You know, if you listen to this bunch of boobs who are currently in charge, you'd think the biggest terrorist threat facing this country has its roots right here at home and not from murdering religious zealots from the Middle East. Such was the case yet again when we found the esteemed John Brennan, Barry's less than proficient assistant national security adviser for homeland security and counter-terrorism speaking at some place called the Institute of Institutional and European Affairs, which I'm told is located in Dublin, Ireland. It was just this past Friday that we heard Mr. Brennan working desperately to put al Qaeda's terrorism into what this administration views as being its 'proper' perspective. And he did so by comparing it to what he called the "long and painful history of violent extremism" in the United States and Europe.
This administration has always attempted to downplay any perceived threat from those practitioners of that so-called religion of peace and, I assume, that's what this dolt was once again attempting to do by first saying, "Sadly, the threat of violent extremism did not start—and will not end—with al-Qa‘ida." Then going on to say, "On both sides of the Atlantic, we have a long, painful history of violent extremism, from violent anarchists to violent white supremacists to neo-Nazis." He continued with his little spiel saying, "This summer, we saw a white supremacist in Wisconsin kill six worshippers and wound four others at a Sikh temple," Brennan said. "Last year in Norway, we saw Anders Breivik—steeped in a racist and xenophobic ideology—murder 77 innocent men, women and children in a tragedy that truly shocked the world." That was an anomaly.
Brennan was also the director for the National Counterterrorism Center in the George W. Bush administration, and I wasn't a fan of him then either. He said that the challenge the U.S. and Europe faces is "to meet the full range of violent extremism threats in our communities regardless of ideology." He then warned that the West should not "stigmatize" Muslims who are "fellow citizens." Oh, heaven forbid, we can't stigmatize those poor, peace loving Muslims. This idiot went on to say, "The bottom line—on both sides of the Atlantic—is that we have to work with communities rather than stigmatize them," Brennan said. "That is especially true when it comes to our fellow citizens who are Muslim." What a bunch of, to use 'Slow Joe' Biden's favorite word, malarkey. Whose side is this guy on, anyway? (Rhetorical question)
Making it quite clear why it is that we continue to face a threat from these murdering religious fanatics, Brennan said, "In word and deed, we need to show Muslim communities that they are just as much a part of our countries as people of any other faith," Brennan said. "This is a message of inclusion and opportunity that President Obama has conveyed on many, many occasions." Going on to say, "As he has said, the United States is not and never will be at war against Islam; our nation is strengthened by all its citizens, including those who are Muslim," Brennan said. "We are at war against al-Qa’ida—a band of thugs who offer nothing but death and destruction." Adding, "And when it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in our countries, Muslim communities are part of the solution." Talk about being naïve!
I think we all came to realize, and pretty quickly, that the present team was going to be addressing Islamic terrorism considerably different from how the team they were replacing approached it. Where the last guys were willing to take the fight to the terrorists, these new sheriffs riding into town preferred killing the terrorists with kindness whenever possible. On one hand it seemed as if they were completely opposed to any use of torture yet didn't seem opposed to killing terrorists instead of capturing them and possibly harvesting useful intelligence that might be used to either save lives or lead to the capture of more terrorists. Meanwhile they seemed to be much more concerned about any home grown 'terrorists' who they saw as being the much bigger threat. You know like those folks who oppose abortion and support the Second Amendment.
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