I just got back to Secure Undisclosed Locationville late last night -- just before midnight, on the last stagecoach into town. I was giving talks all weekend, most notably at the Council for National Policy on Friday.
It was a good crowd, full of people with much influence in Washington. I was part of a panel with Sam Soloman, a scholar of Islam from England, and Mark Gabriel, former Al-Azhar professor and author of "Islam and Terrorism." Soloman was particularly hard-hitting, quoting Qur'anic verses in Arabic with all the fervor of a radical imam (and then, of course, in English) and illustrating vividly how jihadists use the Islamic holy book to recruit and motivate terrorists.
I myself spoke about the need to be realistic about the sources of the threat and the goals of the jihadists, so as to respond most effectively. Above all, I stressed the need for the President to speak and act with a realistic awareness of what we are up against, and to stop allowing self-proclaimed moderate Muslim groups with ties to terrorism to brief FBI and law enforcement officials, etc. And I unveiled my Fourteen Points for defeating the global jihad, which I will publish soon in some form or another. I am happy to say that they were interrupted by applause several times.
I had to hurry out right after the address so as to catch a plane and give another talk in another city that night, but on the way out I had the pleasure of shaking hands with Grover Norquist. I am sorry that no photographer was present.
I hope we get a sneak preview of the 14 Points.
Thank you for your efforts. We all hope that the highest levels of government, using your advice, will follow through to do and say what is necessary as the general public will not understand until these words fall from the lips of Congress, and the President of the United States.
Are you being tongue in cheek about your opportunity to shake hands with Grover Norquist?
Grover Norquist, eh? While it is hard to regard as sinister someone whose name inadvertently reminds one of Sesame Street and the Muppets, he is sinister indeed. It is Grover Norquist who got Faisal Gill, a Muslim with some peculiar connections, a job with the Federal government involved with -- security. It is Grover Norquist who has consistently poohpoohed doubts expressed about Islam. One should see Frank Gaffney's irrefutable, and unrefuted, attack on Norquist. Norquist's record does not entitle him to be heard with respect on anything -- including taxes. There are plenty of others who could easily replace him on taxes. To continue to treat him as an honored and respected public figure "except for that little thing about Islam" is an error. One would not, during World War II, have treated those who defended the Nazis right up to the last minute, or who were the kind of America Firsters who visited Berlin, as "okay except for that Hitler thing." Lindbergh, formerly a great hero, had to suffer years of disgrace, and even his service in World War II did nothing to erase that disgrace. Norquist, unlike Lindbergh, did not start from the position of world-famous hero, but as a tireless little worker in the vineyard of cutting taxes, which whatever else it may be, can hardly be considered a noble or inspiring cause. He should be persona non grata by all those worried about the Jihad, and those who promote it, whatever their reasons, whatever one's views on taxes.
Kemaste,
Yes.
Cordially
RS
After shaking Mr: Norquist's hand you should have then promplty pointed him to the nearest Mosque, since he was obviously lost.
Grover Norquist is a threat to National Security.
He provided access to the White House to those who had ties to radical islamists. Thank you for pointing out the information on Frank Gaffney's website Hugh.