Obama refuses to give his blessings of legitimacy to ISIS

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gaine you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." --Sun Tzu, The Art of War

President Obama denies being a Muslim yet he speaks on the legitimacy of what is and what is not true Islam. I don't understand why he doesn't, at the very least, convert to the religion of peace as he now deems it upon himself to speak for the ideology.

Referring to ISIS, Obama says they're "holy warriors who speak for Islam. I refuse to give them legitimacy."

I'm sure Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is very upset with Barack, hoping that our commander in chief will at least admit that Baghdadi and his band of Islamic jihadists, are Muslim and not some sort of secret Jewish or Christian organization. For without Barack Hussein Obama's blessings, how can they go on?

In truth, Muslims don't look to non-Muslims to legitimize their practice and understanding of Islam. In fact, Islamic "holy" scripture refers to non-Muslims as "the most vile of created human beings" (98:6). 

So who is Obama to deny them legitimacy?

The Muslims in the world, both Sunni and Shi'ite, get their sense of what is and is not Islamic through their own clerics, not by a so-called president who doesn't even know the number of states in his "own country." And sadly, there are too many Muslim clerics who fully support jihad terrorism.

Obama said: "Groups like ISIL are desperate for legitimacy. They portray themselves as religious leaders and holy warriors who speak for Islam. I refuse to give them legitimacy. We must never give them legitimacy. They're not defending Islam. They're not defending Muslims. The vast majority of the people they kill are innocent Muslim men, women and children."

What is Obama talking about? Is he nuts? Where is the evidence that ISIS (aka ISIL) is desperate for 'legitimacy'? They're desperate for a world caliphate, not the admission that we see them as Muslims fighting for that end. 

It's absurd to think they care for us to give them kudos for being Islamic.

Obama continued: "And, by the way, the notion that America is at war with Islam ignores the fact that the world's religions are a part of who we are. We can't be at war with any other religion because the world's religions are a part of the very fabric of the United States, our national character."

That's a false analysis. 

We are not at war with Islam--one cannot be at war with an ideology.  We are not fighting a religion--that's also absurd.

We are at war with people who are following Islamic jihad, a part of Islamic ideology that is clearly in their scripture. A part of their ideology in which al-Baghdadi sports a Ph.D. We are at war with people who are trying to kill non-believers, Muslims included, who don't support their brand of Islam.

When we admit this, then we will know our enemy and not fear 100 battles.


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