If It Takes a Thousand Years: From Al-Qaeda to Hamas, How the Jihadists Think & How to Defeat Them

An inside look into the mindset of jihad, including firsthand interviews with some of the world’s most sinister terrorists.“Jihadists—fundamentalist Muslims who murder, enslave, and rape infidels, are the monsters of our time. If you want to understand their mindset—and you should, for it is nothing like the Western mindset—read If It Takes a Thousand Years.” —Dennis Prager, co-founder of PragerU, nationally syndicated radio talk host, and author most recently of a five-volume commentary on the Torah. “Jesse Petrilla’s If It Takes a Thousand Years is a vital contribution to helping us understand how serious our opponents are, how much they want to destroy our civilization, and how far we are from having a strategy to defeat them and ensure our peaceful survival. Every citizen would understand the challenge better if they read this pioneering work.” —Speaker Newt Gingrich“Jesse Petrilla saw the jihadis up close when he served in Afghanistan. Unlike those who commanded our forces there, however, he isn’t afraid to tell the truth about the jihadi mindset: what they want, why they want it, why they think they’re righteous, and why they remain confident of ultimate victory even in the face of the most disastrous defeats. This is the book that everyone in the State Department and the Pentagon should be studying; instead, they’re studiously avoiding the truths Jesse Petrilla tells here. That doesn’t mean, however, that you have to make the same mistake. In If It Takes a Thousand Years, get the facts that the American political and military establishment is determined to avoid and deny, to their own peril—and ours.” —Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and bestselling author of The History of Jihad and The Critical Qur’an“The attack on 9/11 led to over fifteen years of intense discussion about Islam, Islamism, Shariah, and related topics. Then, Americans seemed to bore of the topic and it disappeared from the news—even though the jihad yet continued and expanded. Now comes Jesse Petrilla, with his fund of firsthand experience, to remind and update us of this ongoing danger. His message is as necessary as it is unwelcome.” —Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum and Author of Israel VictoryDuring an interrogation in Afghanistan, when asked how long the jihadists intended to fight, a Taliban commander uttered the words, “If it takes a thousand years.” This chilling statement illustrates both how terrorists of this level operate and the generational approach they take when it comes to bringing destruction to the world.The West is facing a determined enemy with a fundamentally different world view. Author and former Army Captain Jesse Petrilla provides unique insight into the jihadist mind, featuring interviews with Taliban and Al-Qaeda members just after their capture, interviews with international journalists and professors, warnings from European politicians, as well as experiences from travels throughout the Islamic world.If It Takes a Thousand Years delves into the policies which have enabled our enemies both at home and abroad, providing positive solutions as to how America and the West can confront this threat and protect their way of life. Read more