By now, you've seen a thousand examples of the White House's desperate desire to downplay the realities of radical Islam. We listened to Obama's "legitimate grievances" line during the apology tour. We stood agape at the insipid "J.V. Team" proclamations during the formation and strengthening of ISIS. We've endured their penchant for shouting "racist" at anyone would actually dare label our enemies. We stand by as, after each and every attack, they deflect, diminish, and deny.
Rather than identify the actual problem, they blame racism, global warming, YouTube clips, and the 2nd Amendment. Now, after three terror attacks on U.S. soil in 24 hours (and an attempted fourth) they're blaming "Narrative."
According to Josh Earnest, the war against ISIS is “in some ways just a war of narratives.”
“We know that a lot of this radical ideology that ISIL is trying to propagate is being spread online," Earnest said. "And so we want to make sure that we’re getting out our counter-narrative against ISIL, and we’re having some progress, we’re making some progress.”
In fact, as you'll see below, Earnest used the word "narrative" seven times in the span of a short MSNBC appearance:
We've heard variations on this theme before. Back in May of 2015 Nancy Pelosi famously - or infamously - boasted about our successful efforts to defeat ISIS on Twitter. No one is saying that the fight to control ISIS propaganda isn't important, but here we are. It's a year and a half later, we've witnessed countless terrorist atrocities, and these clowns are still babbling about social media. If that's not a definition of "impotent," I don't know what is.
Newsflash, Obama admin:
The nervous rumbling in the pit of our stomachs as we board an airplane? That's not because we're afraid someone on board has a narrative.
No one is worried that someone will attack a nightclub with a narrative.
Our children aren't going to be stabbed with a narrative in a shopping mall.
We don't look for the exits at festivals and outdoor gatherings because we're concerned that someone could drive a narrative through the crowd.
We're worried about one thing, and you know damn well what it is. We've said this a thousand times but: a refusal to robustly identify and define your enemy will result in your defeat. If you're unwilling to take that first simple step, there's no path forward.
Given you're ongoing reluctance to acknowledge reality, there are only two plausible explanations. You're either incompetent or complicit.
Which is it?
By now, you've seen a thousand examples of the White House's desperate desire to downplay the realities of radical Islam. We listened to Obama's "legitimate grievances" line during the apology tour. We stood agape at the insipid "J.V. Team" proclamations during the formation and strengthening of ISIS. We've endured their penchant for shouting "racist" at anyone would actually dare label our enemies. We stand by as, after each and every attack, they deflect, diminish, and deny.
Rather than identify the actual problem, they blame racism, global warming, YouTube clips, and the 2nd Amendment. Now, after three terror attacks on U.S. soil in 24 hours (and an attempted fourth) they're blaming "Narrative."
According to Josh Earnest, the war against ISIS is “in some ways just a war of narratives.”
