Posted on 04/25/2008 9:35:31 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
War On Terror: Caving to Muslim pressure groups, the Bush administration has banned the term "jihadist" to define the enemy. Islamic terrorists will now be known as "violent extremists."
Our war on radical Islam has been hamstrung by political correctness from the start. First, we couldn't call the campaign to strike back at al-Qaida a "crusade" because Muslims found it historically offensive.
Then we couldn't define the enemy as "Islamic terrorists" because it insulted Islam — even though it accurately described the Muslims committing murder and mayhem in the name of Islam.
To appease critics, we narrowed the terminology, confining it to the jihadist element within Islam. And so officials in recent years have frequently referred to "jihad" or "jihadists" in public.
Only now they can't describe terrorists as "jihadists," either, because Muslim leaders complain that it, too, gives Islam a bad name. But jihad, or holy war, is a central tenet of the faith. In fact, jihad is often referred to as the "sixth pillar of Islam."
Even "mujahedeen," or Islamic freedom fighter, is a no-no in the new watered-down Washington lexicon. And "Islamofascism" is definitely out.
All this is in a memo circulating among federal agencies. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, for one, no longer uses "jihadist."
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To his credit, Sen. McCain has not backed down.
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These wimps make me wanna puke
give McClame time-he'll cave
If you can not or will not identify your enemy, you can not defeat your enemy.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I vote for “big ole meanies”
W-T-F
W-T-F
Islam lost the right to have anyone care about their sensitivities on September 11 2001.
I will wholeheartedly endorse Politically Correct linguistic concessions to Islam on the day that Muslim moderates FEDEX the heads of Osama bin Laden, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khaled Mashaal, Ismail Haniya, and Moqtada al-Sadr to the Oval Office.
I won’t hold my breath waiting for this to happen: it may take a wee while.
miscreants
apostates
heretics
perverts
un-islamic losers
criminals
evil-doers
deviants
just plain ‘fascists’
just plain ‘nazis’
just plain ‘losers’
Bouquets, cigars, and kudos all around.
I am sorry folks. This is absolutely Bush’s fault. He has failed to identify the enemy since September 11 and it has hurt the war effort and support for the war in particular.
His handlers push him around and he follows THEIR lead.
This administration can’t leave fast enough. It’s rank and file is pretty much rank.
U.S. Caves - forbids use of “Jihadist”, etc to describe our enemies
PING
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