Obama admin. ignoring Islamic threat
Obama admin. ignoring Islamic threat
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 8/11/2011 4:10:00 AM
A senior Army strategist and Pentagon advisor says it's "incredibly naïve and dangerous" for the Obama administration to go out of its way to extract Islam when it describes the threat of terrorism.
The White House recently released its "Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the Unite..." [PDF], a plan that calls for a community-based approach that includes greater support and information-sharing with local officials.
But in that 12-page plan, the administration attempted to disassociate the Islamic faith from the terrorism perpetrated by Islamic groups like al-Qaeda, saying al-Qaeda "tried to spark a conflict between faiths and divide us as Americans. But they failed." The document also claims that the "overwhelming majority" of the victims of al-Qaeda are Muslims -- and argues that one of the nation's priorities must be to counter al-Qaeda's "propaganda that the United States is somehow at war with Islam."
"We will challenge this propaganda through our word and deeds, defined by the very ideals of who we are as Americans," the plan continues. "As the president has
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