SIGN UP - IT'S FREE!

National Debt Clock


A million seconds pass in 12 days.
A billion seconds pass in 31 years.
A trillion seconds pass in 31,688 years!

Eurabia Watch


Family Security Matters has started a new feature, called Eurabia Watch, which will warn Americans that what happens in Europe with political correctness and Islamism will soon be on its way to America. What do you think?







View results


Sign Up for FSM Updates!

HOME > PUBLICATIONS > Exclusive: Does the Administration Truly Understand the Threat of Islamism?

November 19, 2009

Exclusive: Does the Administration Truly Understand the Threat of Islamism?

Pam Meister

Print This
  Comments (3)

While some Americans are busy swooning over the “news” that Johnny Depp is only the fourth man in history to receive the highly coveted endorsement of “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine twice (joining this exclusive club with luminaries George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Richard Gere), others are focusing on the extremely serious security situation that our nation faces with regard to Islamic terrorism.
 
In recent news, there was the grisly attack at Fort Hood by a psychiatrist and Army major who, by all accounts, was an out-and-out jihadist. As Americans struggled to face the reality, the media tried to sideline the conversation with talk of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even though Maj. Hasan had never been deployed overseas, and depression – basically doing everything they could to avoid talking about the fact that he was a – wait for it – Muslim.
 
In times of crisis and strife, we look to our Commander in Chief for words of wisdom, direction, and reassurance. But the words coming out of President Obama’s mouth in the direct aftermath of Fort Hood were jarring, to put it mildly. During televised remarks from a Tribal Nations Conference, Obama started off by thanking everyone who helped make the conference a success. He then gave a “shout out” to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, to whom he referred as a “Medal of Honor winner.” First of all, Dr. Crow did not receive the Medal of Honor – the highest award for valor in action bestowed to a member of the military – rather, he received the Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed upon a civilian. And to refer to him as a “winner” rather than a “recipient” reduces the status of either award to the top prize in a Monopoly tournament. And Obama himself was the one who awarded Dr. Crow the Medal of Freedom – did he not remember? Perhaps his teleprompter was on the fritz.
 
It took Obama several minutes to get around to mentioning the horrific act of Maj. Hasan at Fort Hood, which he then termed as a “tragic shooting” and “horrific outburst of violence.” Interestingly enough, he was not “shocked and outraged,” although he expressed those sentiments after the murder of an abortion doctor.
 
News also leaked out that former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura made a clandestine trip to Fort Hood the evening following the attack to commiserate with the families and comrades of those slain and wounded. The Bushes eschewed all press coverage, preferring to keep the event as private and intimate as possible. Meanwhile, President Obama and First Lady Michelle went to Camp David for the weekend, and did not make an appearance at Fort Hood until the following Tuesday for the memorial service.
 
The comparison is breathtaking.
 
But beyond that, there are a number of troubling things about this administration’s reaction to Islam-related events:
 
  • The decision to bring the 9/11 trials to a civilian court. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will be tried in federal court in Manhattan, just blocks away from where the Twin Towers collapsed. Even after a lengthy explanation by Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the decision-making process, we still don’t know exactly why federal court is the better venue. And speaking in China, President Obama made a statement to the Chinese press that KSM would be “convicted” and had “the death penalty applied to him;” backing off from his comment after NBC correspondent Chuck Todd pointed out that the statement looked as though he were trying to interfere in the trial process. As Andrew McCarthy points out, “He has given the defense its first motion that the executive branch, indeed the president himself, is tainting the jury pool.”
  • The administration also asked Congress to delay its inquiry into the Fort Hood incident, and House Democrats agreed to honor that request. One can’t help but wonder why.
  • Finally, it’s been more than 80 days since the administration has been asked to make a decision regarding Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s August 30th request for 40,000 additional troops in Afghanistan, although we are told that the administration is “very close” to a decision. Again, why the delay? The more we wait, the worse the situation becomes, and the more troops are shortchanged.
 
What does all of this mean? Does the administration truly understand the threat we face or … what? Dare we ask what the alternative is?
 
Pam Meister is the editor for FamilySecurityMatters.org.
 

Reader Comments: Submit Your Comment (3) | Sign Up for FSM Updates!

Print This
  Comments (3)

We'll is quite obvious that any administration if you take your pick ---- Clinton,bush,Obama or the next (if any?) could care less for the people it swore to protect. Stark reality dictates the following. Only a few whom I call "thee enlightened people" give a rats behind what path our country takes to protect its sovereignty. No, there are millions who live for rich celebrities yes they're too busy watching soaps worshiping rock stars and as you already mentioned earlier in your superb article, choosing the sexiest man alive while an Iraqi cleaning crew over in the Middle East wipes up the still warm blood of another fallen American hero.

Ironically these grave threats to our Nations sovereignty don't even register in the thoughts of the general populace. On that same token we can also exclude those who could care less for that future border security too.

911 happened because America foolishly underestimated these Islam radicals who swore many times to attack the great Satan by shouting "death to America" right in our politically correct faces.

posted by: Paul West
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 09:41 AM

Could we expect worse from an admitted muslim?I am sick of hearing about some mythical muslim moderates,especially when one of them thinks he is President of the USA

posted by: Wayne D Billings
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 01:56 PM

Over the weekend, President Obama has urged prudence and delay for any Congressional hearings, until full investigation of the Fort Hood massacre has been completed. This begs the question: Fully investigated by whom and for what purpose?
Coincidentally, while the Commander-in-Chief continues his world apologia tour, his civilian Attorney General announces the five terrorists identified as part of the 9/11 attacks are to be transferred from Gitmo to NYC to stand civilian trial for acts of war.
Not widely reported is the fact these five terrorists pled guilty December 8, 2008 and requested martyrdom in the military court system. Their guilty pleas were held in abeyance by the military presiding judge, pending a psychiatric evaluation as to the competency of the guilty pleas. The psychiatrists at Walter Reed hospital were charged with this evaluation.
Then-Captain Hasan was a medical psychiatrist at that time, and into the Obama Administration after inauguration. The military guilty pleas have been set aside, Hasan was promoted to Major and transferred to Fort Hood. The five would-be martyrs had their military tribunal pleas set aside, and a determination has been made unilaterally (if we are to believe the White House) to try these war criminals as civilian malefactors, rather than terrorists who launched holy jihadist war on the United States. And, we are to believe there will be a guaranteed guilty conviction on each of the five terrorists after civilian justice has been administered.
In the meantime, quite possibly one of the very people who medically adjudged these five terrorists, has himself committed a military jihad terrorist act, killing 14 fellow Americans (I count the unborn citizen as allowed in prosecution of certain crimes - which this one qualifies for). Nidal Malik Hasan not only violated his Military Officer’s Oath, but also his medical Hippocratic Oath in favor of religious zealotry.
The possible fact Hasan may have psychiatrically judged five potential Muslim martyrs should be investigated, and the timeline of not only setting aside the military court’s jurisdiction, but any part our current military terrorist may have played in this latest travesty of the Obama Administration.

posted by: Lance
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 03:11 AM