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“Everything the president wants to do, McMaster opposes,” say former NSC officials

Aug 4, 2017 6:01 pm By Robert Spencer

“I know that the president isn’t a big fan of what McMaster’s doing. I don’t understand why he’s allowing a guy who is subverting his foreign policy at every turn to remain in place.”

McMaster is an energetic exponent of the damaging fiction that “the Islamic State is not Islamic.” Trump campaigned on the proposition that Obama and Clinton were wrong to pretend that Islamic terrorism was not Islamic, and that this denial deformed our response to the global jihad threat. So why is this subversive still in place? McMaster must be fired.

“EXCLUSIVE: ‘Everything The President Wants To Do, McMaster Opposes,’ Former NSC Officials Say,” by Jonah Bennett and Saagar Enjeti, Daily Caller, August 3, 2017:

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is thwarting President Donald Trump’s foreign policy prescriptions, two former senior NSC officials told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Everything the president wants to do, McMaster opposes,” a former senior official said in a wide-ranging interview. “Trump wants to get us out of Afghanistan — McMaster wants to go in. Trump wants to get us out of Syria — McMaster wants to go in. Trump wants to deal with the China issue — McMaster doesn’t. Trump wants to deal with the Islam issue — McMaster doesn’t. You know, across the board, we want to get rid of the Iran deal — McMaster doesn’t. It is incredible to watch it happening right in front of your face. Absolutely stunning.”

One former official characterized McMaster as a “sycophant” of retired Army Gen. David Petraeus.

“I know that the president isn’t a big fan of what McMaster’s doing,” the former official declared. “I don’t understand why he’s allowing a guy who is subverting his foreign policy at every turn to remain in place.” he added.

The official continued that he expects a purge of “campaign Trump” loyalists to continue with particular intensity within the next two weeks.

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“I just fear there is a real creeping of status quo thinking that is taking over the place. I was upset while I was there in seeing how empowered Obama holdovers under McMaster were to essentially perpetuate Obama-era policies,” another former official told TheDCNF.

Both officials expressed particular concern over the Trump administration’s future policy in Afghanistan.

“The Trumpian view that we were trying to put forward was shut down,” an official declared….

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  1. Mac-101 says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 6:07 pm

    That explains it all. He is a puppet of BeTrayUs who is. Bilderberger Globalist NWO stooge!

    • John Forbes says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 4:32 am

      The short answer is that McMaster needs to be fired ! But fired fast !

      • mortimer says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 11:09 am

        Here is the long answer, John:
        McMaster is part of a contingent of military officers led by David Petraeus who, much like the British officers of old, have become fanatical Arabists. In fact, they have modeled their careers and war strategies on the prior experience of British Arabists. This turn towards Islamic sycophantic obsequience was forged in the blood-soaked sands of Iraq. After years of failure in quelling the Islamic insurgency, Petraeus, with McMaster in tow, was brought on to change the course of the war. His new approach which became almost a religious manta, was COIN. COIN was modeled after the British experience in Arabia and Islamic countries like Malay. In effect it was to accept and adapt Islamic cultural norms as a means of Military victory. A draft field manual on COIN written by U.S Army officer John Nagl, whose book on the British experience in Malaya,” Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife “had become a COIN cult classic. Having accepted Islamic cultural norms in order to achieve Military goals, this then became the basis of all future military and political decisions undertaken by Petraeus and his acolyte McMaster. Not only did they treat subservience to Islamic ideology as a means to an end, but they actively tried to change the culture of the U.S army to reflect their way of thinking , according to an article in the CATO institute “He and his fellow COIN true-believers would wage their own insurgency, of sorts, a low-level information operation aided by friendly journalists whom he cultivated with great care”. So this is where McMaster comes from. This is why he is hostile to Israel, why he seems to genuflect himself to Islamic Ideology. Why he refuses to acknowledge that Islam has any connection to terrorism, why he tries to force Trump to stop saying radical Islamic terrorism Why he is opposed to everything Trump stands for. He has adopted Islamic grievances as his own because he believes that this approach is the key to military victory. In his mind he feels himself to be the ideological successor of Sir John Bagot Glubb. The British Arabist who trained and led the Arab legion in their war against Israel in 1948.

        – ‘Aeneas Agrippa’

  2. somehistory says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    Daniel Greenfield wrote a very interesting and in-depth article about this and it’s posted on FrontPageMag.

    The mcmaster guy, imo, is totally corrupt.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 4, 2017 at 6:23 pm

      Yes–here’s that article, Somehistory:

      “McMaster’s NSC Coup Against Trump Purges Critics of Islam and Obama”

      The National Security Council is becoming a national security threat.

      http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267473/mcmasters-nsc-coup-against-trump-purges-critics-daniel-greenfield

  3. Wellington says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    Fire him, Mr. President. At best, he’s incompetent; at worst something far worse than incompetent.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 4, 2017 at 7:25 pm

      Exactly, Wellington.

