A rare moment of candor. Not only does he not yet have a strategy; he doesn’t yet have the courage to call the threat what it really is, or to acknowledge that the actions of the Islamic State have deep roots in Islamic theology and law. There is no way that we can defeat an […]
Israel accepted ceasefire without demilitarization of Hamas under US pressure
Israel’s initial goal in Operation Protective Edge had been to destroy Hamas utterly. But Barack Obama persuaded (how?) the Israelis to accept Hamas still existing, and still heavily armed. It is quite clear which side Barack Obama is on. “PLO to pursue diplomatic efforts following ceasefire deal,” Ma’an News Agency, August 28, 2014: BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Mag: The Islamic State Has Nothing to Do With Islam?
In FrontPage I discuss the latest round of denial and obfuscation from Western leaders: Whatever they may disagree about, Western leaders are in complete agreement about one thing: the new self-styled caliphate, the Islamic State, has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. It’s a comforting, reassuring vision for Western non-Muslims facing a massive influx of […]
At behest of Hamas-linked CAIR, DoJ sues Minnesota town for rejecting mosque
The town rejected the Islamic center on zoning grounds, but at a meeting, some opponents of the project “made disparaging remarks about the Muslim faith.” Time to call in the Thought Police! Time for Obama’s feds to force the mosque on this city! It is impossible to have a mature discussion about mosques in the […]
Pamela Geller: Obama administration refuses to admit that Hamas is the same as the Islamic State
Still more denial and obfuscation of the reality of Islamic jihad from the Obama Administration. “Obama admin refuses to admit Hamas is ISIS,” by Pamela Geller, WND, August 24, 2014: On Wednesday, a reporter asked State Department spokesperson Marie Harf this question: “Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Hamas and ISIL were one and the same. […]
Obama “heartbroken” over Foley beheading, then goes back to golf game
“Aides said the golf game did not reflect the depth of his grief over Mr. Foley.” Oh, then it’s OK. The New York Times does its best to cover for Obama in this piece, but it is a losing battle. Cheney was right that Obama would “rather be on the golf course than he would […]
Obama Administration broke law by freeing jihadis for Bergdahl
No kidding, really? But it doesn’t matter. Nothing will result from this. John Boehner may have a good cry, but that will be it. “Oversight Report: Obama Admin Violated Law by Freeing Taliban Members,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, August 21, 2014: The Obama administration violated federal law when it released five senior Taliban […]
State Department spokesperson on Foley beheading: “What the President was trying to say was that this is not about the US”
Sky News reported Tuesday: “In the five-minute video, posted on social media sites by Islamic State sources, the group declares that Mr Foley was killed after Barack Obama ordered airstrikes against IS positions in northern Iraq. The group also claimed to be holding another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and said his life depended on the […]
Foley first kidnapped by Obama-funded “moderate” Free Syrian Army group
Then he was turned over to the Islamic State as a token of this Free Syrian Army group’s allegiance to the new caliphate. The Free Syrian Army are the “moderates” to whom the Obama Administration has given weapons in Syria. Thus the incoherence of the Obama foreign policy is laid bare: he is funding what […]
Obama: Islamic State “speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents.”
The imam Obama has spoken: “ISIL speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents.” Yet Islamic law mandates death for heretics and apostates, and that is what the Islamic State jihadis consider their Muslim victims to be. Also, the Qur’an teaches: “When you meet the unbelievers, […]