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| Britain |
| London a reminder that deadly political correctness perpetuates terrorism |
| 2017-06-05 |
| [The Hill] A toxic and deadly political correctness has enveloped Western Europe and enabled an unending wave of terrorist attacks. Refusing to utter the words "radical Islamic extremism," opening the door to millions of half-vetted refugees and decrying the concepts of borders and assimilation have resulted in a culture in crisis ‐ a culture without democratic, freedom-loving identity and constantly under murderous attack from cancers within. Skipping down to the facts: Blind to reality, they ignore the facts. The fact that last Ramadan ‐ the Muslim holy month during which ISIS called for "all-out war" on "infidels" ‐ an Islamic terrorist attack occurred once every 84 hours. The fact that far-left Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted mistakes in admitting millions of refugees into her country. And the fact that 65 percent of all people convicted of terrorism or terrorism-related offenses in the U.S. were foreign-born, pointing to a clear, inextricable link between immigration and terrorism. These are facts, in the face of which fictitious falsehoods are embraced. To be sure, most immigrants are good and most Muslims are peaceful. But responsible leaders must nevertheless acknowledge the radical Islamic extremists that seek to cross our borders and kill our people. America and Europe face a choice ‐ a choice between realism and idealism. While the American people chose the former on Nov. 8 in the election of Donald Trump, Europe and the establishment political classes in American society consistently choose the latter. Angela Merkel chose idealism when she lectured President Trump at the NATO headquarters just over a week ago, saying it "is not isolation and the building of walls that make us successful...." The American courts have chosen idealism in striking down Trump’s revised travel pause from seven countries where vetting proves impossible, despite the action being well within Trump’s Article II powers. And Congress has chosen idealism in its refusal to allocate money for building a border wall along our southern border. In stark contrast, President Trump has embraced realism full throttle. In addition to being maligned for his executive order on travel and his border wall, he was mocked by the severely out-of-touch chattering class for a slew of spot-on tweets in the aftermath of the London attacks, warning that "[w]e must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people." And he appropriately chastised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for suggesting there is "no reason to be alarmed." This is the same London mayor who previously suggested that terrorism is just "part and parcel of living in a big city." Trump’s realistic take was nevertheless shunned and rejected with flashy headlines. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Someone clearly agrees with you, g(r)omgoru. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-05 12:17 |
| #4 Why not in "Opinion"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-05 11:01 |
| #3 Yes. In a word, clientism |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-06-05 09:41 |
| #2 But a PC strategy based on denial allows you to establish local shuras (meetings) to pump USAID resources ($$$) into the local economies to Prolonging the conflict, regional destabilization, and regime change are the goals. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-05 07:46 |
| #1 When you go PC on war, this is what you get. 16+ years of continuous warfare without an end in sight. The cancer was allowed to spread instead of being obliterated at the very beginning. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-05 07:34 |