An author and terrorism expert believes there is an increasing gap between government and media elites and common-sensed Americans when it comes to the approach on how to confront the threat of Islamic terrorism.
In the wake of the November 5th massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, the Obama administration and mainstream media worked especially hard to "not jump to any conclusions" about accused killer Major Nidal Hassan. Hassan is a devout Muslim who had voiced strong objections to the idea of Muslims going to war against other Muslims. The Army psychiatrist had also reportedly made several contacts with a radical Imam who called the Fort Hood attack that left 14 dead "acceptable" under Islam. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, says that despite this evidence, some elites continue to tow the PC line. "I think there's an increasing gap between the government and media elites and what people know just by exercising their common sense," Spencer contends. "And the people are getting fed up with the politically correct lock-step and the misinformation and disinformation that's coming from the mainstream media." Spencer does not believe there to be any prospect of U.S. elites changing their PC attitudes in dealing with Islam. "No amount of information [and] no amount of evidence is going to convince those who've decided that Islam is a religion [of] peace that they're wrong," the Jihad Watch director explains. "And so I would hope ultimately that the American people will be able to elect different leaders who will face the Jihad threat more realistically than the ones we have now."
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