Gingrich is absolutely right. Indeed, no one in Washington is willing or able to speak honestly about the motives, goals, and beliefs of a group like the Islamic State. The entire Washington political establishment has bought into the idea that has been assiduously pushed by groups like the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for years: that to speak honestly about such matters constitutes “hatred” and “bigotry.” And everyone, with just a handful of notable exceptions, quailed and joined the herd. Future generations of free people, if there are any future generations of free people, will look back at today’s political class with nothing but contempt.
“Gingrich: ‘Nobody Wants to Tell the Truth’ About Radical Islam,” by Tina Nguyen, Mediaite, August 8, 2014:
This morning on New Day, Newt Gingrich came on to discuss Barack Obama‘s proposal to combat ISIS in Iraq — and, judging by his response, thinks that Obama isn’t recognizing that this is a problem of “radical Islam.”
“Nobody wants to tell the truth,” he complained. “The truth is this is a radical Islamist group. They say openly if you don’t convert, we’ll kill you. It turns out they actually mean it. There’s no complexity…The president couldn’t even honestly describe ISIS last night because it goes against his ideology.”
And, just to be clear, that ideology is that ISIS “has a very clear religious background, just as Hamas does, just as Boko Haram does. There’s a war against Christians across the region, and the fact is that we’ve got to be prepared to be honest about this,” he told CNN’s New Day.
“Nobody in the American State Department, nobody in the White House, not just Obama, but for three or four administrations, we’ve not had the courage to confront how bad this is, and it’s getting worse.”
John C. Barile says
AMEN.
Ron B says
100% agree
Tradewinds says
“Future generations of free people, if there are any future generations of free people, will look back at today’s political class with nothing but contempt.”
Boy is that right. The libs are all craven fools concerning Islam and it’s “fanatical followers” (Churchill’s phrase).
Mac-101 says
I’d say the BIG question is why does DC ignore these people and ALL Islamic Extremist when it is self evident they mean to destroy US ALL.
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It’s ALL about Money and Power, Follow da Money!
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The Evil oil companies are owned by the BANKSTERS, both groups fund environmental NAZIs resultin in the WORLD bein dependent on ME oil makin those people extremely rich and powerful. And of course they wish to destroy the same people who enabled them to become super rich.
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WHY do the smartest people in the World finance their own enemies and perhaps their own destruction?
Prinz Eugen says
The Nobel winner “Punk of Peace” unleashed the moslem brotherhood in 2009 and look at the marvelous results — a rebirth of the original moslem CRUSADE to take over the world by fire and sword. Uprisings, bombings, turmoil – — all to overload the system so a “new order” can be dictated. The total lack of opposition by our elected officials is utterly disgusting!
Bombing “militants?” Those wouldn’t happen to be moslem terrorists, would they? How does one bomb what does not exist in our official language? How do you even discuss the non-existent enemies of civilization?
That Nobel committee will have to meet soon to grant more “peace” awards to the Punk of Peace!
Jovial Joe says
Speaking of Obama’s bogus Nobel peace prize: has any representative of ‘The Religion of Peace’ ever one it? (Excluding Obama of course).
Jovial Joe says
I mean ‘won’ it! Doh.
jp says
Yes the noted peacenik yasser Arafat, may he be raped by donkeys in his Muslim hell, was awarded a peace prize for the Oslo accord. He then immediately broke his word, but I probably don’t need to remind you of that.
Myxlplik says
“Nobody in the American State Department, nobody in the White House, not just Obama, but for three or four administrations, we’ve not had the courage to confront how bad this is, and it’s getting worse.”
Well for a while Robert was there, educating people in our government, but he got drummed out… everyone was too busy giving Obama a Nobel Peace Prize.
Its all been about the meme, follow the meme or be labeled as a racist, bigot and Islamophobe. Funny thing about the truth though, isn’t it.
el-cid says
Very honest appraisal. He did not single out Obama and the failure. Remember Bush Jr. after 911? “Islam is the religion of peace”. Where did he get that BS?
DilloTank says
Undoubtedly, he got it from his college education. W, like so many of us, had no idea how corrupt and dishonest our university education system has become.
Greyhound Fancier says
“Islamophobe” – you bet I am! Any American Christian woman who is not scared spitless of Islam is blissfully ignorant or foolish. If the Muslims get their way, life as we like it will not exist; we probably wouldn’t be alive to see the wreckage. If we don’t get serious about these barbarians soon, and take their threats seriously, we are in deep doo-doo.
