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Valerie Jarrett explains why Obama won’t say “Islamic” terrorism: there are other kinds of terrorism, too

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On Fox and Friends this morning, Elizabeth Hasselbeck had this exchange with Obama’s close adviser, Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett answers Hasselbeck’s question, “why won’t the President say Islamic extremism or radical Islam?,” by pointing out that there are other forms of terrorism, and that the U.S. is working with some Muslim countries against terrorism. Neither is an adequate answer. There are indeed other forms of terrorism, but that does not lessen the responsibility of government and law enforcement officials to speak honestly about and understand thoroughly the threat we face. And the fact that we are fighting terrorism alongside Muslim countries likewise doesn’t excuse Administration officials from the responsibility to address the jihad ideology — in fact, they would better understand the true nature and limitations of those alliances, and finally realize why all those counter-terror billions sent to Pakistan have accomplished absolutely nothing, if they did so.

Hasselbeck: Thanks for being here. I want to ask you this: for the first time since 9/11, the words al-Qaeda were not used in a State of the Union address. Why is it, in fact, because I think the American people deserve accurate terminology here, why won’t the President say Islamic extremism or radical Islam? Why?

Jarrett: Well, first of all, there is nothing more important to the President than the safety and the security of the American people. That’s his focus. That’s his first priority. That’s what he’s dedicated to doing. And many of the countries who are helping us fight terrorism are Islamic majority countries. And let’s look right here at home, where there is a Sikh temple in Wisconsin or a, uh, the Holocaust Museum right here in Washington, D.C. Those were terrorists. Those were extremists, but they weren’t of any particular faith. And so before we start throwing around labels, let’s look more broadly at terrorism. Let’s not limit it. Let’s look broadly at it and let’s attack it together, and that’s what the president is absolutely —

Hasselbeck: Miss Jarrett, there are other nations, leaders that have come out with specifics in terms of saying radical Islam. Does the president find it more offensive that radical Islam exists or the term radical Islam? Which is more offensive to the president?

Jarrett: You know what, I think his philosophy is let’s keep America safe and let’s focus on that. Let’s put the American people’s safety first. Let’s use both our diplomatic and our military power. We’re the strongest military power in the world. But he also believes in diplomacy. Let’s focus on that and let’s keep our perspective and let’s look wherever we can across the world, working with our allies and partners on seeing what we can do to end terrorism of all forms.

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  1. We can all have a huge laugh and a big weeping session when the inevitable bio histories come out disclosing how much time and energy were given to finding ways to avoid telling the truth.

    • After an appearance that pathetic — seriously, I say this as a disgusted lifelong Democrat — Jarrett must have bolted for the ladies’ room to throw up.

      And tonight will be one of her frequent “I really need a martini or five . . .”

    • Obama will not say “Islamic Terrorism” because that would
      not be Sharia Compliant and, in fact, would be “Blaspheme”.
      “Workplace Violence” is Sharia Compliant.

  2. Jarrett answers Hasselbeck’s question, “why won’t the President say Islamic extremism or radical Islam?,” by pointing out that there are other forms of terrorism, and that the U.S. is working with some Muslim countries against terrorism.

    Well, you know, it’s just like when you’re not feeling OK and you go to the doctor, and the doctor tells you you’re sick but doesn’t tell you what’s your illness because there are many different types of illnesses and that we must treat illnesses in general rather than focusing on one in particular.

  3. Terror is a tactic or a tool, not an end in and of itself, let alone a belief system. It serves a (political) end or purpose. What is important is to understand the motivation, ideology, or belief system behind why people engage in it. “I was made victorious with terror,” to quote the Muslim prophet makes this clear: terror (the tactic) was the means to victory (the objective).

    • I beg your pardon. Terror is a belief system ! It is called Islam and has expanded via terror for 1400 years .

  4. lol-keep USA safe while boarders are wide open and
    even muslims who are 0 persecuted get asylum whenever they want,just like the family of the boston bombers who came from chechenia pretending to be political refugees and immidiatly after the boston bombings the parents of the terrorists moved back to chechenia

  5. “Well, first of all, there is nothing more important to the President than the safety and the security of the American people.”

