Why Does Obama Call ISIS 'ISIL'?

Amil Imani  "Many who closely follow the dueling Islamic terror narratives emanating from the White House are mystified by Mr. Obama's inability (or deliberate unwillingness) to utter the phrase "Islamic terrorists."  Many are curious, too, about why he refuses to call ISIS "ISIS," steadfastly insisting instead that everybody in his administration call the terror group "ISIL."  What's the difference, and why is it important?  The agendas behind each diverge widely.  In fact, the variance between the two is elephantine in scale.
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That Obama uses ISIL in discussing the terrorists is extremely telling and chilling.  To those of us who keep our fingers on the pulse of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the distinctions separating ISIS and ISIL are by no means meager.  It's readily apparent that Obama considers both Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, thorns in each of his sides.  Since 2009, his atrociously dismissive treatment of Netanyahu has been highly embarrassing, shocking, and outrageous, especially to those of us who cherish our relationship with the Jewish state.

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"ISIL, Obama's preference, stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."  According to glaphyridae.com, "[t]he Levant in its geographical sense comprises the following political entities: the west part of Syria, Lebanon, west part of Jordan, Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip), Israel and Sinai (Egypt)."  Other sources claim that it also encompasses parts of Turkey.  All of these states embrace Islam, with one very notable exception: Israel, our only "blood brother" ally in the region that all Islamic terrorists want gone, violently and forever."

Rand Paul: 15 Reasons Obama’s Unqualified To Occupy the White House

http://comicallyincorrect.com/2015/12/10/obama-legacies/

Big Government  "The Obama White House has the nerve to say someone else is unqualified for office. After five years of acting like a King and ignoring our constitution, that takes a lot of nerve.

"I would like to put a mirror in front of the Obama White House and show them the top 15 things that make HIM unqualified:"

1. Tried to take over 1/6 of economy in Obamacare, wrecked the system and hurt patients and taxpayers.
2. Thinks an executive order is legislation and how you make law.
3. Fought an undeclared, unconstitutional war in Libya, turned it into Jihadist wonderland.
4. Fighting an undeclared, unconstitutional war in Syria, trying to put ISIS in Damascus.
5. Signed into law the indefinite detention of American citizens.
6. His copy of the bill of rights obviously goes from 1 to 3, skipping Second Amendment.
7. Court ruled his NSA spying on every American was illegal.
8. He has added more debt than anyone in history.
9. Appointed an attorney general who thinks speech against Muslims is a bigger threat than trorism.
10. EPA rules by executive FIAT trying to kill an entire American industry and way of life (coal).
11. Declared Amnesty through executive order.
12. Administration believes climate change is a bigger threat than, and somehow related to, terrorism.
13. It took a 13-hour filibuster before he would answer if he would kill American citizens on American soil with a drone.
14. Obamacare for everyone in America except those within the White House.
15. Sending billions of dollars in aid, F16 planes, and tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood when they were in charge in Egypt.

 

When it comes to un-American, nothing beats Progressives trying to shelter a bad idea:

Mark Steyn on Democrat politicians’ scary and disgraceful efforts to silence dissent

Obama’s speech highlights why it’s hard to have an intelligent political debate with Progressives

"I found myself in conversation today with a Progressive who thought that Obama’s oval office address was just wonderful.  “What did you like about it?” I asked him. “It was a very mature speech,” the Progressive replied, “and he said what I would have said.” Of course I asked, “What would you have said that he did say?”“That we’re doing everything we can against ISIL, but that almost a quarter of the world’s population is Muslim and they’re not all our enemies.”“That’s it? That’s what you got out of the speech?”

Hanson on California: The picture is bleak

By Carol Brown  "The Decline and Fall of California: From Decadence to Destruction, where Hanson paints a stark picture of California’s decline from a state that exemplified the American dream to one crushed under the weight of its utopian vision.