Kepha says
I am not scared spitless of Islam. Bel and Nebo fell before Jehovah of Hosts, and so must Muhammad’s misconception of Allah. Islam knows no atonement for sin, since it denies that Jesus Christ bore our sins in his body on the tree. It has no resurrection, and admits that even while the supposed best of prophets lies in the sand of Medina awaiting the resurrection and judgment along with the rest of the dead, Jesus Christ sits body and soul in heaven, from whence he will come to judge the quick and the dead–including Muhammad, who claimed to have done him better!
I am far more worried about the judgments of God Almighty–especially on a civilization on which God has showered blessings, but which so haughtily congratulates itself on being able to live without God, and on having broken God’s bands asunder. It is such a leadership over the Western world–in politics, law, military, academia, and media–who invite being broken by Christ’s rod of iron; and for all I know, that rod of iron may be a civilization that has created nothing but slums surrounded by deserts over which bigotry and lust rule.
John Stefan Obeda says
I agree. . . . God forbid that He is planning to punish us for our unrepentant national sins: for example, declaring what is evil to be good and what is good to be evil. When people reject God and His truths and His ways, then God whose patience comes to an end may, indeed, make the hearts of the people including their leaders dull and their eyes blind. Isaiah 6:10 and 29:9-12. “Have mercy upon us dear Father for the sake of your beloved Son Who atoned for our sins.”
BlackCat says
Also as a Christian women, islam worries me – so nothing like the Second Amendment Right, and concealed carry permit. I read the koran last year and was horrified by the hatred as I turned the pages.
We are fortunate, so far, our nationwide mohammadan population is .6% of one percent – but knowing there are centers of islam – Dearborn MI, for instance – is a worry. We need to have draconian export control of these folks to their country of origin when found they are pushing the seditious and traitorists islam agenda. We can start with those bastages at CAIR and disband that organization. The hair on the tip of the dog’s tail will end up wagging the whole dog, such is islam and its insatiable demands.
The systemic whipping of women in public by the “Religious Police” in these barbaric countries – for defying the burka/nijab wearing (Black Gag Bags), rape, accusations of adultery, then the home-life beatings by one’s husband, honor killings, FGM, then the not going out without a male escort (even if they are 4 year old boys), lack of freedoms – speech, religion, even dogs are hated, pictures, alcohol, apostates, gay folks, church bell ringing, singing, music — islam is against ALL of this. So the so-called ‘religion of peace’ is a pure fantasy. We need to push CAIR and its ilk out of our country. Write Congressmen and Senators on their public websites – show under COMMENTS – that muslims need to be deported if they are here on temporary visas. It’s a small start.
Jaladhi says
The problem comes because nobody in the West honestly wants to call these ISIS people for what they are –Muslims. Period!! This has nothing to do with being an extremist – they are just being Muslims and doing what Muslims have done for 1400 years. Why are we( our government and the media) surprised – is it because millions of Muslims living in West are not doing it now and you think Muslims are like us?? Muslims are not like us and they will always revert to what their founder Mo/allah said and did. No guarantee that Muslims living here wont do it if they get a chance.
voegelinian says
Agreed. It’s a bittersweet pill that even Gingrich’s honesty apparently has to be couched in terms of the same PC MC paradigm (the TMOE — Tiny Minority of Extremists) that continues to make us vulnerable to the global revival of Islam:
[Gingrich] thinks that Obama isn’t recognizing that this is a problem of “radical Islam.”
“Nobody wants to tell the truth,” he complained. “The truth is this is a radical Islamist group. They say openly if you don’t convert, we’ll kill you. It turns out they actually mean it. There’s no complexity…The president couldn’t even honestly describe ISIS last night because it goes against his ideology.”
No, Mr. Gingrich. The truth is not that this is a “radical Islamist group.” The truth is that this is a group of Mohammedans simply putting mainstream traditional ordinary garden-variety Islam in to practice. I seem to recall halcyon days in the CJ when JWers would laugh bitterly at such asymptotic phrases as “radical Islamist”. Perhaps it’s just a dream…
Ivan Bogdanov says
Aaah; the Halycon days. They last as long as the glow of a bottle of Krug 1854. They dribble away to be replaced with the likes of Fill_Itsarseski and J_Poo. Hugh Fitzgerald where art thou? The sheep have occupied Jihad Watch. Come to think of it they also occupy DC.
