“Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that are going to scare businesses off. When they launch ballistic missiles with slogans […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Obama Knows Best
Back in January, at a press conference with David Cameron, Barack Obama delivered himself of some thoughts on how Europe should deal with its Muslim problem. He claimed that the United States had had “more success” than others in “integrating minorities,” and that “our biggest advantage, major, is that our Muslim populations feel themselves to […]
Video: White House censors French President saying “Islamist terrorism”
The Obama Administration is adopting the practices of Orwell’s Ministry of Truth. Inconvenient facts are consigned to the memory hole. We have always been at war with Eurasia. Islam is a religion of peace. No one would even dare suggest otherwise, even indirectly. What? The French President referred to “Islamist terrorism”? No, he didn’t. Not […]
Obama: “The Republican base had been fed this notion that Islam is inherently violent”
Where would anyone get the crazy idea that Islam was inherently violent? Well, the day’s headlines might give us that very strong impression, but Obama would tell us (and has told us) that those Muslims who are screaming “Allahu akbar” as they murder non-Muslims are, despite appearances, not really Muslims at all, but just people […]
Defense Department admits that freed Guantanamo jihadis have murdered Americans
Obama has been replenishing the enemy’s ranks from Guantanamo for years now. “Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans,” by Richard Lardner, Associated Press, March 23, 2016: WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp […]
Obama: “We have to reject any attempt to stigmatize Muslim-Americans, and their enormous contributions to our country”
Obama’s timing is grotesque. After the Brussels jihad massacre, he should be talking about how he is ramping up our resistance to jihad terror, not about how we have to stop picking on the poor Muslims in America, whom no one is picking on in the first place. “We have to reject any attempt to […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Apologists for Islam and History
Apologists for Islam are a varied bunch – some reveal ignorance, others deploy deliberate taqiyya – but all play fast and loose with history. Here are three examples: Karen Armstrong on the Expulsion of the Moors In 1492, the year that is often said to inaugurate the modern era, three very important events happened in Spain. […]
Obama compares the Islamic State to the Joker from Batman
This is the depth of the Commander-In-Chief’s analysis. “Obama compares ISIS to Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight saying they just ‘just want to set the whole region on fire,’” by Snejana Farberov, Dailymail.com, March 10, 2016: President Barack Obama likened the Middle East to Gotham, the fictional metropolis in the Batman franchise, with […]
Obama: I’m more worried about climate change than the Islamic State
Priorities that are likely to come back and bite him. “OBAMA: I’m more worried about climate change than ISIS,” by Rob Wile, Fusion, March 10, 2016: In a new interview published in The Atlantic magazine, President Obama says he is more worried about climate change than the terrorist group ISIS. “ISIS is not an existential threat […]
White House falsely claims Iran using sanctions cash domestically, not for military
They’ve lied about the success of airstrikes against the Islamic State. So it’s no surprise that they would lie in this context as well. “White House Making Up Iran Data?,” by Michael Rubin, Commentary, March 6, 2016: Colin Kahl, Vice President Joseph Biden’s National Security Advisor, reportedly told a conference at the RAND Corporation that […]