Are We At War With Islam? Part V

(Note: A comment to the last two part post raised the issue of whether "radical" Islam in fact is typical of all Islam. For newer readers, please note that I previously posted a 4 part series on whether we are at war with Islam. Part I was posted on 8/29/10, Part II on 9/13/10, Part III on 9/30/12 and Part IV on 6/6/13. The topics ranged from Islamic propaganda, Islamic influence on education, the Ground Zero mosque, limits on free speech, lack of tolerance, and media bias. It appears that this is an appropriate time for Part V.)

Following the Orlando massacre, President Obama felt compelled to push back against Republicans who have criticized his refusal to use the phrase "radical Islam" for the 7 1/2 years of his Presidency. Said Obama: "That's the key, they tell us. We can't beat ISIL unless we call them "radical Islamists." Obama went on: "What exactly would using this label accomplish? What exactly would it change? Would it make ISIL less committed to kill Americans? Would it bring in more allies? Is there a military strategy that is served by this? The answer is none of the above...this is a political distraction."

Just a distraction? According to the Washington Times (4/25/13), in 2011 the "White House ordered cleansing of training materials that Islamic groups deemed offensive." This order affected all federal law enforcement, intelligence and military training manuals and courses, resulting in "teachings on Islam be(ing) scrubbed." Is this a good idea? Was it smart that Obama allowed CAIR and the Islamic Society of North America, 2 unindicted co-conspirators in the case involving illegal funding of Hamas, to determine what should be taught to those who defend us in the fight against Islamic terror?

John Guandolo was a counter-terrorism agent in the FBI. His opinion on Obama's order is quite frightening: "There is no strategy in the FBI...At FBI headquarters it is a daily fire drill. The threats come in, and they run around to deal with them and run them down. But because none of it can have anything to do with the Muslim Brotherhood's movement in the United States or Islam, they never address the root cause and common investigative realities."

We already have far too many examples of Americans dying because of Obama's order. Major Nidal Hasan was able to carry out his murderous attack at Fort Hood even though the Army knew of his radical Islamist ties. Political correctness ordered by Obama prevented action against him beforehand. After the 9/11 Benghazi attack, Obama and Hillary both lied about the cause of the attack, preferring to blame a movie video over the true cause - radical Islamic terror. And now we have had the attack in Orlando. The FBI was well aware of the killer beforehand. It has been reported that he even told them that he wanted to die a martyr. Yet, he was not even under constant surveillance.

For the left, and much of the mainstream media, it is clear with whom we are at war - Republicans! That's right. This is from the lead editorial in the 6/15/16 New York Times (really): "While the precise motivation for the rampage (in Orlando) remains unclear, it is evident that Mr. X (the truth-uncensored refuses to use his name) was driven by hatred towards gays and lesbians. Hate crimes don't happen in a vacuum. They occur where bigotry is allowed to fester, where minorities are vilified and where people are scapegoated for political gain. Tragically, this is the state of American politics, driven too often by Republican politicians who see prejudice as something to exploit, not extinguish."

The Times concluded their editorial with this: "The 49 people killed in Orlando were victims of a terrorist attack. But they also need to be remembered as casualties of a society where hate has deep roots." So, for the Times, Republicans, society and hate are the real perpetrators. Nowhere in their editorial do they mention that the real perpetrator was a Muslim; nowhere does the Times mention the motivating factor of radical Islam and ISIS. This is the newspaper that calls itself "the paper of record." We on the right know it to be "the paper of left-wing propaganda and lies."

So, are we at war with radical Islam? Should we be? Or, does all of Islam currently have serious problems that should cause us to be at war with Islam? Please see Part VI.