…Clearly modeled on famous British historian Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Hanson’s book makes it clear that the increasingly dystopian California has been the author of its own decline. A half-century of bad policy and failed ideology has reduced the Golden State to a shell of its former glory.
Hanson -- a college professor, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and an expert in the classics -- is a product of many generations of Californians who made their home in the state’s mostly agricultural central valley. Few come closer to Thomas Jefferson’s idealized philosopher-farmer than Hanson, who is highly educated in history, warfare, and philosophy, yet runs a working farm like his forefathers.  

Full Article 

  

Amazon Review:

"The Decline and Fall of California: From Decadence to Destruction collects Victor Davis Hanson’s best writing on California’s crisis of culture. Focusing on three themes with enduring relevance—water, immigration, and the rural way of life—Hanson deftly dissects the ruins of the Golden State. California’s crisis is America’s crisis: the same policies and mental dissonance that have eroded California’s prosperity threaten the rest of the country if left unchecked. 
"In California, an out-of-touch liberal leadership has made life worse for average citizens of the state, both the poor and the shrinking middle class. For all the exalted talk about the people, the environment, and the proverbial “little guy,” few in government craft policies to help the majority of the state. In particular, on matters of illegal immigration, water policy, and culture, cocooned elites rarely face the logical consequences of their own ideology. The Decline and Fall of California unwinds the story of how California came to this moment, and offers insight into why the rest of the nation should be wary of the same influences in Washington, DC. 
" 'I moved to California to chase The Dream nearly four decades ago, experience the promise... and now the perils. No one but Victor Davis Hanson has the depth and savvy to clearly chronicle how the Golden State got to this point, and where we are now headed. There are lessons and warnings for the rest of America here, too. It's been said, 'As California goes, so goes the Nation.' This is essential reading." 
- Mark Larson KUSI TV Contributor & AM 1170 Talkshow Host 

Texas senator to lay out foreign policy views in Heritage speech

"Cruz: Obama is Ignoring Jihadist Threat"

Stephen F. Hayes  "Senator Ted Cruz will visit the Heritage Foundation Thursday to deliver a blistering attack on the Obama administration's handling of jihadist terror and the region that produces it.

"The Obama administration ignores "the reality that our nation is under attack," Cruz will say, according to an early draft of the speech obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD. "Americans no longer feel safe in their schools, workplaces, and cities. This should not be new standard."

"The speech comes as the threat from radical Islam has dominated headlines and the presidential campaign for weeks, following attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. Recent polling shows terrorism and national security among the top concerns of Republican primary voters and several candidates have used the moment to offer proposals to change course from the Obama administration's passive approach." . . .

Arms and the President*

*With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill

This Is Not the Time to Demilitarize Police Departments, President Told

. . . "Police said Farook and Malik fired at least 65 shots in their attack, and they exchanged gunfire with police in the wild battle on a suburban street that eventually ended with their deaths.

“ 'Countless lives could be saved by equipping patrol officers with the appropriate weapons and giving them the training needed to engage terrorists immediately instead of waiting for specialized units to respond,” Lynch told the New York Post.

"He wants every NYPD patrol car to be set up as a “mini counter-terrorism unit.' ” 

"Of course, setting local police departments up with the weapons Lynch said are needed to battle highly trained and equipped terrorists is nearly impossible thanks to President Obama’s order to demilitarize police departments across the United States." . . .

"Hackel said if Obama really wanted to make police officers safer, “first thing tomorrow morning (he should) rescind that order.”' 

Top Cops Warm to Idea of Armed Citizenry to Confront Terrorists   . . . “A lot of Detroiters have CPLs (concealed pistol licenses), and the same rules apply to terrorists as they do to some gun-toting thug,” [Detroit Police Chief James] Craig told the Detroit News. “If you’re a terrorist, or a carjacker, you want unarmed citizens.' ” . . .

Simpsonville, SC Gun Shop Gives Props To Top Salesman… Barack Obama…

On Guns, Californians Practice ‘Irish Democracy’ and Ignore Bone-Headed Laws
. . . "the city of Sunnyvale demanded that residents hand over all firearms capable of accepting magazines holding more than ten rounds — effectively, everything except revolvers and some single-shot rifles — and the good men and women of Silicon Valley responded by turning in a grand total of zero firearms." . . .

