The lizard bites

Newt Gingrich has always had my respect in the political arena.  His Georgian drawl and that southern down-hominess makes him easy to listen to.  I agree with a lot of what he espouses but like all humans he is fallible and has made mistakes but over all, I believe him to be a good person.  With a run for Prez likely in 2012 we will hear more and more from the man, this particular piece is but one area the Newt will address.

Gingrich has been a vocal critic of pure Islam as it is practiced by some Muslims, and he makes no bones about what should be done.  He views our lack of a realistic definition of our enemy as being based in Islam a fundamental flaw in our strategic thinking.  He is correct to call Obama on thisand his insistence we call the enemy what is it: Islam as defined by Muhammad and the Qur'an.

We can no longer afford to deny what is right there in front of us, that jihad and terrorism are the same.  We must say this in public, that is what Gingrich expects.  It is the least we, as Americans deserve from Obama.


From Politico.com March 25 by Kendra Marr

Newt Gingrich: President Obama won't confront radical Islam

Newt Gingrich on Friday blasted the Obama administration for what he labels a refusal to confront radical Islam.

“Until you replace this president and until you have the Congress and the new president replace large parts of our bureaucracies, we’re going to continue to be dominated by a secular, anti-Christian and anti-Jewish elite, which is seeking to impose on us rules that make zero sense,” he told religious conservatives at the American Family Association’s pastors’ policy briefing in Iowa.

Gingrich, answering a question about challenging Sharia law on U.S. soil, said the country’s leadership was “so afraid to tell the truth” and “timid” that it didn’t swiftly prosecute the Pakistani immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison last year for planting a bomb in Times Square. And he pointed out that the federal government has sued a school district for denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

“I simply suggest that every church in the country announce there is a new principle that visiting Bethlehem every year for three weeks is an important part of your devotion,” he said to applause.

“The whole thing collapses,” he added. “It’s an absurdity. It’s part of this desperation of our secular elites to do everything they can to prove they are not anti-Muslim.”

Those secular elites will end up offering their own heads to their new masters in exchange for nothing that would save their heads. 

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