Naïve Napolitano: DHS Underestimates Muslim Resistance to Countering Domestic Terrorism
Others were skeptical of the government’s motive in holding the meeting. Dr. Mohammed Sahloul, chairman of the Muslim Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago and a meeting participant, told PJM:
The meeting, I believe, was the result of media pressure on government officials to “do something.”
Imad Hamad of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said the main issue was avoided by DHS:
The core issue was the new TSA regulations at the airport for people residing in 14 countries and affecting 750 million Muslims.
Louay Safi of ISNA told PJM his organization was somewhat resistant to Napolitano’s plea to counter homegrown domestic violence. The real issue, he said, was profiling, not domestic Muslim violence:
The participants were very keen to make sure that the secretary was aware of the work of many Muslim organizations to confront issues of radicalization. … But we feel [counter-radicalization] is counterproductive and doesn’t help because really it’s not addressing profiling.
Throughout the meeting DHS seemed oblivious to the hostility from the group. Singh said:
[DHS staff] continued with this domestic counter-radicalization discussion. … It was clearly her [Napolitano’s] agenda. And the groups, about three-quarters of the time, pushed back, saying “you really have to deal with this discrimination issue.”
Another problem was that the Department of Justice had invited a Jewish group to brief the Muslim audience on operational security and information sharing programs. This apparently did not sit well with the attendees, although they admitted it was very informative. “The model was pretty good,” said Dr. Sahloul. “It helped us to understand how we could provide security,” he told Pajamas Media.
There is some evidence that the meeting had been rushed. The meeting was held on only the second day on the job for Margo Schlanger, who leads the new Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Many of the radical groups, including those who have extremist ties, publicly embrace counter-radicalization programs. One of the reasons, congressional sources said, is that there is a possibility the Obama administration may award large government grants to the Muslim groups if they join the new program.
Nevertheless, while many Muslim groups have preached moderation and anti-radicalization in public, privately they seemed reluctant to rally to the administration’s side:
“In some cases there certainly were people expressing in private conversation a sort of outrage that this [counter-radicalization] is even a topic of discussion. It was weighed to be very premature,” said Singh. “To be honest everyone was taken aback.”
Reactions from anti-terrorist authorities also were negative. Some felt it demonstrated the administration was naïve. U.S. House Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), a member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said that while she felt countering radicalization was a worthy goal, the administration was clueless:
It is clear government agencies and officials do not get it.
Steve Emerson, an anti-terrorism expert and the founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, told PJM:
I’m not sure she [Napolitano] understands what the Muslim Brotherhood is. It’s the parent of al-Qaeda and all terrorist groups, confirmed by all the intelligence chiefs.
A former intelligence officer for the U.S. government told PJM:
The fact that the government reaches out to these groups, more than any other factor, shows you how broken our intelligence apparatus is.
Not to be overly critical, but there is nothing “new” about the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. It has existed since the department was formed.
DHS is a VERY cruel joke on the American people. They continually INVITE the foxes into the henhouse AND then unfathomably plead for their help. Does it get any more twisted, incompetent than that?
When all is said and done DHS will use tens of millions of taxpayer funds to bribe fifth column American enemies, all in order to help secure the homeland.Do pigs fly?
IF it were not so tragic, or so dangerous, I would laugh hysterically. Alas, Americans are sitting ducks, both due to the terrorists within, and from their clueless leaders!
The problem is that DHS, and the rest of the U.S. government, see Islamic terrorism as an aberration, not as a tactic. The Muslim fundamentalists built their efforts on classic Maoist insurgency strategy (see “The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century” by Colonel Thomas X. Hammes USMC). A fundamental tactic of this strategy is to not take credit for successful operations, and even disclaim them, so as to confuse the enemy and cause him to underestimate the opposition. So far, this has worked. We see ourselves fighting the Taliban, and Al Quaeda, and random “nutcases”, instead of a common enemy with a unifying philosophy.
