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Posted on 10/25/2014 1:02:29 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Recent terror attacks in Jerusalem and Canada are not isolated events, and American policy leaders must drop “the illusion that these are random acts of senseless violence unrelated to our national security,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) said.
Whether the Islamic State or Hamas is behind the attacks, the extremist ideology remains the same–and it poses a direct threat to democratic values across the globe, Cruz said in pointed comments to those who might claim the attacks were unrelated.
Following the Hamas terror attack Wednesday in Jerusalem–which injured several American citizens, including a child–both Hamas and the more moderate Fatah ruling party praised the terrorist responsible for the attack.
The same day, IS supporters worldwide took to Twitter to celebrate the fatal shooting of a Canadian soldier by a radicalized man that attacked the country’s Parliament building.
“We have to get away from the illusion that these are random acts of senseless violence unrelated to our national security,” Cruz said.
Cruz said the attacks are both strains of the same extremist virus.
“Deliberations over our foreign policy have gained a new clarity in recent days,” Cruz said. “Yesterday, an innocent, beautiful baby in Jerusalem was murdered by Hamas.”
“Terrorist organizations Hamas and Fatah both celebrated the destruction of this precious life just months after they relished in the slayings of Jewish teens,” Cruz said. “They did not care that the baby was American or one of the teens was a dual Israeli-American citizen. Their campaign of death is indiscriminate.”
The attack in Canada, which officials said was carried out by a “radicalized” individual, is similar to previous attacks in the United States, such as the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood that the Obama administration classified as “workplace violence” rather than terrorism.
“Yesterday, a courageous young Canadian soldier was also murdered by a terrorist in Ottawa in a brutal attack in our own hemisphere,” Cruz said.
“Innocent Americans have similarly been slaughtered on our homeland in Fort Hood, Texas; in Moore, Okla.; and at a Army recruiting center in Little Rock, Ark.”
“Whether it’s in Jerusalem, Ottawa, or in American hometowns, the threat is the same,” Cruz said. “These are not only attacks in the lands of our allies, they are attacks on our shared way of life.”
The recent spate of terror attacks should be a warning to American leaders that they cannot sit idly by as extremists threaten Western ideals.
“We are stronger when we stand together, and we must, united, rise to the challenge of defeating those who seek to destroy us all,” Cruz said.
In a rare sign of unity, both Hamas and Fatah celebrated Wednesday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, in which a suspected member of Hamas drove his car into a crowd of people waiting for the downtown light rail to arrive.
Hamas referred to the murdered baby, an American citizen, as a “female settler” and instructed Palestinians to “escalate the confrontations” with Israel, according to a translation of the terror group’s statement posted by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT).
“The Islamic Resistance Movement ‘Hamas’ praises its son, the hero martyr Abd al Rahman Idris al-Shaludi, implementer of the operation of running over the settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, which led to the death of a female settler and the injury of eight others,” Hamas said in its statement, IPT reported.
An adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made similar comments, calling the attacker a “heroic martyr,” IPT reported.
The State Department confirmed on Thursday that the murdered baby was an American citizen and said U.S. officials in Israel are “in close touch with the family.”
“They’re providing consular assistance,” State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told reporters.
“Out of respect for and privacy certainly for those who are affected, we’re not going to be sharing much more publicly.”
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The leftist meme is that muslims only do spontaneous attacks due to grievances, only white Christian males who want the Constitution upheld are terrorists.
Hence their efforts to criminalize dissent, criticizing governance, and free speech.
Yep, liberals call these random acts. Liberals want us to bend over backwards to avoid noting that a common denominator in these acts of violence is Islamic extremism.
I never understand why liberals don’t want to call a spade a spade in the area of Islamic extremism. If Islam were ever to take control of us, liberals, homosexuals, feminists, etc. would be the first ones to be beheaded. Yet these liberals want to bend over backwards not to identify Islamic terror and Islamo fascism for what it is.
Either one works for me.
But any crime using a firearm is extrapolated to all gun owners and supporters of the Second Amendment.
Yup!
But we’re not supposed to “judge” the muslims “harshly” for following the dictates of their WHITE GUY.
[Mohammed was Caucasian, the quran and hadiths make it clear on several occasions. Abu Bakr(I think it was) was “shocked” at how white “the Prophet” was when an untanned portion of his skin came into view.]
I dunno why I find that fact amusing, but I do.
Ted, let’s take it one step further and call it what it truly is:
Collusion
It is an Unholy Alliance, as Horowitz wrote about.
The leftists who are tyrannically ruling this country are in collusion with both the Islamofascists and those who would love nothing more than to see the USA destroyed by a third-world virus.
Pres. Obola is completely in support of both these attacks on the US.
I like Cruz West
If he was “just” white, he’d be 24/7 headlines. The fact that the relevant part of his identity is “Muslim” makes him off-limits to the media liars.
Cruz
B U M P
Yup.
Founding one’s own religion based on theft, rape, and murder, then spreading it violently to a good portion of the world seems to garner one celebrity status with the media and the left.
They are awful enamoured of such brutalists.
Look at how the left admires Stalin, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, et al.
I find that interesting too. But I don’t believe that they’re unaware of that particular hypocrisy, just that they have, or think that they have, some strategy to deal with it once the common enemy (Christians) are either under control or all gone.
Just like I think that they knew, way back when (at least the ones at the very top of power, the ones who keep their names out of the headlines for the most part, like a Soros or even more murky) that Roe v Wade was the way to kick in the door for sodomite “marriage” and a host of traditional, Biblical moral issues.
Ted Cruz rocks, this is going to make Obama very upset
Maybe they are trying to suck up to Muslims. Franz Haber sold his own wife and children to their death at the hands og the Nazis. Some out there really try to appease the enemy, especially the leftists.
It’s disrespectful of Islamic extremists. They say they will attack us. They do attack us. And yet, these apologists, as you say, bend over backwards to avoid acknowledging those facts. Much as I want them all gone; at least I show these murderous extremists the respect of taking them at their word, when they say they’re out to create terror.
Here is something to ponder. How do the jihadists of the world perceive their lone wolf brethren who perform their misdeeds in the West? Do they draw any distinction between them and those who strap dynamite to themselves and walk into a street market in Baghdad? My bet is the answer is no.
It’s come to the point where we are not safe on the street or shopping or even being out in public, least someone take a hatchet to us..thanks to Obama’s protection of his muzzie bros.
Every single GOP senate candidate should be hitting this hard for the next 10 days. This is a winning issue for the right if only they will exploit it.
Ted Cruz is one of the ONLY politicians out there willing to boldly proclaim the truth that Islam is a THREAT to our security as a people and as a nation and to the WORLD! I hope he announces soon his plan to run for President - he is going to need to be out front and show his leadership...
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