If It Looks Like a Duck

I think that the President of the United States and his mouthpiece Josh Earnest, could use a refresher course on how to identify ducks given by my three year old daughter. In other words, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck… it may be… a duck.

Even after the dual massacres in Paris this week, the President could not commit himself to uttering two simple words - “radical Islam” – and could not show his face to march with other world leaders to protest against it.

It’s not a big surprise. In 2009, Major Nidal Hassan murdered 13 of his fellow soldiers, and wounded 28 more, while yelling “Allahu Akbar”. The government classified the shooting as an act of “workplace violence”.

Rather than focus on “radical Islam”, the Obama Administration will be hosting a summit on countering violent extremism. In Josh Earnest’s words, the summit is “made even more imperative in light of recent, tragic attacks in Ottowa, Sydney and Paris.”

What do those attacks in Ottowa, Sydney and Paris have in common? Let us try and figure it out. Perhaps the Parisian Buddists are rioting again over the cartoons depicting the Dalai Lama, by murdering magazine staff and people shopping at Kosher grocery stores. Or the Mormon extremists who took over a coffee shop in Sydney and threatened their hostages’ lives. Or, the Amish have had enough of those “Amish jokes” and attacked Canadian Parliament to let everyone know that they are not happy. Maybe, just maybe, that’s what Earnest must have been talking about when he was talking about the summit countering “violent extremism”.

It’s almost comical if this denial of reality were not so deadly. Radical Islam has declared war on anyone and everyone who disagrees with their worldview. Whether attacks are orchestrated by Al-Qeada or by ‘lone wolves’, the results are the same.

Perhaps a review would help. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ as it shoots up a room full of political cartoonists, it may very well be radical Islam at work.

Obama's Anti-Israel Advisors

Samantha Power is back!

Who is she?  She's an Obama foreign policy advisor that insulted Senator Hillary Clinton during the course of the election by calling her a "monster".  Power was forced to resign that day, but today it's being reported that she is now 

...listed on Obama's transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies.  Her duties, according to the site, will be to "ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their departments, and begin implementing signature policy initiatives immediately after they are sworn in."

In short, she is part of a team that is likely to work directly with Clinton, a potentially awkward situation for the two women. 

Awkward!?  You think!

While it may be fun to watch the fireworks, it is more interesting to think about why she's been brought back into Washington.  Power has compared Israel to Rwanda - suggesting that the United States should "intervene" in Israeli politics in order to protect the Palestinians from "genocide".

It is worrisome to me to think that perhaps President-elect Obama is continuing in his perspective that it is Israel that is the problem in the Middle East and not Muslim terrorists.  Don't forget, Obama still has Zbigniew Brzezinski as an advisor.  Yes, the same man who thinks that the "Israel Lobby" in the United States is the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East.  

While the election may be over, and it is clear who won - it will also become clear to us all what Obama's perspective and possible policies will be when dealing with Israel and the Middle East as a whole.  I'm holding my breath.