    Tell that to Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, Miz Jarrett. Also Sean Smith, J. Christopher Stevens, Brian Terry, et al.

    If you can raise their ghosts, that is.

  7. So, what’s worse here? Her brief spin on a national television program or the absolute stupidity of those three clowns asking her about some non-existent ‘radical’ version of Islam and Islamic ‘extremism’?

    Let’s face it, the folks on the curvy couch either don’t know what they’re talking about or are constrained by policy from asking her about the real issue: written Orthodox Islam. And Jarrett is playing them like a fiddle.

    When television ‘personalities’ start asking fact-based questions, their guests will have much less opportunity to obfuscate.

    Another adjective laden description of Islam used by similarly clueless politicians and journalists is ‘radical Islamic jihadism”.

    Jeeez!

  8. Yes, there are many types of terrorism, but all the more reason to define each correctly —- and the most worldwide and barbaric is islamic terrorism.

    When will the GOP wake up and start impeachment against the islamic terror enabler, khalifa Barak Hussein?

    • @ Prinz Eugen

      “When will the GOP wake up?”

      Never, both parties are in bed with the enemy (with the exception of a VERY few conservatives.)

  9. Is this how the people at the helm of the country talk?:

    …there is a Sikh temple in Wisconsin or the Holocaust Museum right here in Washington, D.C. Those were terrorists.

    This is probably nervousness but Qaradawi would also consider them terrorists.

  10. Does his evil retarded woman know of any other terrorists that plan to take over the world.??
    Except the muslims…..I hope this woman enjoys her eternity in hell..She has earned it…

  11. From Wikipedia:

    “Extremism (represented on both sides of the political spectrum) is an ideology (particularly in politics or religion), considered to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of a society…”

    Why does it never occur to politicians and journalists that the Islamic ‘extremism’ referred to is actually an individual Muslim’s desire and attempt to comply with Islam’s every teaching, command, and demand than their so-called ‘moderate’ brethren.

    Is the Pope an extremist, too? Are Catholic priests extremists?

    These are the same people who use the PC phrase ‘the prophet Muhammad’ but who don’t say ‘the prophet Jesus’.

    It’s laughable for them to refer to the barbarities committed by the Islamic State as a ‘perversion of a peaceful religion’ but call similar punishments in Saudi Arabia a ‘strict interpretation of Islamic law’.

    Here’s a video from the O’Reilly Factor last night. He’s starting to get it. He also addresses Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s refusal to accept the truth about his ‘religion’.
    http://video.foxnews.com/v/4001380591001/fighting-terrorism-is-now-top-priority-/?#sp=show-clips

    • Yeah, O’Reilly has recently begun to use the term, “Jihadist”. I even had my email to O’Reilly about jihad, read on-air last week! (I must give credit to Robert Spencer, however, for educating me about Jihad so that I could formulate that email).

  12. Jarrett is good at the spin. She dodged the second question and barely answered the first.

    I wonder if there will come a time when Fox will not even be allowed to ask the question?

    • if POTUS hates Fox, Valerie hates Fox. she is the brains in the office and manages the malicious narcissist like a mommy. when Fox is not useful (fair and balanced) there will be no questions.

  13. The Salafite terrorism of ISIS is the same as the official ideology of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and that the House of Saud has promoted for 300 years.

    To denounce Salafism is to denounce the House of Saud as deviant Muslims.

    ISIS are not ‘deviants’, though they are said to have ‘twisted’ Islam…how is never explained. There is only a difference in leadership. Actually, Abu Bakr Baghdadi has a better family tree than the House of Saud and they all know it.

