http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/11/coming_to_a_city_near_you_islamic_terrorism.htmlNovember 29, 2015
Coming to a City Near You: Islamic Terrorism
By Lauri B. Regan
I often hear arguments in support of bringing in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees with no mention of the words “terrorist,” “Muslim,” “Islam,” “jihad,” or “Paris” by the proponent. It is a bizarre notion that one can dishonestly make the humanitarian case for helping Syrians forced from their homes during a civil war while ignoring the security risks for the potential host nation.
Accompanying this debate is always the disgraceful accusation that those who raise national security concerns are actually aiding and abetting the terrorists in their recruitment of future jihadists. Those of us who question the PC/Obama meme are used to being called Islamophobes. But now we are labeled inciters. Tomorrow we will likely be labeled jihadists ourselves as the narrative morphs in the direction of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists who blamed that catastrophe on America’s immorality rather than the Islamist murderers.
In a recent panel discussion on the topic featuring experts from various international refugee organizations, a spokesperson from the International Crisis Group berated the rhetoric of anyone having the audacity to suggest that we should not be welcoming these people with open arms. He stated unequivocally that those of us with reservations are actually encouraging Muslims to join ISIS. This accusation is a canard.
Presumably the roomful of attendees who seemingly nodded their heads in agreement had already been brainwashed by Obama, who accused Republicans of fearing “3-year old orphans” proclaiming, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL than some of the rhetoric that’s coming out of here during the course of this debate.”
He should have just ended his sentence after the phrase “I cannot think.” For this idiocy is not just coming from the guy who promised Americans, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." It is coming from the president who called ISIS the jayvee team and promised the morning of the Paris massacre that ISIS was “contained.” It comes from the leader of the free world who has proclaimed over and over again that the greatest threat to mankind is climate change. And it was espoused by our Commander-in-Chief who released five al Qaeda operatives the day after the Paris massacres based on a false narrative that Gitmo serves as a terrorist recruitment tool.
The person with the real fears is the one in the White House quivering in his mom jeans that something bad may happen in his last 14 months. Obama’s “Audacity of Hope” these days is that by not recognizing Islamic terrorists as a clear and present danger to the U.S., he will eke out the end of his term leaving his mess to his successor. Michael Makovsky reasoned that it is Obama who has facilitated ISIS recruitment.
Not only has he waged a feeble, half-hearted battle (“war” would be too strong a word) against the Islamic States but he has de facto supported the Assad regime by choosing not to target its assets or even declare a no-fly zone to prevent it from dropping barrel bombs on civilians. He has denied real military support to moderate Syrian elements, driving opponents of the Assad regime into the arms of the only effective fighting force on the ground (outside the Kurdish areas): radical Islamist jihadi groups like IS. And he has ensured the further continuation of the sectarian death struggle between Sunni and Shia in Syria and Iraq by emboldening and enriching, via this summer’s nuclear deal, Iran…. By cutting the nuclear deal and aligning with Iran, staying cozy with the Shia government in Baghdad, and distancing itself from America’s traditional Sunni Arab allies, Obama has sent a signal to Sunnis in Iraq and Syria that we won’t protect them, leading many to feel like their only choice is to embrace the Islamic State.
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