Michael J. Totten in the City Journal:
Around the world, a campaign of religious intimidation and murder intensifies...
Hezbollah is technologically advanced and media-savvy. Nasrallah knows perfectly well that when an individual uploads a video to YouTube, it doesn’t count as “the United States broadcasting a film.” That’s actually his point. He’s not threatening the United States in the abstract. He’s threatening *you*. If you insult Hassan Nasrallah’s religion on the Internet, terrorists may come after *you*.
There are a few folks I know (some personally) and whom I trust when it comes to an evaluation of the state of life, politics, and religion in the Middle East. They have the knowledge and experience to be able to speak with some authority on what's happening there, and so I respect and trust them when they speak on the region.
From what I understand, these folks seem to feel the same way about Totten. Take that as you may.
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