      • Mark Swan says

        Aug 4, 2017 at 7:45 pm

        Absolutely Wellington, gravenimage.

        • Mark Swan says

          Aug 5, 2017 at 4:58 am

          We must sincerely hope General Kelley is a good man—and President Trump
          helps him to do his job, as Chief of Staff—an effective Chief of Staff is critical.

        • Mark Swan says

          Aug 5, 2017 at 5:11 am

          oops—that should be Kelly

    • balam says

      Aug 4, 2017 at 7:33 pm

      There is a saying in the East that’ all the snakes are dangerous but the one in your sleeve is most dangerous’.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Aug 4, 2017 at 8:20 pm

      I hope you have written to the President to say just that.

      And that all other American jihadwatchers here present whether posting or lurking will be doing the same; and that ACT for America will be urging every single one of its members to be doing the same.

      “Fire McMaster”. Get several thousand people with banners saying that, to stand outside the White House.

      Likewise: every American here present who thinks McMaster is a dangerous liability and ought to go – to be replaced by someone with a clearer understanding of the Global Jihad and its origins in mainstream Islam – and who also understands how to deal with uber-bullies such as communist China and hideous North Korea – ought to be also writing to their Congressperson and Senator, making the same point. That you DON’T like what McMaster is doing and want him OUT. That he’s a liability.

      • StacyGirl says

        Aug 4, 2017 at 10:43 pm

        And undo some of the damage this turncoat has done.

      • Aussie Infidel says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 5:46 am

        DDA, I sent an email to the President some months ago after one of McMaster’s previous erroneous statements, but obviously it has had no effect. Obviously, McM has no real understanding of Islam and needs to be replaced.

        Best if local US citizens write via snail mail.

      • Wellington says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 6:46 pm

        I have, dda. I have written to President Trump many times and, most recently, about McMaster.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 9:45 pm

        I hope all patriotic Americans write.

    • underbed cat says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 12:36 am

      I also hope that Trump will remove General MacMaster from his position considering the fact, that on 9/11, by benign statements, he must have agreed with the muslim public relations persons and and muslim politicians from various parties that convinced President Bush and our national security that although the terrorist had one common denominator a muslim religion, the terrorists hijacked the quran verses along with the planes. The official muslim experts claimed Islam, jihad was peaceful and tolerant and even though evidence was to the contrary, the deception grew with every new administration until they hit the jackpot with Obama. Factually incorrect..the readers here know this doctrine which uses migration to host countries to spread the doctrine, uses the claim of slander when the truth is spoken, created organizations and mosques as a power base of misinformation. the enemy doctrine some partial verses sound peaceful, full examination of the doctrine shows it is a doctrine infused with a safe guards that restricts full explanation, of course unless you read it, then it is shocking, as was my reaction to the statement made by my president and then repeated by consecutive leaders even after this religion had been found to be the source of jihad. The only indication I had was many years prior a muslim student this former high school student with the goals of Islam right out the Quran she quoted and carried with her daily, no head scarf or arabic name or appearance until I meet the father. It was the sixties, I was “creeped out” by the violent sounding punishments…the statement of the coming spreading worldwide of a foreign religion I knew nothing about, looking back it was a strong attempt by her family to convert me. There may have been a reason I will not disclose. Funny how my mother had some basic knowledge about the brutality, that was a known element faded thru history or time and that now is so suppressed.

      Yes, I will write that letter since it is so disappointing to watch Trump, elected due to his statements, taken in by the propaganda, he needs information about the enemy doctrine which it Islam that has swallowed the uninformed.

      • underbed cat says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 1:26 am

        ..phrased incorrectly, I was in high school, when a student transferred in from the Chicago suburbs. We became friends she carried a quran on top of her school books and spoke to me often about Islam, her muslim faith and the coming world wide dominance in the mid sixties, she spoke truthfully however I was disturbed by her description of brutal penalties of non belief.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 5, 2017 at 9:55 pm

          Threatening Da’wa. She was trying to frighten you into converting to Islam. I can see why you would not have recognized it then.

    • Bill Garrison says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 11:43 am

      For an incompetent guy he seems to be doing pretty well.

      • underbed cat says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 2:19 pm

        President Trump is not incompetent, but the left uses his twitter comments and then goes to great length to discredit him. There is so much going on that in his administration,the problems he inherited are immense and I think 24/7 the left wants chaos and puts the blame on the President.

  4. Mockingjay says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    Someone has to release the King from the grip of this Wormtongue.

  5. Peter says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    Know your enemy, know yourself – Sun Tzu

    Clearly, McMaster hasn’t mastered that fundamental maxim On War.

    Trump should banish him to the Eastern Front: Afganistan.

  6. Baucent says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 8:04 pm

    I would think McMaster will be gone early next year.

    • Terry Gain says

      Aug 4, 2017 at 8:20 pm

      And so will Trump loyalists and Islam-realists. Not firing McMaster is gross incompetence.