  14. I urge all JihadWatch bloggers to send letters to their local media folks. Here below is what I just sent to my Cincinnati NPR station. FarmerMike

    Mark Purzell & Cokie Roberts–
    Please see the [Robert Spencer] article below. You are each excellent observers & analysts of reality, & do a good job on the air. That is why I am sending you this article by Robert Spencer. Because the President, like most all other politicians, & most of the media, are willfully blind to the persistent attack our country & culture are under by Islam.
    I hope you each have the will & ability to penetrate the self-contented “exceptionalism” that breeds the national blindness that so frighteningly surrounds our leaders & public spokespersons in this time of great peril! Then you will need great courage to speak out about what you discover.
    If you simply _*read the Koran*_ despite the headache & stomach ache it will give you, you will see that it is almost entirely hate speech against all non-Muslims. Muslims can not take criticism, nor do they have any sense of humor. The only “honor” they have is loyalty to Mohammed, who was a pedophile, murderer, looter, liar, and narcissist. He was some kind of psychotic. Besides all that, Islam is very abusive of women & children within Islam. No wonder these children grow up to be willing suicide bombers! Plus the Koran directs Muslims to _*kill*_ those who try to leave Islam. And also Islam is dedicated to *_killing _*or converting all non-Muslims! Muslims are also directed to lie about everything, in order to achieve their goal of domination. It is totally un-American & anti-American. It should be banned! It is on par w/ the Mafia! The 1.6 billion Muslims are virtual captives of this insane ideology; those who may want to leave, are threatened with murder for apostasy!
    You need to read the Koran for yourself. You will see.
    All the best,
    FarmerMike
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/01/obamas-sotu-we-continue-to-reject-offensive-stereotypes-of-muslims

  15. I suggest Valerie Jarrett had better look out for those Jehovahs Witnesses who’d dearly love to chop off her head.

    /sarc

  16. Just because scores of mass-murdering Islamic gangs are terrorizing people all over the globe, it has nothing to do with Islam.

    What exactly does it have to do with, then?

    (And what other examples of “terrorism” is this Quisling Jarrett referring to?)

  17. It is crazy as Obama says that there are anothers terrorist group and don, t like to say anything about
    the muslims who in order of their religion,are killing,raping and a lot of terrible acts,in the name of Allah,
    I understand Obama,as he don, t like to be a target of his real religion, t brothers.

  18. Hello, Mr. Exterminator, I have bugs. Can you come over and kill them?
    Exterminator: What kind of bugs?
    Well, I can’t say. I don’t want to label them, so just bring in some poison, okay?
    Exterminator: Different bugs respond to different poisons…there isn’t just one solution for all pests. I need to know with which one I’ll be dealing. So, when you decide to tell me, call back.
    ******************************************************************************************************
    ELF and ALF had specifics that made them want to be active. The government didn’t seem to mind calling them for what they said they were and acted accordingly.
    The is refusal to call islam what it is….a beastly cult with members bent on killing off everyone who will not submit…is for the simple reason of support for its agenda.

    • Yes—and ELF and ALF have never killed anyone, nor have they ever intended to do so.

      Not to justify their actions—they can be destructive and dangerous—but to consider them “terrorists” in just the same way that mass-murdering Jihadists are is simply grotesque.

      • An interesting interview from years ago can be found at
        http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Interviews/ALFandBradley.htm
        The member of one *cell* talked freely…to an extent…of such things as arson, destruction of buildings, etc.

        When studying terrorism/anti-terrorism, these two groups are on the list to study as to methods, goals, recruitment, etc. They may have never meant to kill anyone, and may never have caused a death, but the government has them listed as domestic terrorists with descriptions of the above subjects for study. Arson is a serious crime, whether or not people die.
        What would be the case if they had never identified either group? No information could be then found as to methods and goals, etc. Fires would have been set, buildings destroyed, but no one would have a clue as a *who* to suspect. That was my point.

  19. You know this comes straight from Obama- people in the US government are now forbidden to even NAME the enemy (Islam),

    How can we possibly win against them, unless Obama’s true agenda is an Islamic victory over the west?

    • @ Richie

      “How can we possibly win against them, unless Obama’s true agenda is an Islamic victory over the west?”

      An Islamic victory over the West is not Obama’s agenda, it’s his MASTERS’ agenda: the Muslim Brotherhood. These thugs have infiltrated all levels of governments in almost all Western countries.

