Obama Administration, Say The Damn Word Already! *Open Thread*

It is just getting to be LAUGHABLE the lengths to which the Obama Administration and its spokespeople will go to not use the phrase, “Islamist Extremist,” or “Islamist Terrorist.” Or it would be if it wasn’t so dangerous. It is bordering on insanity, if you ask me.

But don’t have to take my word for it. Check out the State Department Deputy Spokesweasel Marie Harf and her comments to Martha MacCullum on this topic. From BizPacReview:

[…] Fox News host Martha MacCallum confronted State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf Monday over the administration’s tortured explanations designed to skirt the specific words.

“Why is it so hard to say?,” MacCallum asked.

“It’s not hard to say, but it’s not the only kind of extremist we face” Harf began with indignation, the standard White House response on the subject.

“What other forms of extremism are particularly troubling and compelling to you right now?” MacCallum asked, trying to get past the talking points.

With inane evasiveness, Harf told MacCallum that “there are a number of people out there who want to kill other people in the name of a variety of causes.”[…] (Click here to read the rest.)

Well, gosh – I actually agree with Ms. Harf – IT ISN’T THAT HARD TO SAY!! So, just freakin’ SAY it already!!! Good grief!! And “tortured explanations” sums up beautifully Ms. Harf’s attempts to claim there are just ALL KINDS of terrorists out to get us. She couldn’t NAME any of them, of course, and we already know she won’t say the “Islamist” word, so that left her with nothing.

And here I bought into the whole meme that only the best and brightest went to work for our Government at such a high level. Ahem.

Since Ms. Harf has such an unbelievably difficult time saying the word, and despite the attempts by others to inform Harf and the Obama Administration to the damage they are doing by NOT naming these terrorists for what they are, perhaps hearing it from a Muslim would help. I know, other Muslims have tried, like Dr. Zuhdi Jasser in talking about the denial of liberals on this issue, but hope springs eternal.

This Muslim is also a doctor, and a woman. Her name is Dr. Qanta Ahmed, and she is the author of, In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor’s Journey in the Saudi Kingdom . The following interview took place while the hostage situation was on-going in Paris:

The points Dr. Ahmed makes are ones this Administration, and those who refuse to make the connection, would do well to embrace. Specifically, they are HARMING other Muslims by NOT making the distinction between Islamism and Islam. So, whose the Islampahobe now, huh?? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

And if that is not clear enough, Dr. Ahmed also appeared on Fox and Friends Weekend and made this point clearly:

Dr. Ahmed’s claim that by not doing so, by not naming these terrorist attacks for what they are, and WHO they are, gives them tremendous power. And that should be a huge concern for anyone, much less the leader of this nation which is under constant threat of MORE Islamist attacks. (There is a longer clip of this interview. You can CLICK HERE to see it.)

To add to the voices of those calling for this Administration to stop ignoring reality and stop being in such denial, is Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Hirsi Ali appeared on Megyn Kelly recently and had this to say. From Townhall:

[…] Regardless of the fatwa put on her head by Islamists, Hirsi Ali still boldly speaks out and recently made an appearance on The Kelly File to discuss the horrific murders of Charlie Hebdo editors last week.

“It could have been me, it could have been you, it could have been all of us,” Hirsi Ali said. “I understand it and they [Islamists] make it very clear what motivates them. We know that this is an ideology, a political ideology, that is embedded unfortunately in the religion of Islam, a religion that is practiced by multitudes of people who are not violent themselves. We know this. What we fail to do over and over again is to make this connection and we are fighting an asymmetric war where we fight with military means and counter terrorism means but we are not fighting back with ideas…there is a vacuum of morality. If western society doesn’t instill, again I’m using the world inculcate the values that have made the west so peaceful and prosperous through schools, through the media, through academia, through every possible peaceful channel of educating minds. What happens is you have a vacuum and vacuums like this one are usually filled by evil terrorist ideologists. What we are seeing is an Islamist, evil terrorist ideology.”

And there you have it. Hirsi Ali hits the nail on the head. This is an “evil terrorist ideology.” Stop mincing words already.

Hirsi Ali also made a great point that there is “a vacuum of morality,” a lack of values being instilled in people these days. I could give you a thousand examples of how much things have changed in just the past 20 years, let’s say. But that would take volumes. Just look at the lyrics of a lot of music today, or the way in which female performer are dressing and acting these days, or how winning at all costs has become the norm (we see that in politics all the time). I am certain you could give me a bunch of examples, too, and I invite you to do so in the Comments below.

So that’s the bad news. As Katie Pavlich made clear in her excellent piece, there was more to Ali’s comments:

[…] “I love life more than I love death, they love death, that message is so much stronger than anything they put out there,” Hirsi Ali said. “The only chance we have of fighting these barbarians is by talking about it…I still believe the pen is far more powerful, far more powerful, than all of their guns.” […] (Click here to read the rest.)

You can watch the complete interview below:

Hirsi Ali’s last comments sum it up beautifully – she loves life more than death. And the terrorists love death more than life. That is the difference right there. It is about damn time our government was able to make that distinction and SAY it already.

At least that’s what I think. How about you? This is an Open Thread.

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