Alan: Although American conservatives are ever eager to "kick the hornet's nest," it is never a good idea. Appealing rhetoric perhaps. And red meat for the lesser angels of our nature. But it is important to remember that The Iraq War - and all the geopolitical horrors that have followed - started with such a kick.
Trump's New National Security Advisor, General Flynn, Has Called Islam A "Cancer"
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/18/donald-trumps-new-national-security-advisor-has-called-islam-a-cancer/
Flynn Is a Board Member of ACT For America, Which the Southern Poverty Law Center Considers the Largest Anti-Muslim Group in America
Flynn is a member of ACT For America and on the board of advisers. The Southern Poverty Law Center considers the group the “largest grassroots anti-Muslim group in America” with 280,000 members across the country.
In a June 2016 post for ACT For America’s website, Flynn wrote that “Radical Islam has declared war on America.” He criticized the Obama Administration for not using the term “radical Islam,” which Trump did repeatedly on the campaign trail.
“We don’t need him to preach to us, we needed him to lift us out of the shock that America was feeling after yet another horrific attack perpetrated by a Muslim man who has been radicalized in the faith of Islam,” Flynn wrote after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting. “Instead, the President demonstrated zero leadership tonight, lacked inspiration and you could tell all he wanted to do was make the statement and get out of the press room…a sad day for America indeed.”
ACT For America was founded by author Brigitte Gabriel, who is described as “one of the leading national security experts in the world -providing information and analysis on the rise of Islamic terrorism” on the group’s site. Her books include Because They Hate and They Must Be Stopped.
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