Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes is a an influential academic and counter-terrorism expert. He holds a PhD in medieval Islamic history from Harvard University.
Sudden Jihad Syndrome
Main article: Sudden Jihad Syndrome
From the NNDB entry on Pipes:
"Totally obsessed with Islamic extremists well before September 11, Daniel Pipes has made it his life's work to convince the western world that there can be no bargaining with Arab fanatics -- they must simply be rooted out and destroyed. He was a major proponent of the Iraq invasion, claiming that it would have very positive consequences for "militant Islam, the energy market, the Israeli conflict, the general problem of the Arab states modernizing, you name it."
In the March 2002 issue of Insight magazine, Pipes predicted that violence would soon cease in Israel: "Probably [during] this calendar year the Palestinians will realize they are getting nowhere and just stop." Maybe it was this sense of optimism that led President Bush in 2003 to nominate Pipes to the United States Institute of Peace."
"Sudden Jihad Syndrome" is a term Pipes coined to describe Muslims that suddenly or unexpectedly turn against civilized, Western society and engage in acts of terror.[1] Pipes has argued that due to this phenomenon all Islamists must be considered potential terrorists.[2]