      • underbed cat says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 3:39 am

        Agree Terry. Trump has to stick to facts, first learn the truth, get control over his apparent desire for endless rallies or change to a tone to less off the cuff that were used for the election, and preview his statements backed up by correct information, and give the audience the respect they deserve..many know Islam, have read some or all of the quran, know about the descriptive word purges demanded by the embedded enemy, he may lose support..if he misstates. Many are critical of his twitter use that should only be used for facts, or have it previewed so as to not appear incompetent and disappoint. He can get factual details out and still be popular…as long as he can document. Trumps’ hard work can be betrayed by loose statements. I agree immigration control is important, the sanctuary cities allow flow into other states…it could be considered invasion, educated or not, sharia law has to be stopped long term. Technical skilled workers, nor any other skilled profession does deter sharia, in fact can be more dangerous.

  7. More Ham Ed says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    I voted for not_hillary. Trump is just plain naive about many many things, but in particlar about who’s a leftist and who’s not a leftist. In other words’ he’s a RECENT convert to the truth. Trump was donating to hillary just a few short years ago and he appointed that temporary loud-mouth scaramucci who was a virtual leftist just 2 or 3 years ago. I don’t think Trump has a sense of what a leftist is. He seems to be the LAST one to recognize it. He said of the obamas “they’re good people” he said of the clintons “they’re good people” – political feel-good statements of couse but no need to say such things. A person who understands what a leftist is, wouldn’t say such things.

  8. David says

    Aug 4, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    “You can’t trust a man who has no hair on his head…” — Frank Sinatra

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 9:57 pm

      There are lots of men who either go entirely bald–or even shave their heads–who are fine. The problem with McMaster is not that he lacks hair…

      • underbed cat says

        Aug 6, 2017 at 12:39 am

        It is his reading skills…and analysis skils….does he know the history of Christianity in the middle east what happened to the people and the Jews. what happened was Islam.

  9. Lloyd Miller says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 12:57 am

    Anyone who is too busy to read the Koran for themselves should not be allowed in politics.

  10. duh swami says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 4:01 am

    Don’ wait till next week or next month, fire him today…

  11. James Stamulis says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 7:00 am

    Treasonous scum who belongs with his Muslim brothers in GITMO!

  12. Gordon Miller says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 7:23 am

    McMaster should be escorted out of White House pronto. The man doesn’t even believe that the Islamic State (Isis) has any connection with Islam.

  13. Linnte says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 7:56 am

    Good article Mr. Spencer. McMaster is dangerous. Wasn’t it you who said he was a problem months ago?

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 10:45 pm

      True, Linnte. This, from February:

      “McMaster tells NSC staff that label ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ not helpful because terrorists are ‘un-Islamic’”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/02/mcmaster-tells-nsc-staff-that-label-radical-islamic-terrorism-not-helpful-because-terrorists-are-un-islamic

  14. Ren says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 11:39 am

    Muhammad the prophet of islam was a terrorist. How come “the Islamic State is not Islamic”?

  15. RIchard says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 11:46 am

    I don’t get it either. The only explanation I can think of is this: With Trump getting it from all sides, he’s handling things, one at a time. Perhaps McMaster will soon be fired? Then again, Trump has taken so much heat over all of the recent WH firings that he might be too shell-shocked to do another one right now. But, if it is as bad as rumored, McMaster must go or be reassigned.

  16. jez says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    hopelessly naive bunch of people who thought that trump would make a difference anywhere. he’s not the one running the show, get it? forget about politics, find yourselves a nice piece of land somewhere isolated, and try to keep away from the devastation that’s not far down the line.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 10:51 pm

      In other words, surrender our civilized societies to the Jihadists and the clueless dhimmis. No thanks.

  17. denis says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    McMaster has got to go.

  18. Frank Verderber says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    Either the President is a look alike that has been exchanged for the real one, or they have been feeding the President drugs unknowingly that makes him compliant, or President Trump has decided the heat is too much and he is giving in to get something out, or the President is bating the Global Governance by playing along so he can find out who is really pulling the strings. I can’t think of any other rational explanations.

    As for leakers, i’ve maintained all along that the leakers are the Presidents own staff and Secret Service agents. Like Who? – start with McMaster and his buddy Loretta Lynch, then choose any of the secret service bodyguards, especially any gay or lesbian, or Muslim. Then there are the hold overs in the White House; maids, butlers and cooks.

    I think we will just have to wait to see what the next two months show us, because those months have been pegged for some form of big Globalist event. – which is Britain asking us to cover their falling government bonds.

  19. Bruce McLeod says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 9:35 pm

    President Trump needs to get an interview with Robert Spencer, so that he could educate the President.

    McMaster is truly the wrong person for his position

  20. underbed cat says

    Aug 6, 2017 at 12:33 am

    Trump, I fear needs protection from Mac Master the General who is deceiving him about Islam…this does not smell good that he thinks that Israel is an invader, Islam is hijacked all Trump has to do is read the Quran….it is easy to get the picture ….read the book. Be strong President Trump you were correct initially they want to convert or kill us. Something is wrong.

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