      How can we possibly win against them? by removing the traitors from every PC Western government. Only the people can do that. It can’t happen through elections.

  21. I think Valerie let something on her mind accidently slip out since she is so preoccupied today. Wade Michael Page was a white supremacist who shot up the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on Aug 5, 2012. He was labeled a “domestic terrorist” The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was about the extermination of the European Jews by Hilter’s Germany in the 1933-1945. I was not aware that Adolf Hitler was an extremist terrorist, but I guess Valerie is educating us today.

    I truly am puzzled by her remarks.

  22. Valerie Jarrett addressed Hasselbeck’s question by suggesting that we “look broadly at terrorism” …which is thinking TOO “broadly”, since the vast majority of terrorists *are* muslims.

  23. How stupid does Valerie Jarrett think we are about the war we are fighting? very. What a vapid, inane interview. She got away with murder. Ask the hard questions and force her to give real answers, by knowing your subject. Valerie Jarrett is no friend of America. She pulls Obama’s strings and is very involved in everything at the White House. Time to write the truth about her, before it’s too late.

  24. I watched the entire “State of the Union Address”, fearfully waiting for an announcement, that a bill would be signed, to enforce the Islamic law of Slander (Sharia Law) and criminalize speech that is offensive to Muslims about Islam. He came close to discussing this, but the recent jihadi events in Paris caused a pause…. I believe however it was clearly on his mind. Diversity did not bring diversity…..it could bring criminal charges to people who know the facts and try to inform the majority who think it is a peaceful religion. Most people who read Jihad Watch already know about the deception….but the sangfroid delivery..by a leader will mislead the citizens.

  25. This woman is the chief adviser to Obama. Did anyone really expect a straight forward response from here regarding calling Islamic terrorism what it is? Furthermore, I am more convinced than ever that Obama is a Muslim and supports their agenda.

    As a side note, this woman supposedly knows French but she mispronounced “au contraire”.

  26. Thank you for providing the people in our nation a resource where they can learn the truth about Islam, and why our nation will be decimated unless enough people start using their intellect!

  27. Valarie Jarrett was born in Iran, and in the 1940’s her future father in law was working with Frank Marshall Davis in Chicago, Obama’s father figure mentor, both Davis and Vernon Jarrett being devout Communists. America is really one of the stupidest nations on earth, electing our enemy to lead us?

  28. Jarrett is the elephant in the room. She is behind Obama whispering every word he says into his ear. She is directly responsible. She was, afterall born in Iran.

  29. Leftists always react to news of Islamic terrorists with ‘Oh yeah, what about Timothy McVeigh’?

  31. Wow! Then no group or person be blamed for terrorism? Whatever terrorist act committed by any terrorist group can be expained away with just saying ‘there are other kinds of terrorism, too’.

  32. This woman is outrageous. The power vacuum left by US absence is empowering extremism, we can see that before our very eyes, every day. The ENTIRE world laughs at Obama. He thinks he has ALLIES in the Muslim world who are helping combat terrorism ???? Who are these allies ???? I’m sure they’re all thinking “Oh wonderful, we have a dialogue with President Obama, and together we’ll swing hand in hand to peaceful times…”. WTF do they care about a debt-ridden, leaderless, currently spineless, country like the United States.

    • I don’t think Obama wants to stop the jihadis, look at the way he attacks ISIS, a few bombs here, a few bombs there, he could have blitzed them if he wanted, he seems to hit them then let them recover, never delivers the knockout blow, look at the Yazzidis he told the world he’d save them they are still on the mountain, maybe he secretly admires the jihadis.