More Later….
John C. Barile says
I’m with you on this, Philip.
Radical Islam is Islam at its root–L.radix. It’s Islam in naked form, in its purity. Unmodified, unalloyed. There’s nothing wrong with adding “radical” to the term “Islam.” The expression rightly denotes Islam, coupled with the intensifying adjective radical. Islam behind its mask of benevolence resents this expression, since it conveys the reality of Islam’s inherent malice. It rightly links Islam with intemperance in the listener’s mind.
Please stop trying to be the arbiter of the proper lexicon we must use, V.
voegelinian says
Well, John, you may see “radical Islamism” as synecdochal for Islam straight no chaser, Islam, the whole Islam, and nothing but Islam; but I doubt Gingrich does. If he does, he has a strange way of leaving it perpetually unmentioned. And this is particularly unfortunate in a sociopolitical climate where the cacophemism is pointedly used precisely in order to distance the criticism from an Islam deemed to be a Dubyistic “religion of peace” for the vast majority of Muslims assumed to be harmless and charmingly, respectfully Other. No, we need to continue to expect our influential leaders in politics, news media, academe and arts & entertainment to step up to the plate and call a spade a spade, rather than relax our quality control vigilance.
John C. Barile says
Thank you, Voeg, for grasping what I mean.
Tradewinds says
“No, Mr. Gingrich. The truth is not that this is a “radical Islamist group.” The truth is that this is a group of Mohammedans simply putting mainstream traditional ordinary garden-variety Islam in to practice. ”
I agree, Voegelinian. Islam is inherently radical, extremist, militaristic. Ergo, the phrase “radical Islam” is redundant. What we are witnessing with ISIS is pure Islam – hatred and killing of non-Moslem “infidels.”
Mirren10 says
”I agree, Voegelinian. Islam is inherently radical, extremist, militaristic. Ergo, the phrase “radical Islam” is redundant”.
Absolutely.
The trouble is, in many people’s minds, they see the word ”radical” in terms of definition number 2, below.
Therefore, although *we* can see that islam is merely islam, *they* prefer to hug to themselves the comforting, *stupid* idea, that what they see happening all over the world is a *change* from what islam was/is traditionally.
rad·i·cal
[rad-i-kuhl]
ADJECTIVE
1.
of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
2.
thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company.
3.
favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues.
4.
forming a basis or foundation.
5.
existing inherently in a thing or person: radical defects of character.
Jaladhi says
>”And, just to be clear, that ideology is that ISIS “has a very clear religious background, just as Hamas does, just as Boko Haram does. There’s a war against Christians across the region, and the fact is that we’ve got to be prepared to be honest about this,” he told CNN’s New Day.
“Nobody in the American State Department, nobody in the White House, not just Obama, but for three or four administrations, we’ve not had the courage to confront how bad this is, and it’s getting worse.”<
Wow – hind sight is 20/20. What would have Pesident Gingrich done remains a 64,000 dollar question!!
tpellow says
“Why Do Liberals Have Trouble Understanding the Pure Evil of Jihad?”
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/384877/why-do-liberals-have-trouble-understanding-pure-evil-jihad-david-french
Greyhound Fancier says
Liberals don’t get it because anyone who is non-white, as they classify it, can do no wrong – or if they do wrong, it’s the fault of the U.S. for oppressing them.
Mirren10 says
An excellent article.
It’s one of the best explanations I’ve read, for deciphering the leftist, ‘liberal’ mindset.
tpellow says
“These are the Iraqi minorities under threat from Isis”
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/these-are-the-iraqi-minorities-under-threat-from-isis–eJAKxn1oMx
Neil Jennison says
It is just as bad in the UK . Political correctness laws (ie anti-freedom of speech laws) have made it a legal grey area to actually tell the truth about Islam.
While the courts and the Crown prosecution Service do still uphold freedom of expression (so long as there is no incitement to violence….though this can be interpreted very, very loosely) anyone that says anything or blogs anything critical of Islam or multiculturalism will usually be harassed and investigated by the police, arrested and questioned, DNA and fingerprints taken before finally being told there will be no charges brought.
