminology, it is called the Radical Middle Way. Government documents disclose that the site is "run as a grassroots initiative by Muslim organisations". However, it has "most of its financial backing from the Foreign Office and Home Office". The site uses video and podcasts to spread an "alternative message" to young Muslims. Some content is available through the iTunes website with no indication that it is effectively an arm of Government.
Now silly me but it seems that the truth ALWAYS comes out. Since it does, why on earth would anyone with intelligence a micron larger than that of a toad believe this would remain secret. Worse still, did they scour reality to find such a call for moderation and fail, then conclude that a bunch of (non-church attending??? I have no idea) christian brits had a clue as to how to fake a large populations of muslims into being 'moderate' against the teachings of the thousands of imams inveighing against freedom of speech as blasphemy, and telling the congregants on the final day muslims would be killing all the jews except for the few who managed to find boxthorn trees, yadda yadda every friday? Is that how it went boyzngirlz?
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