This clearly illustrates (as if further illustration were needed) just how far out of her depth “Big Sis” is when it comes to understanding the motivations and goals of the Muslims!
And she is the best poster child for the entire administration’s amateurish approach to literally everything.
I fear for the amount of damage these children will have done to my country by the time we have a chance to rid ourselves of their simple-minded antics.
I can understand why Amardeep Singh of The Sikh Coalition would not have liked the meeting. When I read the third paragraph I wondered “Why were the Sikhs invited?”. Radical Sikhs are not a problem. There is no reason to discuss anti-radicalization efforts with them. Don’t Napolitano and Schlanger know the difference between Muslims and Sikhs? For that matter, I also wonder if Richard Pollack understands that distinction. He mentions Muslim groups but then quotes Singh.
…to begin a controversial information sharing program with Muslim organizations — including three directly linked with the extremist entity the Muslim Brotherhood…All are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is considered the ideological foundation for Islamic terror groups.
Gee, didn’t Janet get the memo ?
From the IKHWAN handbook, 1991:
4- Understanding the role of the Muslim Brother in North America:
The process of settlement is a “Civilization-Jihadist Process” with all the word means. The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and “sabotaging” its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim’s destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes,
and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who chose to slack. But, would the slackers and the Mujahedeen be equal.
Shut up, you racist Islamophobes!
Don’t you know that Comrade Napolitano is enlisting Jihadist help in finding the real terrorists?
You know who they are….
Tea party activists and returning war veterans.
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This is another nice “encapsulation”
of the Dhimmitude of the Administration:
http://bigjournalism.com/mwalsh/2010/02/19/flashback-to-the-1930s-has-the-enemy-within-returned/
The Sikh Coalition is moderate? I think not. Sikhs are not suffering anything in the U.S. Any complaint they have is a lie. And why are they associating with Muslims who are murdering Sihks in India and Pakistan?
Sounds like DHS is nothing more than a muslim outreach program. For that we pay billions yearly and get not much in return.
My first thought is to stop ALL immigration immediately. Have a five year ban on anyone coming in or becoming a citizen. Let`s find out who is here and who shouldn`t be here. Full speed ahead and damn the civil rights activist pressure groups. Our freedom and safety is paramount to their `rights`.
By the way Big Sis, muslims hate women…
What’s with including a socialist Sikh in with the Muslims? She’s nothing but a red herring who will muddy the waters whining about “discrimination”. Whenever muslims, Hindus, Sikhs agree on something, you can be sure that truckloads of BS will follow. The muslims will be thrilled at the inevitable confusion that will follow. Get her out of there!
Typical Lib! Big Sis’s biggest problem is she just can’t comprehend the fact that the US elected Obama and the Muslims still want us dead. Don’t they know HE WON?
I cannot find a word describing my amazement at this!
Flipping through the thesaurus right now…. I don’t believe the word exists in the English language.
Let me turn to the section on the word “incompentent.” Maybe there is something there…
She appears to be pathetically incompetent. Completely out of her realm and doing our country a disservice on a daily basis.
The Left will never “wake up” to the threat of the Jihad.
They created it.
Back in the 20′s and 30′s at the same time that most of the rest of the UTOPIAN (European socialist, communist, eugenics, anti-Semite) butcher societies got started, Sayyid Qutb was here in America listening to these idiots spew their stupidity and he took the germ of this ideology back to the Middle East to found the Muslim Brotherhood.
The lefties figured to create fanatic foot soldiers of a variety of disaffected groups to terrorize the masses into turning over their liberty to a government to “protect and nurture” them thinking they could control their little monsters after they were done with them.
They think they can control them now.
I look forward to the lefty awakening when their toys turn DC into a rubble-field and the rest of us can then deal with these animals they way they deserve – just like we did Japan – except a lot more so.