      • Albert, hi! Just read your comment and wholeheartedly agree with you sir!
        What this 44th president is doing is a farce and has been since the onset. He himself was born from a Muslim father and that makes him a Muslim with Islam as the ideology followed. He was raised in his youth in Indonesia which is mostly Islamic. He has hired 3 (that I know of), devout Muslims to head the US Homeland Security and there are many more in his list of Czars and cabinet members, some of whom have converted to Islam and some of whom are anti-Israel and of course, those who are devout Muslim. He will not say Radical Islamist terrorism because it’s apparent that he himself is on a jihad mission to bring down American values and standards completely and to bring back the Islam he wraps himself around in. There have been 25, 545 Islamic terrorist attacks since 9/11 and it’s ongoing every day of every year and even more since he’s been in power. The majority naive Dems refuse to see the truth and actually I don’t know what it is that they DO see in him or his trustworthy Islam-Communist-comrades and ask if he even cares what you or I think? Nope, not in the least! What will it take to have the ignorant among us see the truth? Must we follow like some of the THIRD world countries in overthrowing this dangerous government or can this 44th man be impeached? Valerie Jarrett is a Muslim and so is Fatima Noor and so is John Brennen and a lot more as Czars and cabinet members of “his.” Any suggestions as to where the real American people who believe in freedom and liberty can do to stop this maniac? Suggestions can’t hurt.

  34. How would it seem if reports of crimes committed by non-muslims were reported as having Christian identities. For example, Christian slaughters kids in school, Christian robs bank, etc. etc. So i can see Pres. Obama’s reluctance to identify on basis of religion. Obviously, a different term is needed to describe these fanatics. Any suggestions?

    • I suggest you are definitely a Dick, Because the simple and obvious difference is that all muslims’ crimes against all the non-muslim ‘infidels’ in thw world, are officially commanded by their god in their unholy Qur’an itself, whereas any and all ‘christians’ who commit any and all crimes, only do so directly against the official tenets of their faith, and so – unlike the muslims – the so-called christians who commit ANY crimes, are NOT being valid Christians when doing so. CAPISCE?

      • You made a valid point. Why did you then fuck it up by using a puerile “ad hominem” attack?

    • There is NO OTHER terrorism that is consistently tied to a religious jihad.

  35. Why does Fox even bother to interview these Islamic apologists? And, when they do, they should at least be less reverential. When Jarrett made the statement that NerO believes, “there is nothing more important than the safety and security of the American people”, why didn’t they question her on the possibility of terrorists coming over our porous borders, for example? Of course, there are other terrorist organizations but high percentage of worldwide terrorism involves Muslims inspired by Islamic doctrine. Check out our own government’s list of terrorism profiles at the NTSC where you won’t see many Dick or Janes listed. Is NerO asleep?

    Fox News is unfortunately going mainstream and their journalists are becoming irrelevant and spineless. Couldn’t be because of their Saudi investor, Prince bin Talal, who has a sizable interest in 21st Century Fox, could it?

    I encourage people to watch Newsmax TV instead.

  36. Obama is highly intelligent, he is said to have learned at Harvard, and careful with words. “Radical” is a word in Chemistry. “Extreme” is a word used in sports. He doesn’t want to use the correct adjective: MURDEROUS ISLAM.

    • Obama refuses to say those words because he wants to remain Sharia Compliant.

  38. Valerie Jarrett is wrong and right at the same time which has been the major problem of this administration. Valerie Jarrett said “……. uh, the Holocaust Museum right here in Washington, D.C. Those were terrorists. Those were extremists, but they weren’t of any particular faith. And so before we start throwing around labels, let’s look more broadly at terrorism. Let’s not limit it. Let’s look broadly at it and let’s attack it together, and that’s what the president is absolutely — ”

    Now to analyze that statement….. the Holocaust Museum which is about the Jewish people were killed by a terrorist group of Nazis: Most of America would agree with that. However, the way she worded it, she is saying the Jews are terrorists which I believe that is exactly what this administration truly believes.
    The other part I take issue with is both of these groups had a religion. The Nazis were a “humanists” New Age Pagans and their rituals and symbols support that. The Jewish people had Judaism..

    The reason she wants to “broaden” the look on terrorism is so we don’t get bogged down on the Islamic faith. She said don’t label. If we can’t label we can’t tell the truth. We can’t call a crime a crime, we can’t call evil, evil. This would be profiling and we would know exactly what we are fighting against.
    But make no mistake, Christians and tea party members are more dangerous to the administration than Islam. They believe those people are the real terrorist.

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