The Western response to jihadist terror has become a grim ritual of weakness: candlelight vigils, teddy bears, wristbands, hashtags, and hollow slogans—followed by inaction. Leaders wring their hands, issue statements about “resilience,” and urge unity, while refusing to confront the ideology, networks, and enablers that drive the violence. “Boston Strong,” “Je suis Charlie,” and their endless imitators substitute symbolism for strategy, therapy for deterrence. There are no serious consequences, no sustained crackdown, no naming of the enemy—only appeasement dressed up as compassion. This pattern teaches terrorists a brutal lesson: mass murder brings attention, fear, and paralysis, not decisive retaliation. Until the West trades performative grief for enforcement, intelligence, and resolve, the cycle will continue—predictable, preventable, and deadly.
Islamic supremacicts provide the theological motivation,
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