"Islamism: If You Can’t Say it, You Can’t Fight it," Arutz Sheva, February 16, 2015

Arutz Sheva
Op-Ed: Islamism: If You Can't Say it, You Can't Fight it 
Matthew M. Hausman

While the world was reeling from last month's terror attacks in Paris, there was finally some acknowledgment of the one-sided religious war being waged against the West, as French officials identified the perpetrators as radical Muslims and called for international solidarity against Islamist extremism. 

After turning a blind eye for so long – and after enabling extremist organizations such as Hamas and facilitating resurgent anti-Semitism – Europeans finally spoke truth over political correctness.  Whether they have the fortitude for sustained confrontation with theological totalitarianism is another matter, but for at least a brief moment in time they recognized the threat for what it is.

In contrast, the Obama administration continued to ignore any connection between terrorism and radical Islam, instead referring to the perpetrators as extremists without identifying their motivating beliefs.  In a recent interview the president actually referred to the attack on the kosher market in Paris as "random." 

This refusal to acknowledge the obvious may be political, but it is also myopic – and it undercuts any serious effort to combat global terrorism.  Just as the government's characterization of the Fort Hoot shootings and Oklahoma beheading as "workplace violence" ignored the national ramifications of the terror threat, the president's refusal to concede the doctrinal roots of the Paris tragedy showed an astonishing failure of world leadership.

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