USA - When it comes to the connection between Islam and "anti-infidel" violence, one fact must be embraced: the majority of those in positions of leadership and authority in America are either liars or fools, or both. No other alternatives exist.
The reason for this uncharitable assertion is simple: If Islam was once a faraway, exotic religion, today we hear calls for, and see acts of, violence committed in the name of Islam every day. And if our leaders don't, many of us still have "ears that hear and eyes that see" (Proverbs 20:12). It's no secret: Muslims from all around the world and from all walks of life — not just "terrorists" or "ISIS" — unequivocally and unapologetically proclaim that Islam commands them to hate, subjugate, and kill all who resist it, including all non-Muslims.
This is the official position of several Muslim governments, including America's closest "friends and allies," like Saudi Arabia and Qatar; it's the official position of Islamic institutions of lower and higher learning, including Al Azhar, the world's most prestigious Islamic university; and it's the official position broadcast in numerous languages on Islamic satellite stations.
In short, there's little excuse today for ignorance about Islam in America — especially for those in positions of leadership or authority. Yet it is precisely they who vehemently deny any connection between Islam and violence.
It was one thing for America to be politically correct when it existed in a utopian bubble away from all the nastiness "over there." But to be politically correct at this late hour when the tentacles of the global jihad are well entrenched in America is suicidal, literally.
Either way, "political correctness" is a convoluted euphemism that simply means "lying" — bringing us right back to our question and a final observation: It doesn't matter if those running the show are liars or fools, for at day's end, the result is the same: the world's strongest nation lies paralyzed before an existential threat that grows fiercer by the day.