Shorter Obama: Dear Islamophobes, I’m Still Not Serious About Defeating ISIS

Last updated on: December 6, 2015 at 9:36 pm by Nancy French

Shorter Obama: Dear Islamophobes, I’m Still Not Serious About Defeating ISIS 2015-12-06T21:36:01-05:00 Nancy French

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We don’t need another speech against Islamophobia. What we need is a President who understands the threat of radical Islam. Tonight we saw that President Obama either doesn’t get it or doesn’t care to address it honestly. David French, over at National Review, explained:

The very idea that our nation needs yet another lecture about discrimination is deeply disrespectful to the American people. After fourteen years of war against Islamic jihadists – at a cost of more than 60,000 American killed or wounded and countless thousands more suffering the lingering effects of difficult deployments — America is so tolerant of Islam that Jews — Jews! — face far more hate crimes than Muslims. When was the last time Jewish-Americans launched a deadly terror attack? The Jewish homeland is among our closest allies, matched only by countries like the United Kingdom. Yet America is less tolerant of Jews than Muslims. Americans have responded to large-scale Islamic terror and tens of thousands of broken bodies with remarkable grace and tolerance. The American people should be applauded, not lectured.

As for his strategy for defeating ISIS, the only meaningful change is the oblique reference to the expanded role of special forces. In plain English, he’s reiterating the same strategy that’s allowed ISIS to hold an immense amount of territory in Iraq and Syria while expanding its influence in Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, and elsewhere. The only truly meaningful promise was his renewed vow not to engage Americans in ground combat. That means that progress will continue to be painfully slow, that ISIS will continue to have safe havens in city after city, and ISIS will continue to plot its own attacks even as it inspires radicals around the world.

The President, of course, had political posturing over gun control as well. Of course, all Americans would want to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals and terrorists. How do we tell who those people are, while still maintaining respect for the 2nd Amendment? Obama has no answers, just empty rhetoric.

And speaking of rhetoric…

Finally, is anyone actually reassured by language declaring that “history” has chosen our side? History didn’t defeat Hitler. History didn’t cause the Soviet Union to collapse. History teaches lessons. It does not take sides. And one lesson it teaches is that rhetoric is no substitute for true courage and resolve. When it comes to America’s war against jihadists, our president lacks both.

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