McMaster appears to be doing all he can to make sure that the truth about Islam and jihad is not discussed at the NSC or the White House. He must go. He must go soon. “Censored! McMaster Barred Scholar Ayaan Hirsi Ali from Giving Talk on Radical Islam at NSC,” by Mike Cernovich, Medium, August 4, […]
Trump defends McMaster: “He is a good man and very pro-Israel”
Either Trump is correct or the published reports are correct, but both cannot be. There is simply too much evidence that McMaster is working against Trump’s agenda to be ignored. Why Trump is standing by this energetically insubordinate official is a mystery. “Trump Stands by McMaster, Claims He’s ‘Very Pro-Israel,’” by Adam Shaw, Breitbart, August […]
McMaster calls Israel “illegitimate,” “occupying power”
If the Trump administration is going to have any integrity and coherence in its policies toward Israel and the jihad threat in general, McMaster (and all his allies and cohorts) must go. And the sooner the better. The Trump administration has been sending mixed signals since its inception. It’s a far cry from the confidence […]
“Everything the president wants to do, McMaster opposes,” say former NSC officials
“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 […]
Letter from H. R. McMaster said Susan Rice will keep her top-secret security clearance
H. R. McMaster is an active agent in the Trump administration of the Obama agenda of denial and willful ignorance regarding the jihad threat. He needs to be fired immediately, along with his associates and all those of like mind, if the Trump administration is going to have the remotest chance of dealing effectively with […]
McMaster purges NSC staffer for warning about “globalists and Islamists”
Is this Barack Obama’s administration, or Donald Trump’s? Trump campaigned rebuking Obama and Hillary Clinton for not daring to call terrorism Islamic. And now Rich Higgins has been fired for warning about “Islamists”? McMaster must go. Please call the White House at 202-456-1111 and politely and courteously ask that McMaster be fired and Higgins (and […]
McMaster: Jihadis are “not religious people,” suggests Trump won’t say “radical Islamic terrorism” in Saudi speech
A complete retreat from his campaign vow to speak honestly about the motivating ideology behind the global jihad threat, and from his repeated use of the phrase (which is imperfect itself, but better than the denial and willful ignorance of Bush and Obama) early in his presidency. No force can defeat an enemy it does […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Shut Up and Deal, or Brittle Man, You’ve Had a Dizzy May
Donald Trump has had a busy May. Lots of confusion worse confounded, of who’s in, who’s out, and where are the snows of yesteryear. In-and-out like Flynn, up-and-down like Bannon, here-and-there and everywhere, like Jared Kushner of Kushner International Realty. And quick to take offense at the slightest slight, a brittle man in the middle […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: On Mideast Policy, the Swamp Drains Trump
He’s embracing the same establishment advice Bush and Obama did. My latest in PJ Media: Speaking Friday about President Trump’s trip to the Middle East, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster said that Trump would: … develop a strong, respectful message that the United States and the entire civilized world expects our Muslim allies to […]
Robert Spencer: McMaster Drags Trump Into the Swamp
My latest over at the Geller Report: Here we go again. If President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H. R. McMaster, wields influence over the President, and if his characterization of the President’s upcoming trip to the Middle East is to be believed, Trump is now set to repeat all the mistakes that his last two […]
What we learned when Sally Yates spoke her mind
I contributed to the Glazov Gang this week; you can watch my first Brian of London Moment: A little background: this piece grew out of my original analysis of the first Immigration Executive Order, which was published here on JihadWatch. I was reminded of this by the comments Sally Yates made while being cross examined by […]
McMaster: Trump will “call for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam”
Bush and Obama called for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam. They also claimed that the jihadis’ version of Islam “uses a perverted interpretation of religion.” Where did it get them? The same place comforting falsehoods always take you: into a maze of blind alleys and failed policies based on incorrect analysis. […]
Raymond Ibrahim: More Evidence that McMaster Shares Obama’s Views on Islam and Terror
Donald Trump’s new national security advisor, Lt. General H.R. McMaster, has made troubling remarks — such as “the Islamic State is not Islamic” — that one expects from the D.C. establishment. However, a hearty endorsement that he gave to a 2010 book suggests that the totality of McMaster’s views on security issues are worse than simply […]
Unfit for duty: McMaster and Gorka
It is unfortunate and disquieting that this denial and willful ignorance continues in the Trump administration. One cannot defeat an enemy that one does not understand, much less one that one refuses to understand. President Trump continues to speak about “radical Islamic terrorism” while hiring people who remain in Obamoid fantasyland. This must be clarified. […]
McMaster and Gorka: Understanding or Misunderstanding Islam?
There are two fundamental ways to view Islam in the West, and it is now clear those who hold to the “Islam is a religion of peace” view, which has held sway over the affairs of the West for so long, are fighting a desperate rear-guard action to remain in charge following Trump’s rise to power. […]
McMaster tells NSC staff that label “radical Islamic terrorism” not helpful because terrorists are “un-Islamic”
There is going to have to be clarification of this from the Trump administration. Is it going to continue the denial and willful ignorance of the Bush and Obama administrations, which under Obama in particular hamstrung the ability of intelligence and law enforcement officials to deal adequately with the jihad threat, as it was wrong […]
General McMaster and That “Perverted Interpretation of Religion Used To Justify Violence”
President Trump has chosen Lt. General William McMaster as his new National Security Adviser. As a three-star general, McMaster’s appointment will require Senate confirmation, and one hopes that the Senators before they vote will take the opportunity to examine his understanding of Islamic terrorism. For surely this is the greatest threat not only to American […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: The McMaster Pick: Score One for the Swamp?
NSA pick McMaster told the National Defense University that “the Islamic State is not Islamic.” My latest in FrontPage: President Trump has confirmed that retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster is his new choice to be his National Security Adviser. There have been indications that the Republican establishment has been trying to co-opt Trump and keep […]
NSA McMaster: Islamic State uses “perverted interpretation of religion”
You can see McMaster say this beginning at the four-minute mark: “We are engaged today, as General George C. Marshall’s generation was engaged, against enemies who pose a great threat to all civilized peoples. As our World War II generation defeated Nazi Fascism and Japanese imperialism, and as later generations defeated Communist totalitarianism, we will […]
Exclusive: NSA pick McMaster told the National Defense University that “the Islamic State is not Islamic”
President Trump has confirmed that retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster is his new choice to be his National Security Adviser. Score one for the swamp. A source that has asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals has informed me that he was present in August 2014 when McMaster was the featured speaker for the […]