Sage advice from “Career Counselor,” supported by real-life examples provided by Barry Rubin: “Become an expert on the Middle East and Islam. It’s easy, painless (for you, though many others will pay for it with their lives), and profitable.”

Hey! No need to read extremist statements in Arabic, nor translations and academic papers within the discipline, nor to study Koranic and Islamic sources. No need, “because hard-line supporters of terrorism who cheer the murder of people by kidnappers and suicide bombers wouldn’t lie to you, would they?

And here’s Counselor’s closer:

So what are you waiting for? How could you not decide to be a Middle East expert or a sage about Islam? Operators are standing by. And remember: it isn’t as if the fate of Western civilization, freedom, and democracy were at stake or anything important like that.