Meanwhile, if you have your car broken into, the police won’t even bother to turn up – they will just send you a crime number for the insurance company.
bobm says
they (isis..boko )are talking Europe next…Europe is asleep as it is progressively getting raped.. then cut.. they want so bad to call it love… wake up world.. you are seduced by the master seducers… you are being RAPED… Obama is juggling his balls and playing games.. as he dismantles the military. He does’nt want to offend the darkness.
eib says
Say it, repeat it, know it:
ISIS, in its motives, actions, aspirations, and beliefs, is the very heart and soul of ISLAM.
In all they have done, and in all they will do, they represent Islam, the profane religion and ideology.
Theb Nyip says
Good to see Newt has recognised part of the problem but he’s still not stating the problem clearly. It isn’t just a ‘region’ – it is across the world; and they are waging a war against infidels, not just Christians (although Christians are definitely one of their targets).
We need politicians with the intellectual honesty to recognise the situation we face- a global insurgency with multiple nodes of islamists/jihadis striving for a Sharia based caliphate – and the political bravery to implement policies that will destroy our enemies.
Newt and other politicians need to recognise any individual, group or country pushing for Sharia (which includes Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia) is all moving to the same goal as ISIS, Hamas and Boko Haram – they are just following different roads to get there.
This is very similar to how individuals, groups and countries pushing for Communism were moving to the same goal even though they took different roads to try and get there and had many disagreements and splits along the way.
Politicians need to deal with the softer islamist individuals and groups in the same way they dealt with anarchists and hardline communists in the late 1890’s to 1920’s – detection followed by lengthy detention/deportation.
Soft islamist countries should be dealt with using a range of strategies similar to NSC-68, accompanied by sanctions for any religious or sexual apartheid laws they implement (in the same way the West imposed sanctions on South Africa for their racial apartheid laws).
Hard line islamist/jihadi individuals, groups or countries should be dealt with using the strategies used to successfully destroy our enemies in the past – it isn’t rocket science, just common sense.
bobm says
.. Absolutely right on eib.. islam comes forth from the father of lies.
Jerry says
Obama’s Islamic Peace is at hand,
but why are all American faces wet with it?
tpellow says
What is the difference (if any) between the murderous ideology and practices of Hamas, compared with those of the Islamic State (ISIS)?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The diff is that the Hamas are popular in the West. This is mainly because they’re fighting the Jews in a heroic struggle to regain the land the Palestinians have lived in for thousands of years. They’re fighting the occupation of their ancestral lands.
I know this cuz I saw it on Oprah. She did a special segment on the Palestinians a few years back, before she got all skinny and haggard. Back then she was fat and proud, just like how the Moslems are murderous and proud.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
“Nobody wants to tell the truth,” (Gingrich) complained.
Well, almost nobody. C’mon, Newt, you’re not that special.
The truth is this is a radical Islamist group.
This is NOTthe truth. ISIS is *not* a radical group, and I don’t even know what the hell “Islamist” means, is it something like Christianist or Hinduist or Jewist or Buddhistist?
Hey, I got it: it’s activist. The mujahadin in the ISIS group are activists, acting on the commands of Allah and the Holy Prophet. And that’s the ist of it… whoops, meant to say and that’s the jist of it.
You don’t know what you’re talking about, Newt. Like Bill and Sean and all the rest, if you don’t have the brains to see the truth or don’t have the balls to tell it, then shut the hell up about Moslems.
gravenimage says
Unfortunately, APF, if figures like Newt Gingrich “shut the hell up about Moslems” I wouldn’t be so suere that they will be replaced by those who are more knowledgeable or honest about Islam—given the current climate, it is far more likely that he will be replaced by those in full willful denial about the “religion of peace”.
Anon says
I would bet money on the fact that obombya believes that ISIS is just radical because they are poor and underprivileged and if we just give them enough free space and maybe some money and munitions/arms they will somehow become peaceful. Is my statement THAT far from the truth? I mean he’s letting them literally make arms grabs all across Iraq where ISIS is stealing and grabbing up supplies and arms from the fleeing Iraqi army, arms that probably CAME FROM THE U.S. He thinks leaving them alone is the right thing to do which borderlines on potentially even assisting them. Very backwards wimpy head-in-the-sand liberal thinking. Liberals believe that for any non-Christian who is radical, it’s someone ELSE’S fault.
