Rep. Lamar Smith asked Holder six times in a row if the U.S. faced any danger from “radical Islam” and the best Holder could do was, “There are a variety of reasons why people do things”.
Apparently a man shouting “Allahu Akbar” while gunning down his fellow soldiers is due to a variety of reasons. Who knew?
It’s not like the struggle between Islamic and Judeo-Christian nations hasn’t been going on for like, hundreds of years.
I guess they don’t teach the kids at Harvard about the Crusades, Ottoman Empire, or worldwide spread of radical Wahhabism in the 20th century. Muslims burn our flags, call for our death, and glorify the murder of nonbelievers, all in the name of Allah.
Islamic sermons are filled with genocidal hatred and millions pray for a second Holocaust.
Conflict between our cultures has been going on practically since the day the Qur’an was written. The connection between radical Islam and attacks against our nation is obvious, and yet Holder and liberals like him … just … won’t … say … it.
The historical, cultural, and religious context to the struggle we face now may not factor into the liberal elite’s thinking, but there is something they do care about, quite a lot - the role of women in society.
In the past month, Obama administration officials have taken to referring to what was once known as the Global War on Terror under George W. Bush and Overseas Contingency Operation only last year, as Countering Violent Extremism.
However, in an effort to get more Democrats into the good fight, which will no doubt last decades, if not longer, I have a better name for the conflict that even a liberal can understand: The Global War for Women’s Rights.
Women have few, if any rights in Islamic society. Brutality against women including genital mutilation, murder of rape victims, denial of education and property rights, marriage to 50-year-old men at age 12, and honor killings, which has even reached our shores in recent years, is commonplace.
Even supposedly progressive Saudi Arabia is a time portal back to the Middle Ages - women are lashed for “moral offences” like holding a man’s hand or not covering their hair. They aren’t even allowed to drive a car.
Women may be allowed to go to college in Saudi Arabia, but good luck trying to find a job … only 5% of the workforce is female.
The term “gender apartheid” has been coined to describe the widespread denial of human rights to women throughout the Islamic world.
How can liberals remain silent in the face of such inequity?
Regime change in Iraq, regardless of whether or not you supported the war, was a seminal event in human history. For the first time a democratic country in the Middle East, other than Israel, was established that guaranteed equal rights for women.
George Bush understood the Iraq War offered more than just an opportunity to remove a dangerous dictator from power, he also saw it as potential launching ground for the spread of democracy and freedom throughout the Middle East, of which women would be primary benefactors.
Unfortunately, things aren’t quite working out as expected.
The new Constitution adapted by the Iraqis states: "No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam." In practice this means religious leaders are free to use Sharia Law to deny women their rights.
Millions of women are losing their freedom because of Islam
Once again millions of women are losing their freedom because of Islam. Prominent Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed was recently quoted as saying the US has "let go of women's rights" in Iraq, and she is correct.
Unfortunately the Obama administration shows no interest in righting this wrong. President Obama jets around the globe telling everyone what a great religion Islam is, but he never mentions that countries ruled by Sharia law, over half the population live as second class citizens.
In his Cairo address Obama whitewashed the plight of Islamic women by saying “we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead” including “Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia.”
What he didn’t mention is that Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia are secular nations in which a woman’s rights are guaranteed by the government … and definitely not because of Islam, but rather in spite of it.
Obama went on to say “America and Islam … share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
I highly doubt American women would agree with that statement if they were forced to live under Sharia Law.
The Good Fight
The Global War for Women’s Rights isn’t going to be won by Obama bowing to dictators, but with the military might and the righteous power of the American people. As usual, only we can free millions of Muslim women around the world from this plight. Because if we don’t, who will? If not now, when?
Like the communist menace before it, America must confront radical Islam and its mechanism for the enslavement of women, Sharia Law, wherever it appears. It must be labeled and treated for what it truly is: evil.
Only an uncompromising effort, lasting decades if need be, by all Americans including liberals, will lead to lasting freedom for Muslim women.
Last week Attorney General Eric Holder appeared in hearings on Capitol Hill and, to the consternation of conservatives everywhere, was unable to acknowledge the threat that radical Islam poses to the security of the United States.
In what can only be described as political correctness taken to previously unknown heights, Holder, an educated man, feigned ignorance to the struggle this nation has been engaged in since the 9/11 terrorist attacks perpetrated by radical Islamists.
