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Steven Emerson,
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November 16, 2015
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Someone
Tell The President We Can't Fight Radical Islam By Being Politically
Correct
by Steven Emerson and Pete Hoekstra
Forbes
November 16, 2015
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Mr. Emerson is the executive director of the Investigative Project on
Terrorism. Mr. Hoekstra is the senior Shillman fellow there.
Barack Obama promised to "do whatever it takes to work with the
French people and with nations around the world to bring these terrorists
to justice, and to go after any terrorist networks that go after our
people." But what does his record say? (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)
"This is an attack not just on Paris, it's an attack not just on
the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the
universal values that we share," – President Obama hours after the
terrorist attacks in Paris began unfolding.
The full
statement by the president at first sounds lofty, courageous and
dedicated to U.S. resolve in fighting the scourge that afflicted the City
of Lights.
A closer analysis, however, reveals that it is empty hypocritical
posturing designed to deceive the American public and feed his politically
correct allies in the media their narrative.
First, it was not an attack on "all of humanity and the universal
values we share," as Obama claimed. It was an attack by Islamists who
do not share "our universal values" on its infidel enemies.
Second, wouldn't it have been appropriate for him to have issued a
similar type of unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and his strong
affiliation with Israel's commitment to fight against extremism when it
began experiencing its most recent wave of massive attacks? After all, just
as he expressed the close alliance between the U.S. and France in vowing to
attack the terrorists who struck, the President also reiterated the
"extraordinary bond between the United States and Israel" during
last week's meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pledged to
protect Israeli security.
Really?
Let's roll the tape. When Palestinian terrorists began shooting and
killing Israelis in every corner of their country, the Obama administration
outrageously issued a contrived, evenhanded statement calling on both
Israel and the Palestinians to reduce the violence. Perhaps—to be
consistent with his so-called unequivocal views against terrorism expressed
on Friday—he should have called on both France and ISIS to mutually reduce
the violence.
The Obama administration's role in the rise of ISIS
Third, Obama promised to "do whatever it takes to work with the
French people and with nations around the world to bring these terrorists
to justice, and to go after any terrorist networks that go after our
people." This is the same president who impeded the lawsuits against
those who killed the 241 Marines in Beirut and won't allow prosecutions of
the Iranian Al Quds Force responsible for killing thousands of American
soldiers in Iran and Iraq. He also refused to support FBI efforts to
prosecute Hamas for killing scores of Americans, tried to interfere with
civil law suits against the Palestinian Authority for murdering U.S.
citizens and even prevented the victims of Iranian terrorism from
collecting the billions of dollars of judgments awarded to them in dozens
of lawsuits that Iran has lost. Jurists on both political sides have agreed
that the president has violated U.S. anti-terrorism laws that mandate the
prosecution of those who kill "our people."
Fourth, this is a president who some claim is more responsible for the
rise of ISIS than anyone else in the world. Recently declassified
emails demonstrate that his administration sold
the initial shipment of major weapons to ISIS in 2012 as a
counterweight to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. It's quite ironic that
Obama acts so sympathetically to the victims of ISIS attacks, much similar
to how the man who murdered his parents pleads for mercy because he is an
orphan.
Finally, expect the President and other Western leaders such as CIA
Chief John Brennan to begin their apologia tour in claiming that the
attackers had nothing to do with Islam, with a compliant media parroting
their talking points. They will say that ISIS is not religious but a
"death cult;" that "jihad" really means
"peace" and those who carry out these attacks are
"subverting a religion of peace." The president has prohibited
the term "Islamic terrorism" from the White House lexicon.
Perhaps we should ban the terms "white racists," the
"Italian Mafia," the "Hispanic drug cartels" and "black
gangs."
Even on Saturday, the Democratic presidential candidates refused
multiple times to condemn "radical Islam," falsely contending—as
the many Muslim advocacy groups say today—that condemning radical Islam is
racist. Also expect the mindless talking heads to claim that the majority
of attempted terrorist attacks have been singularly stopped by the active
cooperation of the American Muslim population.
Islamic terrorism has everything do with Islam
Let's set the record straight once and for all: Islamic terrorism has
everything do with Islam. The violent tactics of ISIS, al-Qaida, Hamas and
every other Islamic terrorist group invokes their legitimacy by practicing
the religion its purest form. This does not mean that all Muslims are
terrorists or that Islam in inherently violent. There are vast numbers of
peaceful Muslims. But Islam is defined by those who practice it. The
decapitations by ISIS proscribed by the Koran were the dominant form of
punishment by Mohammed's armies against enemies who would not convert or
accept Islamic supremacy.
The notion that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam is the invention of
the leftist Western alliance with anti-civil rights Islamic advocacy
groups. It is designed to mislead the public, especially because of the massive
amount of terror the world has experience or observed since 9/11. ISIS is
not subverting Islam, but it is derived from its basic tenants. It
practices Islam the same way the Iranian Mullahs practice Islam, the way
Saudi Arabia chops off limbs, the way Pakistan sentences to death anyone
who converts to Christianity, the way that women are treated as second
class citizens in traditional Muslim societies and the way that homosexuals
are put to death.
Are we to think that the pro-violent and misogynist Muslim
Brotherhood—which dominates the religious and social institutions of the
Muslim world in both the East and West, and all of its offspring including
al-Qaida, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Jama'at Islamiya, Boku Haram, Tabligi Jamat
and others—have nothing to do with Islam?
Also, sorry to break the politically correct bubble, but it has been FBI
intelligence that has stopped the vast majority of the more than 100
attempted Islamic terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 9/11, not the
cooperation of the Muslim population with law enforcement. The sad reality
is that radical Islamist front groups that masquerade as moderate—such as
the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Public Affairs
Council (MPAC) and the Muslim American Society (MAS)—discourage Muslims
from cooperating with authorities.
Censoring the discussion
Indeed, these groups, who have been welcomed into the White House
hundreds of times, exhort their members and all Muslims in the U.S. not to
trust or talk to the FBI. Most significantly, they espouse an incendiary
conspiratorial narrative that lies at the motivational root of all Islamic
terrorism: They claim there is a war against Islam by the United States,
Israel and the West. The terrorists who hear this narrative are then
persuaded to avenge the "crimes" of the U.S., France or Israel by
carrying out "jihad" that they justify as "defensive."
It is only a matter of time before the high priesthood of self-anointed
civil rights groups begin to reclaim their dominance in censoring the discussion—abetted
by the useful idiots in the mainstream media—of mentioning the term
"radical Islam" by claiming it's a slur against all Muslims.
Already, the media are dutifully reporting the "condemnations" of
the Paris attacks by groups like CAIR and MPAC, the very same groups that
say that any mention of radical Islam is Islamaphobic racism. If so, how
would they categorize the gruesome Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris?
Obama's hollow words on the Paris attacks will fade in the coming days
largely because they never meant anything in the first place. But the
American and European publics are not stupid. They understand the problem.
It is our leaders who are disenfranchising us. And they think they will get
away with it. Remember that they blamed the Benghazi massacre on an
Internet video. Perhaps they will blame the ISIS attacks on a TV show.
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