Expect lawsuits if there was no banned firearms sign on the entrance of the San Bernardino shooting site.

The Galen Institute "[Ezekiel Emanuel] sings in what he calls “a growing chorus” that wants to require insurance companies and government programs to “pay for value.”  Value-based purchasing is not a cutting-edge idea.  It’s what you do every time you go to the supermarket and decide whether to pay $13 for an organic roasted chicken or $5 for the non-organic alternative.  “In the rest of the economy,” he writes, “we let individuals determine value.  They decide whether a new gadget is worth the expense.”

"But that won’t do in health care, Emanuel informs us.  Letting doctors and patients make medical decisions is a dangerous thing.  “It is not just patients’ perspectives we need to take into account.  Patients get the benefit, but all of us are paying the bill.”

"Decisions about clinical value should not be made in the clinic, Emanuel argues.  “Because we all pay, all Americans have to have a voice in determining value.”

"By “all Americans” he means government, guided by people of his academic pedigree.

"Dr. Emanuel offers a formula, borrowed from the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), for “determining value” and thus for deciding whether your medicine, surgery or treatment is worth the price.  The NHS calculates “Quality-Adjusted Life Years” [QALY], a metric that takes into account both the quantity and quality of life generated by medicines and other treatments." . . .

Trump puts off Israel trip ‘until after I become president’ after Netanyahu rebukes him over Muslim ban call

UK Daily Mail

"The Israeli government confirmed the meeting yesterday and said it was scheduled before the billionaire announced his plan to bar Muslims from entering the U.S.

"The prime minister 'will meet with any candidate from any party who will be arriving in Israel and request[s] a meeting,' an Israeli official told The Washington Post.

"Netanyahu later issued a statement that said: 'The state of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens.'

' 'At the same time, Israel is fighting against militant Islam that targets Muslims, Christians and Jews alike and threatens the entire world.'

"According to the Post, he said late last night on Twitter that he would keep the meeting, but he 'rejects Donald Trump’s latest comments about Muslims.' . . .

The UK does not want Trump at this time either.

Legal Insurrection obtains restraining order preserving records of anti-Israel 3rd Grade event

Legal Insurrection

"Ithaca Teachers union tells members not to turn over records on personal electronic devices and email."

. . . "In brief, and incredibly, the teachers union in the Ithaca school district appears to have instructed its members not to produce records responsive to my FOIL Request contained on personal electronic devices and email accounts.

"So I went to court and obtained a Temporary Restraining Order preserving records pending a court determination on the merits.

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"You will recall that my report on the event exposed the anti-Israel nature of the presentation, as the ICSD "Superintendent later acknowledged after his investigation.

The details are laid out in my post, Superintendent: Third Grade event “politically skewed, inflammatory” against Israel.

"Tamimi is the Palestinian activist best known for using children, including his own. to confront Israeli soldiers in the hope the soldiers will react and create a viral video and photographic moment."

On November 3, 2015, ICSD finally produce records pursuant to my FOIL Request, some of the documents were heavily redacted, and others withheld. I addressed this production in my post, New docs reveal Third Grade Anti-Israel event much worse than thought.

Hillary Clinton’s most repugnant lie

NY Post via Drudge

"Liar, liar, pantsuit on fire: Hillary Clinton still insists she didn’t tell the grieving families of the Benghazi victims that an anti-Islam video was to blame.

"Yet family members say she said just that, three days after the attack, at the Sept. 14, 2012, ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base.

"George Stephanopoulos asked her Sunday if she’d told the victims it was about the film. Clinton gave a flat “no.”

"She added: “I said very clearly there had been a terrorist group, uh, that had taken responsibility on Facebook, um . . .”

"At least four family members disagree.

