quade 3 #1 February 25, 2017 QuoteThe Opinion Pages The Islamophobic Huckster in the White House By STEVEN SIMON and DANIEL BENJAMIN FEB. 24, 2017 The new point man for the Trump administration’s counter-jihadist team is Sebastian Gorka, an itinerant instructor in the doctrine of irregular warfare and former national security editor at Breitbart. Stephen K. Bannon and Stephen Miller, the chief commissars of the Trump White House, have framed Islam as an enemy ideology and predicted a historic clash of civilizations. Mr. Gorka, who has been appointed deputy assistant to the president, is the expert they have empowered to translate their prediction into national strategy. Mr. Gorka was born and raised in Britain, the son of Hungarian émigrés. As a political consultant in post-Communist Hungary, he acquired a doctorate and involved himself with ultranationalist politics. He later moved to the United States and became a citizen five years ago, while building a career moderating military seminars and establishing a reputation as an ill-informed Islamophobe. (He has responded to such claims by stating that he has read the Quran in translation.) In 2015, he caught Donald Trump’s eye, perhaps appealing to someone who had no government experience by declaring everything done by the government to be idiotic. Most notably, Mr. Gorka derides the notion that Islamic militancy might reflect worldly grievances, like poor governance, repression, poverty and war. “This is the famous approach that says it is all so nuanced and complicated,” Mr. Gorka recently told The Washington Post. “This is what I completely jettison.” Source and more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/the-islamophobic-huckster-in-the-white-house.html?_r=0 The third paragraph of this is the danger. Anyone who simplistically thinks ISIL is just about systemic violence inherent in the Quran, really has no business advising the President about the situation. Beyond that, the man is a bit unhinged. http://www.newsweek.com/sebastian-gorka-white-house-terrorism-adviser-angry-call-559805quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #2 February 25, 2017 Of course he is unhinged. He has to fit in at the WH. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #3 February 26, 2017 QuoteWith a doctorate from Corvinus University of Budapest, Gorka has written over 140 publications on military, strategic, intelligence, and political issues for a wide variety of publications, but not widely cited.[3][4] He is generally considered a conservative, and believes that religious ideology plays an important role in much of anti-American terrorism. As a national security advisor Gorka specializes in irregular warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. Damn those educated conservatives.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #4 February 26, 2017 airdvrQuoteWith a doctorate from Corvinus University of Budapest, Gorka has written over 140 publications on military, strategic, intelligence, and political issues for a wide variety of publications, but not widely cited.[3][4] He is generally considered a conservative, and believes that religious ideology plays an important role in much of anti-American terrorism. As a national security advisor Gorka specializes in irregular warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. Damn those educated conservatives. The number of articles a person writes doesn't mean they're accepted as accurate. Hint, that's why he's not widely cited. You should see what those in IC have to say about his expertise.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #5 February 26, 2017 quade***QuoteWith a doctorate from Corvinus University of Budapest, Gorka has written over 140 publications on military, strategic, intelligence, and political issues for a wide variety of publications, but not widely cited.[3][4] He is generally considered a conservative, and believes that religious ideology plays an important role in much of anti-American terrorism. As a national security advisor Gorka specializes in irregular warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. Damn those educated conservatives. The number of articles a person writes doesn't mean they're accepted as accurate. Hint, that's why he's not widely cited. You should see what those in IC have to say about his expertise. OK...you don't think religious ideology plays a role in Anti American terrorism?Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #6 February 26, 2017 airdvr******QuoteWith a doctorate from Corvinus University of Budapest, Gorka has written over 140 publications on military, strategic, intelligence, and political issues for a wide variety of publications, but not widely cited.[3][4] He is generally considered a conservative, and believes that religious ideology plays an important role in much of anti-American terrorism. As a national security advisor Gorka specializes in irregular warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. Damn those educated conservatives. The number of articles a person writes doesn't mean they're accepted as accurate. Hint, that's why he's not widely cited. You should see what those in IC have to say about his expertise. OK...you don't think religious ideology plays a role in Anti American terrorism? Nobody is saying that. What people are saying is Gorka believes that's the ONLY part of it. Quoting Gorka himself: Quote“This is the famous approach that says it is all so nuanced and complicated,” Mr. Gorka recently told The Washington Post. “This is what I completely jettison.” THAT is a seriously dangerous position. He rejects the notion the US has any responsibility in terrorist activities due to the US supporting oppressive nations such as KSA and UAE; which is completely silly. If a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #7 February 26, 2017 Not a problem unless McMaster is window dressing. "The Islamophobes are not wrong to sense that McMaster will be hostile to their worldview, according to those who know him best. McMaster spent much of his career fighting and winning wars in the Middle East, which required him to know the local cultures and treat Muslims like humans rather than scripturally programmed robots. “He absolutely does not view Islam as the enemy,” said Pete Mansoor, who served with McMaster in Iraq. “He understands that the world is not one dimensional, that the Muslim world is not one dimensional,” said John Nagl, who also served with McMaster. In other words, the complicated causes of terrorism require complicated solutions." McMaster’s nuanced views will likely be at odds with those of the president’s chief political strategist, Steve Bannon, and the other members of Bannon’s so-called Strategic Initiatives Group, a policymaking body he co-leads with the president’s son-in-law and chief of staff. Bannon believes the teachings of Islam and a supine West are primarily to blame for jihadist terrorism, as does his counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka. Both scoff at the idea that jihadism arises from a confluence of factors, most of which are not religious. “This is the famous approach that says it is all so nuanced and complicated,” Gorka told the Washington Post. “This is what I completely jettison.” http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #8 February 26, 2017 QuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #9 February 26, 2017 airdvrQuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. "Muslims in the United States military... 