MIKE POMPEO: The threat of radical Islam is now at our doorstep. Biden ignored it. Trump must act
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If the horrific attack in New Orleans underscored the failures of the Biden administration to protect America from the threat of radical Islamic terror, the pro-Hamas march in New York City just a few hours later showed how deep this problem goes. Stopping the spread of radical Islam within America’s borders and beyond must be a focal point for the incoming Trump administration.
The Biden administration has spent the past four years confronting imagined political ‘threats’ to America – like targeting Catholics or parents attending school board meetings – rather than addressing the very real threat posed by radical Islamic terror.
In fact, this is just one manifestation of the broader blindness affecting America and the West. Fueled by the progressive leftist ideology preached in our schools and mainstream media, an alarming portion of the population now believes it is permissible to support anti-Semitic, anti-American radical Islamist groups under the guise of morality or free speech.
In the past year, we have seen these sympathizers of radical Islam marching through our nation’s college campuses and city streets spewing anti-Semitic hate speech.
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This ugliness recently manifested itself in New York on New Year’s Day. Just a few hours after the terrible terrorist attack committed in New Orleans by a gunman claiming to be loyal to ISIS, hundreds of protesters could be found in Times Square calling for an “intifada revolution”, the destruction of Israel and support for the terrorist organization Hamas.
These protesters knew exactly what they were doing: they took over an iconic American space generally reserved for merriment and celebration of the arrival of the new year, and turned it into a massive platform for radical jihadism. This grotesque display, which celebrated the same ideology embraced by the thug who killed 15 innocent Americans, should make every American sick.
We should discard any remaining misconceptions that these groups have humanitarian motives or are least interested in building a better future for the Palestinian people. They didn’t.
What they really want is to undermine America, attack and harm the Jewish people, and spread their radical ideology in an effort to destroy the West. Indeed, in New Orleansa group called New Orleans Musicians for Palestine announced it was planning a “Procession for Palestine” on January 6, just days after the attack, to “show (its) continued solidarity with the people of Palestine and make visible (its) vision for a world after war, colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy.”
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None of these things have anything to do with Palestinian people today. Driven by a progressive ideology that is anti-American and anti-Semitic, the focus of these protesters has always been on the destruction of the West and the fundamental values that have given birth to the most generous, advanced civilization in history.
These portrayals are the result of an education system that has misled generations of Americans about the goodness of our country, as well as failed leadership at the very top. The Biden administration has failed to address rising anti-Semitism and radical Islamism in America during his tenure, a fact that was most clear after the horrific attacks on Israel on October 7th. College campuses have become a focal point for the spread of radical Islamist goalswhile the threats to our homeland continued to metastasize – and the Biden administration did nothing to stop it.
The incoming Trump administration must take seriously the threat posed by radical Islamism, especially since it is now deep within America’s doorstep. No federally funded university should allow calls for intifada, threats to Jewish students, and threats to America to be made on its grounds.
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The college campus ‘protests’ we saw after October 7th were actually violent, pro-Hamas mobs threatening and attacking Jewish students while spreading anti-Semitic hatred. President Trump should also use his position as president to speak out against the claims of these protesters and make it clear that America stands firmly against this bigotry.
In addition, President Trump must once again lead the fight against radical Islamic organizations abroad. After four years of the Biden administration, groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS are making a strong comeback, especially after Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. As these groups expand and thrive abroad, so does their ability to build effective networks within America that threaten our nation.
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We cannot simply sit back and expect that this threat will not eventually come home to hurt the American people – we must go on the offensive and ensure that groups like ISIS do not have the capacity to threaten the United States or radicalize our citizens.
In four years in Trump administrationwe kept America safe by doing just that. I am confident that President Trump can once again help the American people.
