[The Hill] Congressional Republicans are becoming more critical of President Trump amid the shaky rollout of his executive order on immigration and the lack of clear progress on his legislative agenda.
The rising tensions between both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue come at a critical time in the Trump presidency, when major decisions on taxes, healthcare and the budget need to be made.
Trump’s criticism of a Republican-appointed federal judge and his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend have rubbed some Republicans the wrong way. Those members, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have sought to put some daylight between the policies and priorities of the GOP-led Congress and the new administration.
And in the very same issue of the Hill:
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And all reading the Washington Post for their news.
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You know, all of those Tea Party people are still around, and they probably aren't any happier with Washington than they were 6 years ago. Just sayin.
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The Tea Party mistake was trying to work within the system. Should have put up independents rather than run the fixed primary systems. None of those votes could have been counted upon as 'what choice do you have other than me' to show up in November. That leaves the incumbent to try to actually alter their behavior or go scorched earth.
[OpsLens] It was reported last week that US commandos conducted a raid in Yemen and came into contact with women. These highly-trained women were fighting alongside al-Qaida and engaged the commandos. This is a stark reminder that we should never become complacent when it comes to those around us.
In the past, terrorist organizations have also used women to carry out suicide attacks. Women are the perfect scapegoat for terrorists because they are rarely looked upon with suspicion. Some may be under the impression that women associated with terrorist organizations are docile and obedient. While this may be true, those aren’t exactly good qualities to have for women in that position. Make no mistake--there are plenty of innocent bystanders surrounding terrorist organizations. There are also willing participants who subscribe to the dangerous ideology these terrorists use to recruit. There are even groupies for these terrorist groups who aspire to gain a high status among the terrorists. Young girls run away from home to join these men that they meet online in hopes that they’ll be rewarded with a husband and money.
One of the biggest advantages for terrorists using women to do their dirty work is that most people don’t expect it. The element of surprise can be deadly when we underestimate that women work among terrorist groups. It’s also a common belief that most western men struggle with a moral dilemma when it comes to fighting against women. That proved not to be the case with US commandos over the weekend.
Women are often used by terrorists to freely move about; some men have even been known to dress as women to avoid detection. It’s also easier for women to conceal items under their clothes, like weapons or explosive devices. Given the cultural sensitivity surrounding this particular demographic, it would be considered indecent for strange males to search them. This is a weakness that can easily be utilized to cause serious harm. There are a group of citizens who know this all too well--veterans of our armed forces.
While it’s easy to place women in an untouchable category and always assume innocence, the world doesn’t work like that. Remaining vigilant and aware of your surroundings is something every citizen should do. Falling into the mindset that women can’t be dangerous or can’t carry out violent attacks is to be in denial.
While the US commandos operate as the silent professionals, something we should consider back at home is that headlines don’t always paint the complete picture. In a world where things can go wrong in an instant, they very often do for our armed forces. They find themselves in difficult situations not everyone is familiar with or can relate to. This is why a headline to the effect of "US Service Members Killed Women in Yemen" is sensationalism at its finest. Understanding that women participate in terrorist organizations is important. They can be anywhere in the world.
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Shortly after Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s Election Day victory, many jihadists voiced their pleasure with the result: "Rejoice with support from Allah, and find glad tidings in the imminent demise of America at the hands of Trump," said one. Trump "reveals the true mentality of the Americans, and their racism toward Moslems and Arabs and everything. He reveals what his predecessors used to conceal. So his victory further exposes America and its appendages," said another.
Trump -- who pledged in his inaugural address to "unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism" and "eradicate [it] completely from the face of the earth," as well as previously promising to "bomb the shit out of" ISIS and "take out" the families of Death Eaters -- likely sees himself as a staunch opponent of what he and the Right refer to as "Radical Islam." He actually didn't say he was going to take out their families in his inaugural address.
But there’s at least one problem with his self-perception: Trump’s proposed policies would only strengthen, not hinder, ISIS and other krazed killer groups. Indeed, after Trump issued his executive order barring entry to the United States citizens of seven predominantly Moslem countries, jihadist groups "celebrated . . . saying the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam," as Joby Warrick reported in the Washington Post.
