Petraeus would be a disaster — a stalwart of the old establishment in an administration that said it would “drain the swamp.” In May 2016, he published what was essentially an anti Trump screed, saying that proposals to restrict immigration from Muslim countries that are hotspots of jihad terror shouldn’t even be made, so as […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Why the War On Terror Has Taken 15 Years, and Will Take Much Longer
In PJ Media I explain some of the failures that have gotten us into this fix: This war has gone on for a very long time, and last Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 jihad attacks, among all the reminiscences, and eulogies, and encomia, virtually no one attempted to explain why. There’s […]
Video: Robert Spencer: Should we censor ourselves to avoid offending Muslims?
David Petraeus and Larry Summers say we should. I say we shouldn’t, and that to do so is dangerous for a free society. Find out why in this new video.
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Petraeus: Self-Censor to Avoid Offending Muslims
Over at PJ Media I discuss how David Petraeus gives the prescription for accelerating jihad: David Petraeus, the former director of the CIA and former commander of CENTCOM, published a piece in the Washington Post last Friday entitled “Anti-Muslim Bigotry Aids Islamist Terrorists.” Wrote Petraeus: [I am] increasingly concerned about inflammatory political discourse that has […]
Petraeus calls for self-censorship to avoid offending Muslims
This is essentially an anti-Trump screed, but it has more sweeping and ominous implications. Petraeus has “grown increasingly concerned about inflammatory political discourse that has become far too common both at home and abroad against Muslims and Islam, including proposals from various quarters for blanket discrimination against people on the basis of their religion.” He […]
Petraeus: Use al-Qaeda jihadis to defeat the Islamic State
This is a tacit admission that the U.S. can’t find enough “moderates” to do the job against the Islamic State, even after spending $500 million to create a “moderate” fighting force. This is an effective admission that not only the Administration’s entire strategy of dealing with the Islamic State, but its entire diagnosis of the […]