Posted on 01/16/2017 12:54:15 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Addressing an audience at the Islamic Center at NYU, ... 2010, White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan said U.S. government actions and policies had contributed to the problem of negative stereotyping of Muslims. -snip-
... speaking in Arabic..., Brennan used terms .. to appeal to his audience, such as “Al-Quds” for Jerusalem, “Palestine” and “as the Qur’an reveals”... -snip-
“Ignorance is a threat to our national security, prejudice is a threat to our national security, discrimination is a threat to our national security... and it must stop,” he said.
“Violations of the Patriot Act; surveillance that has been excessive; policies perceived as profiling; over-inclusive no-fly lists subjecting law-abiding individuals to unnecessary searches and inconvenience; creating an unhealthy atmosphere around many Muslim charities that made Muslims hesitant to fulfill their sacred obligation of zakat [an Islamic tithe or tax] – these are challenges we face,.. he said.
... Brennan – a Jesuit-educated Catholic – has played a prominent role in the administration’s outreach to Muslims,... He's been a leading proponent ... to stop using terms many Muslims find offensive, such as “jihadist” as a descriptor for terrorists acting in the name of Islam. “They are not jihadists,”... “for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify, for a legitimate purpose....
The administration’s National Security Strategy, released ... after the NYU speech,.. the term “jihadist” did not appear in the 52-page document and the word “Islam” appeared twice – the U.S. was not fighting a war against Islam, it said, ....”
(By contrast the Bush administration’s 2006 NSS stated that “the struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the early years of the 21st century,” although it also said that Islam “has been twisted and made to serve an evil end.”)
... Brennan said, “Our enemy is not terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic. Nor do we describe our enemy as jihadists or Islamists because jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify oneself or one’s community.”
Newspapers in the Islamic world routinely use the term “jihadist” (or, in South Asia, “jihadi”) in their news reporting on terrorist acts, without suggesting that the term has been misappropriated
Brennan went to Catholic grade school, high school, and college. He grew up in Northern NJ, and his parents were immigrants from Ireland.
None of the above means anything about what his current religious beliefs are. He sounds like a typical Jesuit educated leftist, who often mixes up religion and politics. (Pope Francis is another fine example.)
It isn’t surprising that someone who sees the ultimate aim of religion and politics as the same would be attracted to Communism or Islam.
Fricking islamist. Radical Islam is gone under Trump.
The countdown to the inauguration is proceeding at what seems a snails pace. Brennan and all the traitorous moslems and moslem sympathizers infesting every agency of government and every branch of government must MUST be found out and removed with great disgrace.
The damage to every element of national security, morale and prosperity has been immense and unabated for 8 horrible years. We are like an abandoned farm house, paint long blasted by prairie winds, leaning precipitously toward the earth. Boards and roofing in a heap at its base.
Please obammy get the Hill out NOW and stay forever out.
Muslims have a long history of slaughtering in order to
eliminate Christians from the face of the earth. Many years
ago, a few “migrant” Muslims had been welcomed into a large
city. They repaid the hospitality by opening the city gates
to allow their armies to enter and slaughter EVERYONE in
the city. The river that ran through the city ran red with
the blood of Christians. - The heroes at the GATES OF VIENNA
mustered fighters and stopped the Jihadists in their
tracks. This time, the streets of Vienna ran red with the
blood of Islamic Jihadists. We need to refresh our
knowledge of history. - I don’t want to shoot nobody; but
this crap has got to stop! IT IS GOING TO STOP!!
His studies included a junior year abroad learning Arabic and taking Middle Eastern studies courses at the American University in Cairo.<-—
At UT at Austin, he received a Master of Arts in government with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies in 1980. He speaks Arabic fluently.
The story is that he was attending Fordham in NY and saw an advertisement to work for the CIA. His travels after that were part of the training supposedly.
I am sure there are a lot of missing links in that story. I have heard that the FBI recruits at Fordham. I was under the impression that the CIA recruited at more of the top tier schools—but don’t profess to be that knowledgeable about the subject.
You’re most likely correct. If he made decent grades freshman year at Fordham he was likely approached and recruited.
“Islam is not compatible with democracy.”
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Nor any other form of government.
I see the problem, right here. No wonder we have been failing totally in this war.
true dat !!!!
Perhaps he will be. Passing classified information to his buddies in the media is a crime.
Perhaps he will be. Passing classified information to his buddies in the media is a crime.
Jesuit. Like Jorge Bergoglio.
Figures.
“Brennan said, “Our enemy is not terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic.”
Well, he got 1 right. It’s still an “F” for the course, though.
The Left is comfortable with primative cultures. They admire the certainty of their adherents because the Left are so uncertain of their own cultural heritage. They are unmoored.
He’s brainwashed.
Bttt
Placemark.
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