The American Conservative (TAC) has previously shown a tendency to downplay the jihad threat — as many paleocons do. I am no fan of Wilsonian interventionism and never have been, but TAC is veering toward active support of the Islamic supremacist agenda. Preposterous? Read on. “Pamela Geller’s Free-Speech Hypocrisy,” by Kelley Vlahos, The American Conservative, […]
Obama admin says “file footage of ISIL convoys operating in broad daylight” is “inaccurate” days before huge ISIL convoy in Ramadi
“We are urging broadcasters to avoid using the familiar B-roll that we’ve all seen before, file footage of ISIL convoys operating in broad daylight, moving in large formations with guns out, looking to wreak havoc. It’s inaccurate — that’s no longer how ISIL moves…” “A more accurate image, said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, […]
Kerry: Don’t worry about fall of Ramadi, “Daesh has been driven back”
Fantasy-based analysis. Recently I asked, “has Baghdad Bob become Secretary of Defense?” No, he has become Secretary of State. “Kerry: Don’t Worry About Fall of Ramadi, ‘Daesh Has Been Driven Back,’” by Bridget Johnson, PJ Media, May 18, 2015: Secretary of State John Kerry said today not to worry, we’ll probably get Ramadi back from […]
Denmark gave 32 jihadis in the Islamic State $58,000 in welfare payments
The jihad against the West: funded with Danish taxpayer money! “Danish jihadists cashed in on welfare benefits,” The Local, May 18, 2015: Thirty-two Danes have collected nearly 400,000 kroner worth of unemployment benefits while fighting in Syria, it was revealed on Monday. According to an Employment Ministry document obtained by Radio24syv, the Danish Security and […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: PEN members forget purpose of free speech
Over at PJM I discuss the strange spectacle of many members of PEN, which was founded to defend the freedom of speech, lining up in favor of Sharia censorship and submitting to violent intimidation: With every passing day I feel more like Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski: I feel like opening my office window […]
FBI under increased scrutiny for failing to prevent Garland jihad shooting
They had Elton Simpson on their radar for years. But it is FBI policy in the Obama Administration not to acknowledge, much less study, the beliefs that motivate such attacks. The FBI training materials, by order of John Brennan and Barack Obama, do not mention Islam and jihad in connection with terrorism. So how can […]
3,000 more foreign jihadis join the Islamic State
The lure of the concept of the caliphate continues to be ignored and dismissed. The mainstream media is too busy declaring victory: A CNN headline asked in November 2014: “Has ISIS peaked? Terror group suffers setbacks in Iraq.” The Atlantic announced in January 2015: “ISIS Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Momentum: Evidence suggests that the […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: Has Baghdad Bob Become Secretary of Defense?
Over at PJ Media I explain how we’re getting nowhere with the Islamic State, but you wouldn’t know that by listening to this administration: Remember Baghdad Bob? During the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, or “Baghdad Bob,” kept us laughing by repeatedly declaring that the Iraqi Army was humiliating […]
To Yearn for Ignorance
“…to yearn for ignorance is to embrace the wishful thinking of a child.” -Greg Iles, from Natchez Burning In his recent article in Canada’s National Post, Tom Blackwell reveals that the “tobacco industry has been waging a sort of religious war for decades, recruiting Islamic scholars and crafting theological arguments to counter a feared Muslim […]
Muslim male model from Australia dies fighting for Islamic State; Australia PM says Islamic State “not about religion”
How ignorant and self-deluded is Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott about the jihad threat? This ignorant and self-deluded. Upon learning of the death of Sharky Jama, asked Muslims in Australia to stop “going overseas to join these terrorist groups. Don’t. They are death cults. That’s what they are. They’re not about religion. They’re just about […]