Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the fatal EgyptAir crash that killed 66 people “does appear that it was an act of terrorism” and that it reinforced “the need for American leadership.”
“But, once again, it shines a very bright light on the threats that we face from organized terror groups,” the Democratic presidential front-runner told Chris Cuomo on CNN. “ISIS, of course, but then there are other networks of terrorists that have to be hunted down and defeated.”
Leadership, Hillary? Leadership in defense of what goals? We’re not allowed to criticize Islam, nor even say the word in connection with terrorism. Despite the fact that virtually every single terrorist event is connected with Islam. We have massively cut defense spending, apologized for every American military victory in its history, and given terrorism’s biggest sponsor — Iran — a fiscal and moral blank check to build bombs to destroy first Israel, and then ourselves.
If Obama’s eight years brought us the birth of ISIS and more brutal terrorism than ever, what’s not working? How will you fundamentally transform and reverse course on Obama’s foreign policy? If you plan to stay the course, how can you justify such a thing?
Here are some other questions Hillary Clinton will never be asked:
“What does it say about eight years of Obama’s foreign policy, that terrorist attacks like this continue? What failed in your own tenure as Secretary of State? What’s not working, and why?”
“If hunting down and defeating terrorists means offending Muslims, are we willing to do that? Are we willing to eliminate rules of engagement which stipulate that no civilians may be killed? If not, then what business do we have sending troops into that part of the world, to hunt down and defeat ISIS and others, in the first place? How can we ask these troops to do the contradictory, and the impossible?”
“Isn’t it time, Mrs. Clinton, to give political correctness a rest? And whether it’s right or not to exclude letting any Muslims into the United States, isn’t it at least reasonable to consider this as a factor? Shouldn’t we have a national conversation about it, rather than threatening to jail people who say offensive things about Islam, as the current Attorney General of the United States threatens to do?”
“Since Obama’s time in office, Muslim atrocities have only intensified, and ISIS has formed. If you plan to continue with the fundamentals of Obama’s foreign and defense policies, including cutting defense and making sensitivity towards Muslims the most important goals, then why should we expect terrorism to stop under your watch?”
Maybe Donald Trump will demand answers to these questions. Certainly, nobody else in the media seems willing to ask them. If it’s true that insanity means doing the same things over and over, while expecting different results, we need something different from what we’ve been doing to stop the threat of Muslim terrorism.
On our current course, we have to pretend that Islam has nothing to do with these attacks. We refuse to hold Iran, or any other nation which openly aids and abets terrorism in any way accountable. In fact, we reward Iran with funds and promises to leave them alone while they build nuclear weapons to destroy Israel, and ultimately the United States.
If eliminating the United States is your goal, Hillary, then we understand your support of Obama’s defense policies. If you really want America to survive, then how are we supposed to believe that you have anything at all to offer us, as commander-in-chief of the freest — and strongest — nation in human history?
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