Powerpoints to peace.

There are fragments that perfectly capture the problem. Here is one:

The problem, of course, being the incoherent but surprising success (at shaping policy) of anti-Muslim ideology. Which rogue organization, funded by dirty money certainly, do you think is responsible for this graph? Follow the link to find out. Also, while the graph may be perfect in one sense (as a fragment to be read), Andrew Gelman lists a number of reasons why it is a truly terrible graph apart from its unabashed chauvinism: the incoherence of the x-axis, the absurdity of the linear slope, the beginning point of 1400 BC. I don't know why there is a big star on the right. Certainly don't know why it dominates visually over the crescents.