In 2016, Mara Revkin and Ahmad Mhidi wrote in Foreign Affairs that "jihadists are rooting for a Trump presidency because they believe that he will lead the United States on a path to self-destruction." Based on analysis of ISIS chatter on social media and interviews with several current and former supporters, Revkin and Mhidi found four main reasons for their support:
First, Trump’s anti-Moslem rhetoric plays into ISIS’ narrative of a bipolar world in which the West is at war with Islam. Second, ISIS hopes that Trump will radicalize Moslems in the United States and Europe and inspire them to commit lone-wolf attacks in their home countries. Third, ISIS supporters believe that Trump would be an unstable and irrational leader whose impulsive decision-making would weaken the United States. And fourth, ISIS subscribes to the prophecy of a "Final Battle," to take place in the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, in which the caliphate will decisively triumph over its enemies.
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The problem with the popularity contest paradigm is that contestants will have to aim to please the judge in order to win the prize.
The contestants are the West and the 'terrorists'. The judge is the general Muslim populace. The prize is the Muslim populace's good will.
Net result: The Muslims impose their will on the West using the threat of asymmetrical war.
For the West accepting this paradigm is equivalent to surrender.
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Concur with Elmer above. Just like the Dems that crossed party lines to vote for Trump in the primary...thought he would be the easiest for Hillary in the general...the AQ types will not get what they wish for...
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We have been try to be nice to the bad guys and that amounts to rewarding them for being bad. Every time they do something gruesome we get a lecture on islamophobia, as if we had done it to them. Every time they attack Israel we lecture Israel to make concessions to them.
This is stupid policy.
When they take punishment for their badness they will reconsider.
The Turks ruled the Arabs for hundreds of years with no problems with them. They were not very nice, but they left the Arabs alone if they did not make trouble.
IF someone harmed someone outside his group the head of his village had to turn him in and watch him hang, or else get the bastinado himself.
h/t Instapundit
There’s something perverse about an ideology that views the disposing of a child in the third trimester of pregnancy as an indisputable right but the desire of parents to choose a school for their kids as "zealotry." Watching Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, answer an array of frivolous questions was just another reminder of this warped worldview.
Many liberals, for instance, tell us that racism is one of the most pressing problems in America. And yet few things have hurt African Americans more over the past 40 years than the inner-city public school system. If President Obama is correct, and educational attainment is the key to breaking out of a lower economic strata, then no institution is driving inequality quite as effectively as public schools.
Leftists don’t merely disagree with you. They don’t merely feel you are misguided. They don’t think you are merely wrong. They hate you. They want you enslaved and obedient, if not dead. Once you get that, everything that is happening now will make sense. And you will understand what you need to be ready to do.
You are normal, and therefore a heretic. You refuse to bow to their idols, to subscribe to their twisted catechisms, to praise their false gods. This is unforgivable. You must burn.
Crazy talk? Just ask them. Go ahead. Go on social media. Find a leftist ‐ it’s easy. Just say something positive about America or Jesus and they’ll come swarming like locusts. Engage them and very quickly they will drop their masks and tell you what they really think. I know. I keep a rapidly expanding file of Twitter leftist death wish screenshots.
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I asked one what he thought should be done about the rise of political islamism since it advocates killing gays and apostates, imposing sharia and treating women as 2nd class humans.
"that's racist" came the reply. Refused to talk. Then told his friend not to talk also.
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"You are normal, and therefore a heretic. You refuse to bow to their idols, to subscribe to their twisted catechisms, to praise their false gods. This is unforgivable. You must burn."
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So the only outcome is that one side wins and the other loses. There’s no truce to be had, no possibility of a tie. And the frightening thing is that the Left is so foolish, so stuck in its bubble that it has no understanding that it can only push so far before the people with all the guns and all the training push back.
(Sigh)
There are plenty of supporters of the left who have guns. See the Crips, Bloods MS-13, narrcos, radicalized Muslims, etc.
And a lot of these people are already embedded and experienced in functioning in the urban terrain that would likely be Ground Zero of a civil conflict.
Furthermore, thus far, it's only been the Left that has demonstrated any will to act.
Lev Davidovich Bronstein didn't have any formal military training either, and he did all right in 1917-1922, didn't he? (With help from former Tsarist professionals, but he was still the man that made the final decisions)
These delusions that the Left have no weapons, nor any ability to learn on the fly, will lead to a fatal complacency on our part.
By all means, be ready and have no illusions about the Left -- but that includes having no illusions about their capabilities and willingness to use them.
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No charger. You isolate their natural habitat. No power, no clean water, no food. The last American cities that experienced a siege were Richmond-Petersburg. You force them to come out of their urban areas looking for the basics. Wait till they experience a summer without air in vast urban heat generators or winter without heat. It's been several generations beyond that experience for many of them.
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