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2017-02-26 -Land of the Free
General McMaster's misunderstanding of the Islamist threat a danger to National Security
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Posted by anon1 2017-02-26 03:48|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 If this is what the General believes, I suspect he will not survive his new posting very long.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-02-26 05:06||   2017-02-26 05:06|| Front Page Top

#2 So far, the general who didn't believe it, didn't survive his new posting.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-26 05:16||   2017-02-26 05:16|| Front Page Top

#3 And hasn’t Islam meant conquest through violence, and subjugation, of many different kinds of Infidels, over many different lands, for the past 1400 years?

Yes.
Posted by JohnQC 2017-02-26 08:04||   2017-02-26 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 The "nothing to do with islam" idiocracy is celebrating

we voted Trump in to fix this. To change this attitude. To be honest about the issue so we can solve it

what do we get? nothing to do with islam
Posted by anon1 2017-02-26 08:45||   2017-02-26 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 still light years better than Susan Rice or Tom Donilon (from the Obama years) and better than Petraeus.

Enough people in the admin know the horrible truth about Islam. McMaster can remain semi-ignorant of this and still function.
Posted by lord garth 2017-02-26 08:47||   2017-02-26 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm going to wait and see what he does. Actions matter more than public statements.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2017-02-26 09:13||   2017-02-26 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Given his his personal history, McMaster might be a tactical genius - like Hannibal.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-26 10:04||   2017-02-26 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Trump is our president in name only

Not as bad as that, anon1. Looking at his actions so far: the Don understands business, but not the business of war. However, if USA oil/natural gas production is not hampered by enviro-malice --- IMO, Islam is only important because of petrodollars.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-26 10:17||   2017-02-26 10:17|| Front Page Top

#9 I dunno. My BS detector is quietly beeping. McMasters used to work for Obama. If the boss says Islam is the religion of pieces, then it's the religion of pieces. The new boss ain't the same as the old boss.
Posted by SteveS 2017-02-26 10:24||   2017-02-26 10:24|| Front Page Top

#10 ...seems others of the brotherhood found quick retirement when they failed to mouth the words of the WH. Could be McMaster is the other side of Deep State. I'll wait and see.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-26 11:12||   2017-02-26 11:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Wouldn't it be Trump-like to find those thrilled today choking on their words next month? Could happen.
Posted by Bobby 2017-02-26 11:34||   2017-02-26 11:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Claptrap is the language of diplomacy. His mouth has spoken and got it out of the way. Now it's time to watch and see what his hands do.
Posted by JHH 2017-02-26 11:38||   2017-02-26 11:38|| Front Page Top

#13 And then [McMaster during confirmation] might add: “It is up to us to figure out how best we can help those born into Islam, without any choice in the matter, who recognize those troublesome aspects of their faith that are inimical to real peace and real tolerance, and for which they would like to find a solution, if such is possible.” An unflinching statement like that, from General McMaster, despite the subsequent howls of protest by CAIR and the Southern Poverty Law Center, would be enough – would be more than enough – to clear a good many minds of cant.

It's doubtful we can eradicate fundamental Islam without the Muslim world itself coming to the understanding that it must change. The question is, will it take ten years or two hundred? Or will Armageddon intervene first?
Posted by KBK 2017-02-26 11:45||   2017-02-26 11:45|| Front Page Top

#14 anon1 - are you not Aussie?
Posted by Frank G 2017-02-26 12:22||   2017-02-26 12:22|| Front Page Top

#15 You cannot "fix" islam. It is an ideology of conquest and submission, with a thin shell of religion.

The war of words gets you nowhere. What we need to to is to get our country and our allies energy independent of mideast oil and force islam to deal with itself. Islam will have to reform itself, die trying, or kill each other off. There is no basis of trust, so we can associate where we have to, but otherwise they are on their own.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-02-26 12:28||   2017-02-26 12:28|| Front Page Top

#16 Sure you can fix Islam. Fixed worship of Baal, haven't we?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-26 12:44||   2017-02-26 12:44|| Front Page Top

#17 alaska paul: i agree, we can't fix islam and why should we even try it is their problem

they want to live in the dark ages hugging their koran then let them

our problem is our polity, media, public and deep state have all drunk the kool aid "nothing to do with islam" for 15 years now, that's a generation

our borders are open for muslims to migrate in and they have, despite the Muslim Brotherhood's open agenda of civilisational jihad, setting up fifth columns and settlement conquest across the West.

but the problem with McMasters who doesn't get it, and the sacking of Flynn who does, is that you can't say one thing and do another

McMasters can't say "nothing to do with islam" and work behind the scenes to sort the problem

The entire problem is now the inability to act because of widespread misunderstanding of the nature of the threat.

All our defences are down. It's like we have AIDS and Islam is the common cold.

It's easy to fix with some antibiotics but we are not going to take them because we don't think we need them and we don't understand the problem

we will die of pneumonia unless we address the problem.

Flynn got it. Flynn was ready to address the problem. Flynn is gone.
Posted by anon1 2017-02-26 19:05||   2017-02-26 19:05|| Front Page Top

#18 Frank G: yes i am Aussie and the problem is worse if anything here. Actual sharia compliant laws have been passed banning the "vilification of religion" at the lobbying of Islamists in several states you cannot draw a cartoon of mohammad for fear that someone may take "offense" then sue you civilly.

This is a key part of the jihad: impose the supremacy of islam and make criticism of it impossible if not illegal.

the termites have been feasting on the foundations for 20 years now. the rot is deep. They are not just targeting the US it's across the Western world.

The entire West was looking to Trump to show leadership on this. We all needed Flynn. We needed them to take a stand against Islamism, to honestly state the problem, so that our own governments can follow suit.

Flynn's appointment would have helped the UK, Europe, Australia and Canada's opposition not just the US. We were all counting on him.
Posted by anon1 2017-02-26 19:10||   2017-02-26 19:10|| Front Page Top

#19 I appreciate your sentiments, but he's not "your President", and you never voted here (I hope, cuz that's illegal)
Posted by Frank G 2017-02-26 19:34||   2017-02-26 19:34|| Front Page Top

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