"Tyrone Woods’ father said he hugged Clinton and shook her hand. Then “she said we are going to have the filmmaker arrested who was responsible for the death of my son . . . She said ‘the filmmaker who was responsible for the death of your son.’ ”

"Sean Smith’s mother said Hillary is “absolutely lying . . . She said it was because of the video.” Smith’s uncle backs her up."

Sister of Fallen Benghazi Hero: I Have ‘Very Little Respect’ For Hillary   . . . "Clinton’s latest defense has reignited the anger felt by the victims’ families. Glen Doherty’s sister Kate Quigley is appalled by Clinton’s continuing dishonesty and lack of accountability. " . . .

Who is Hillary going to listen to: you...or Babs Streisand?

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2015/04/media-sets-the-bar/

PUTTING MILITARY WOMEN'S LIVES ON THE LINE

"The key data Obama's move to force women into combat roles ignores."

Frontpage

"In a move that reeks of political correctness, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday that all combat positions in the U.S. military will now be open to women, with no exceptions. "They’ll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat,” Carter declared. "They’ll be able to serve as Army rangers and green berets, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps infantry, Air Force parajumpers and everything else that was previously open only to men.” 

 

"As the Center for Military Readiness (CMR) explains, Carter could only make the change by overruling the best professional advice of the U.S. Marine Corps “in matters involving life, death, and national security,” and “by breaking his own promise” to base his decision on the quality of scientific research behind the military services’ recommendations. The Marine Corps had requested some exceptions to the policy, but Carter declined to honor them. “The important factor in making my decision was to have access to every American who could add strength to the joint force,” he insisted, further stating the decision to do so was based on empirical analysis of the data following a three-year review by all armed services branches." . . .

Muslims United for San Bernardino Raise Over $100k for Victims’ Families

Muslims reject being “lumped in” with Islamist terrorists

Legal Insurrection

. . . "In addition to this group’s efforts, the LA Times reports that leading Islamic scholars also urged their followers to help with the campaign’s fund-raising efforts:

Several leading Islamic scholars also pitched the campaign in their Friday sermons last week.

“Since 9/11, we’ve felt we need to come out of our cocoons,” said Shaykh Mohammed Faqih of the Islamic Institute of Orange County. “We’re as American as anyone else … but if society is not feeling it, it means I’m not doing enough.”

Donors include Marya Ayloush, a 20-year-old student at Santa Monica Community College who gave $50 after seeing the campaign posted on Facebook. “This is an actual, tangible action we can do to show non-Muslims that we have your back,” she said. “In every situation where the terrorist happens to be a Muslim, every person, whether they admit it or not, is afraid they’ll be lumped in with these guys.”

"Ayloush’s concern is a very real one that, as I noted previously, is not helped by the Obama administration’s (including Hillary’s) refusal to make a distinction between radical Islamic terrorists bent on violent jihad and the Muslims who not only reject this evil but are eager to demonstrate that they don’t appreciate being “lumped in” with radical Islamist terrorists."

Enraged woman attacks Muslims praying in California park: ‘Allah is Satan and you are all murderers’

. . . "Albeshari said he moved four years to California from North Carolina, in part, because he thought he would face less discrimination.

"But Muslims across the U.S. have been targeted by violence and discrimination since terrorist attacks last month in Paris and a mass shooting last week in San Bernardino.

“ 'I never thought this would ever happen to me here,” Albeshari said. “It’s a very uncomfortable feeling.' ” . . .

Terrorists want us to turn on Muslims

Sky News reports:

. . . "We have to be careful we don't do the work of the people who are seeking to divide us, he said, adding that progressive and positive discussion are already occurring within Islam in Australia. " . . .
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 "'Inflammatory language undermines efforts to build social cohesion, mutual respect and has the potential to harm the efforts of national security agencies to keep Australians safe,' Mr Shorten said in a statement.

"The former prime minister also urged Australians not to apologise for holding Western values, calling for a 'restoration of self confidence' in the West.

" 'All cultures are not equal, a culture that believes in decency and tolerance is much preferred to one that says you can kill in the name of God,' he said." . . .