"Organized Radical Islam has learned that it is not necessary to mount a frontal assault on our buildings or hijack our planes."
"New York City, which began as a city of survivors, has become a city of apologists. The lessons of 9/11 have been buried under layers of political fashion and academic abstraction."
. . . " This is not a political debate. It is a civilizational confrontation.
"The irony is unspeakable. The city that was the primary target of Islamist terrorism, whose skyline was shattered by the bodies of Americans falling from the sky, is now becoming the base for a political movement that shares more in common with the ideology of 9/11’s architects than with the values of those who died on that day.
"Mamdani’s political vision is not just radical. It is a repudiation of the moral clarity that made 9/11 a defining moment in American history. It is a rejection of the idea that Western civilization is worth defending, or that the United States is anything other than a system of oppression.
"Opposition is building and may explode well before his term ends. Staten Island Italians and other European immigrant groups excluded from his 'ethnic enclaves map' -- along with pro-police factions -- have heavily booed him. His administration is facing legal challenges from several groups: bodega owners planning to file a lawsuit, local landlords launching legal pushback against a city-endorsed rent freeze, and NYC homeowners suing over a messy pied-à-terre tax rollout that allegedly violated privacy laws by exposing 900,000 residents' data and illegally forced primary residents to prove they do not own luxury second homes. Corporations are trimming workers, and almost a thousand local small to mid-size businesses have moved operations to the Sunbelt.
"The question is not only whether Mamdani’s performative socialism delivers. The larger issue is whether New York’s experience should prompt a serious national debate about whether immigration, multiculturalism, and political activism can coexist with a shared commitment to constitutional government, public safety, religious pluralism, and the defense of democratic allies."
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