Rutt Rohh... Trumps new National Security Advisor backs up the Obama stance on the term Radical Islam saying that it is not helpful for the cause of fighting Terrorism. What are the Trumpsters going to do??
Does McMaster know what he is talking about or not?!
National security adviser: Term 'radical Islamic terrorism' isn't helpful - CNNPolitics.com
It may not be helpful, but it is accurate.
Depends on how you look at it. Sure it can be accurate... but if it hurts the pathway to the ultimate goal then it is not smart to use. Does that even matter to you?
It has been my experience in this life, that things are, what they are. Modifying a name, or label doesn't change what it is. The old phrase, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. That is true. But the reverse is also true. You can call a dog turd a rose, but your beloved won't appreciate you bringing one. When we modify the name to disguise what is, we are not doing it to be helpful, but to deceive.
We do this quite often, and it's a lie. We call Illegal Immigrants undocumented. We don't say that someone pretending to be a doctor is merely undocumented. We don't say that someone who is pretending to be a police officer is merely undocumented.
\One of the lessons I learned in the Army was this. We can't fix it if we don't know what is broken. By trying to deceive the people as to what is really going on, we are pretending that what is broken, isn't. That matters to me, and it should to you.
The Barbarities that occur under Radical Islam are a blatant rejection of all things civilized. All that I care about is subverted to become something that it isn't by disguising it under inaccurate words. Women's rights are subverted. So much else is eliminated.
Being helpful in that matter means accepting the intolerable while pretending it is the disguised words. Nonsense.
If I rob a bank, I am not making an undocumented withdrawal. If I pretend to be a cop, I am not an undocumented police officer. If I believe that Sharia is the only law that needs to be followed, and should be inflicted on the people, then I am a member of Radical Islam.
Yes it matters, because I am unwilling to quietly subject the people to the barbarities that they would endure under radical Islam.