Posted on 02/21/2015 12:14:13 PM PST by Jim Robinson
By allowing ideology to trump good national security practice, the administration’s recent summit on “Violent Extremism” has empowered America’s enemies.
Friday saw the close of the of the three-day international summit on violent extremism hosted by the White House.
Coming as it did just a just after the release of ISIS/Islamic State videos on the immolation of Lt Kassasbeh, the Jordanian Royal Air Force pilot, and the slaughter of 21 Egyptian Christians, and the reported death of another US hostage, the timing allowed it potentially to be a perfect platform for a muscular response to the barbarity of the Islamic State, for the announcement of actions akin to the attacks against ISIS launched by King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Sisi of Egypt.
Instead, the President spoke of the real grievances the Muslim world has had with the West, the danger of Islamophobia in the U.S., and the need for more community outreach. As the same time, Marie Harf of the State Department gave an interview in which she presented “more jobs” as the answer to the rise of global jihadist movements, and Eric Holder attacked FOX News for its obsession with discussing “radical Islam” and “Islamic extremism.” All this just after the President used the National Prayer Breakfast to compare ISIS atrocities today with Christians using violence in the name of Jesus centuries in the past. How these statements were meant to weaken our enemies is not clear.
That enemy, whether it is was Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, ISIS in Iraq, or the Tsarnaev brothers who bombed the Boston marathon, has a narrative, a story they tell to recruit new terrorists and justify the mass murders they commit daily.
That story is not one of America failing to provide jobs for the world’s needy...
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He’s just doing the blocking for ISIS so they can take down countries.
Wasn’t that his plan?
He said in his book that he would stand with the Muslims if he had to make a choice. So was he lying in his autobiography? Why has the MSM forgotten his own words?
I’m being rhetorical, of course.
Biden said during the conference that extremist violence was caused by people who believe in the Bible.
Is lying not a sign of weakness?
I suggest you look up “taqiyya”. You’ll understand.
Having participated in the political discussion about the Moslem religion, jihad, and everything associated with it I’ve known about taqiyya for many years. Since 911, it’s almost impossible not to.
The question remains (and really I see it as a question for Moslem scholars): is it not weakness which compels one to lie?
...is it not weakness which compels one to lie?
Yes.
That’s what I thought.
I’m missing your point.
No you’re not. You said it precisely. Lying is a sign of weakness.
Lying to non-believers is a badge of honor for muslims.
Really it seems quite fitting for a worldview so horribly backward morally to embrace the very act which shows it to be weak.
ISIS knows the President is WEAK. Iran knows the President is WEAK. Putin knows the President is WEAK...
Rudy’s Feb 13th speech is fantastic, please pass this around:
One of the few articulate people who can destroy the President with words.
Holy smokes... Rudi was ON FIRE there... WOW!
“ISIS knows the President is WEAK. Iran knows the President is WEAK. Putin knows the President is WEAK.”
I was in mainland China last August and had a Chinese fellow come up to me on the street, asked if I was an American then told me “Obama is a pu—y...Obama weak man!” We are going to pay a step price for his weakness and the fact that we as a country are tolerating a weak Congress that is not taking more direct action to address it.
How the President’s Welfare and Jobs summit helps ISIS, there now more to the truth.
Kumbuya, all Isis wants is some love.... Sarcasm.
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