6,024 served in the military in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, with at least 14 being killed overseas" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military "Islam is the third largest religion in the United States after Christianity and Judaism...there are 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States, about 1% of the total U.S. population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States "By 2010 an estimated 44 million Muslims were living in Europe (6%), including an estimated 19 million in the EU (3.8%) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Europe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #10 February 26, 2017 airdvrQuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. Are you intentionally missing the point? Tell me, why did Iran capture fifty-two American diplomats and citizens in November of 1979? Was it because "Islam had hated the West since forever" or maybe a different very specific reason?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #11 February 26, 2017 airdvrQuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. 'Germany hate crime: Nearly 10 attacks a day on migrants in 2016 Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including 43 children. Three-quarters of the attacks targeted migrants outside of their accommodation, while nearly 1,000 attacks were on housing. The interior ministry figures 3,533 attacks on migrants and asylum hostels in 2016 2.545 attacks on individual migrants 560 people injured, including 43 children 988 attacks on housing (slightly fewer than in 2015) 217 attacks on refugee organisations and volunteers Attacks on asylum shelters and migrants December 2015 - 12 people injured after fires broke out at two hostels in Wasserstein, Bavaria January 2016 - Live grenade thrown at hostel housing 170 people in the south-western town in Villingen-Schwenningen but fails to detonate February 2016 - Fire in Bautzen, eastern Germany, destroys roof of building planned to house migrants. Police say some onlookers cheered the fire and tried to prevent firefighters from extinguishing the blaze September 2016 - Residents clash with migrants in Bautzen February 2017 - Politician from the far-right NPD jailed for eight years for burning down a sports hall to be used to house migrants in Nauen, west of Berlin, in August 2015 In its statement, the interior ministry said it strongly condemned the violence. "People who have fled their home country and seek protection in Germany have the right to expect safe shelter," the statement read. MP Ulla Jelpke from the leftist Die Linke party said that the government was too focused on a perceived security threat from migrants while the real threat was coming from the far right. "Do people have to die before the rightwing violence is considered a central domestic security problem and makes it to the top of the national policy agenda?" she said, quoted by the Funke media group. "Nazis are threatening refugees and therefore our democracy." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39096833 Meanwhile from the trumpenbunker...more lies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,259 #12 February 26, 2017 airdvrQuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. Probably because we've been fucking their shit up since forever. Nothing new with our current military occupation of their sovereign soil.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 140 #13 February 26, 2017 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2090464;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC thread I started 11 years ago, still relevant discussion. not much has changed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonnyblu 0 #14 March 1, 2017 jakee***QuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. Probably because we've been fucking their shit up since forever. Nothing new with our current military occupation of their sovereign soil. Stop defending these religious fucks. It needs to end. We both know there is only one way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #15 March 1, 2017 sonnyblu******QuoteIf a person believes the Islam vs non-Islam aspect is the ONLY thing that matters to the terrorists, then they are woefully mistaken. I'm sorry but this view is what's kept us from doing what's necessary to bring our troops home. Islam had hated the West since forever...nothing new there. Probably because we've been fucking their shit up since forever. Nothing new with our current military occupation of their sovereign soil. Stop defending these religious fucks. It needs to end. We both know there is only one way. Here is some help in case you need to develop a more nuanced and complete view. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/20/as-donald-trump-overthrows-the-old-order-a-look-at-the-new-order-the-ten-ideologies-of-america/ http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/28/geert-wilders-islam-not-religion-totalitarian-ideology/ 1.6 billion, or 23% of the worlds total population All dedicated to implementing Sharia law in the US, so they can kill all American males and steal US women. They have already infiltrated the CIA, the FBI and the NSA. Using a fifth column of Muslim Brotherhood agents. Its all there. P.S. Walmart has some good deals on AR's and bulk packs of IMI ball ammo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonnyblu 0 #16 March 1, 2017 Me thinks you lack any foresight whatsoever. . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #17 March 1, 2017 sonnybluMe thinks you lack any foresight whatsoever. . . Unless a person is performing Shakespeare, any use of the phrase "me thinks" is probably an indication they didn't.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,145 #19 March 1, 2017 sonnybludidn't what? Exactly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonnyblu 0 #20 March 1, 2017 SkyDekker***didn't what? Exactly. It appears you're having trouble answering the question. Why is that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,145 #21 March 1, 2017 sonnyblu******didn't what? Exactly. It appears you're having trouble answering the question. Why is that? I did answer the question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 913 #22 March 1, 2017 sonnybludidn't what? that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