Islam has virus-like characteristics. The Quran teaches virus-like behavior. Take, take, take, replicate, no giving, no grace, no humility.
Angemon says
Hey, remember Eric Holder?
sound awake says
islam is a religion that violates the human rights of half the people on the planet while it doubles as a political ideology that is indistinguishable from nazism
i learned everything i need to know about islam on 9/11
to the extent that obama and the left didnt, they do so not only at their own, but all of our own peril
Duck says
‘Nobody Wants to Tell the Truth’ About Radical Islam,”
More true words were never spoken
And I would add about islam in general
Rob says
I repeat my comment in the Obama announcement thread below:
(Obama) “Can’t quite bring himself to say: ‘This is militant Islam’s attack on non-Muslims’ “.
I wonder what the commander of the airwing on the carrier said to his crews?
‘Now guys, there is this group of sun-crazed irregulars roaming Iraq. They have no particular ideology, but they seem hellbent on grabbing ladies and killing guys. But POTUS says “go” and we’re “going”‘.
Roscoe says
The first foreign war we fought as a country was the First Barbary War (1801–1805). Guess who the enemy was? Muslims! Then there was the Second Barbary War (1815). Guess again? These barbarians were capturing English and American ships and holding them for ransom. Jefferson was taking no shit and sent in the Navy and Marines. Check out Lt. Presley Neville O’Bannon, USMC.
We again fought the in Mindanao, Philippines (The Moros) back in the early 20th century. Take a guess? That is the reason the Army adopted the 1911 45 cal.
Can someone hum “to the shores of Tripoli”………
Semper Fi,
Roscoe
gravenimage says
True, Roscoe. And we not only sent in the navy, we had to *create* a navy for this very purpose, at a time in our history when we could ill afford it.
But not only did we get the Barbary Pirates to back off, we inspired the British and the French, who had long been paying tribute to these thugs, to take back the Mediterranean Sea for free shipping for the first time in *a thousand years*.
gravenimage says
Gingrich: “The president couldn’t even honestly describe ISIS last night because it goes against his ideology”
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Of course, even Newt Gingrich is a bit off—this is not “radical Islam”, but just Islam itself.
But he is *much, much* closer to the truth than all of those in willful denial of the evil of Islam—or worse, in complicity with it.
Jørgen Moisejeff Berg says
Right you are Newt
Watcher87 says
I – SLAM (everything and everybody non- islamic)
calipHATE ” ” ” “
thestorm says
What do you expect from a guy who says that the islam morning prayed is the most beautiful sound he has ever heard? From someone who is wanted in Egypt for crimes against their people because he armed Morci. Who’s 1/2 brother is also wanted by the Egyptians for terrorism? Who has appointed 6 islanic supporters in high positions one of which who replaced napolitano? What do you expect from the DemoRat Party that was supported by 75% of the muslims in America,the atheist & the American communist party in the last 2 elections? I say turn all of them over to the Egyptians & let them deal with then,giving them their just rewards!!!!
Don’t even think about voting them out because our voting system is just as corrupt as any other 3rd world nation! Yes,they are making America a 3rd world nation,we are in fact already there with the flood of illegal foreign invaders with only 20% of them women & children & the rest drug cartel gang members!!! You think I’m wrong about our voting system? Go to You Tube & search,”voter fraud.”
I will also add that Gingrich was part of the problem when he was in office. I am from his district. I would not vote for him as POTUS!!!
CommieBlaster http://commieblaster.com Nothing changes as long as we put the same traitors back in office on both sides. This site list your traitors in both party’s.
tb says
Odumbo helped the “freedom fighters” aka ISIS with money and arms, while they were in Sirya fighting Assad and exterminating the religious minorities , especially Christians.
Geppetto says
This has to go far beyond a sincere, honest, if very uncomfortable acknowledgement that the enemy is “the religion of peace.” That has to be very quickly followed by a strategy, an effective strategy designed to confront these ideologues on a global battlefield. Forget “hearts and minds.” How did that pusillanimous, politically correct, humanitarian driven strategy work after over a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan? It has to be blood and guts, on a massive scale, preferrably including military assets from the entire western world. Given the absolute absence of condemnation for Islam and the violence committed in its name around the world, what are the odds?
Jose mendes says
It would be a great Idea to check how many Muslims did enter to live in USA since the last two presidents …. and how much of them did became USA Citizens .