Am I prejudiced against Muslims? Depends on their sympathies to the Ummah and what they want for Dar Al Harb.
After 911, if they plan death and dhimmitude for all outside of the Ummah – you betcha.
We should have glassed Mecca and Medina. I would have turned them both into radioactive holes so hot that nothing could enter there for at least 20 years. As to angering the rest of them…we got 7,000 H-bombs and the ability to deliver them in minutes anywhere in the world. Bring it on.
We will reach out to this administration in November. Count on it!
Janet Napolitano reminds me of when George Bush went down to New Orleans after Katrina and said “Good Job, Brownie”. Good Ol Janet reminds me of that scene. The woman really, REALLY needs to read the Koran. Then she needs to enroll at ASU and start taking some history and political classes. And find someone different to do her hair.
Instead of whining about ms. incompetano on the internet, why not flood your republican congresscritters with demands for her resignation? holder too. This is our country. You all should be furious.
our tax dollars fund the lecturing to our children in schools nationwide by these moslems. they teach for example that 911 occurred because the usa is a friend of israel, and vomit other disgusting spurious tales straight from the koran. these perverted, deranged moslems will be our ruination, and turn america into a public toilet for their own use.
barry loves these guys and makes sure his appointees, e.g., the dumb napolitano follow suit, which tells us more about him than them. because we already know all about them.
Mr. Pollock:
“U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and her senior staff privately met in Washington, D.C., to begin a controversial information sharing program with Muslim organizations — including three directly linked with the extremist entity the Muslim Brotherhood.”
Hmmm. One wonders when “Dammit,Janet!” is going to meet with the Klu Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations, her DHS being all fired up about “outreach” and “engagement” n’all…
Our operating principle should be: Islam is our enemy unless proven otherwise.
This is a simple operating principle that will protect all of us, Muslims included. Have you ever noticed that most of the victims of Muslim terrorism are other Muslims?
You know, you could be dumber than this bunch, but I’m afraid you would have to take pills to do so. Jeez, this is like Elliot Ness calling in Al Capone to talk over his organized crime interdiction efforts.
There was a time when common sense ruled over political correctness. These people do not realize they are going to get someone killed.
This kind of crazy stuff has a genetic base in Lefties. From the Roosevelt era on,(in my limited experience), they have blabbered irrelevancies and falsehoods and presented them as universal truths. Their thinking is subjective-existentialist, atheistic, and endearing to the immature, irresponsible elements in our society.They are offered bread and circuses and encouraged to behave promiscuously. They are promised free narcotics and federal handouts as rewards for any activity which is unproductive and/or destructive. They always lie, cheat, steal, do harm. They hate good and love evil. Does one suppose that the majority of americans can be so described? Sixtythree million of us voted for the scum in the White House.
How many times must Mohammedans both say and PROVE that they are ours and Civilizations deadliest enemies before moonbats get that Duhhhhh!!!!!! moment. Will it need ANOTHER ‘man Made Disaster’ as the moonbat euphemism calls it or Mohammedan Terrorist Atrocity as it should be called before moonbats wake up. That is apart from the THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of Mohammedan Terrorist atrocities that have taken place just since 9/11. Because MOST of them were not in downtown New York City or the USA it does not make them any less Mohammedan inspired Terrorism. I think even if EVERY Mohammedan shouted it at the top of their lungs every day on the street(like they do Oh so often all over the planet and just like they do at MOST Mosque’s on Fridays) that the PC, Multi Culti, moonbat, Islamophile, left wing, Green NAZI moonbats would STILL not get it.
Napolitano is typical of all of Obama’s appointees – they know they are not there owing to any relevant experience, knowledge or competence. They are there because they know how to stay in lock step with the ideology. The actions that they take are taken to express the ideology rather than for sound and logical purposes.
Obama’s ego tells him that when he reaches out it creates some sort of magic. And his stock in trade is talking .. .. and talking … and talking. So voila, this meeting was perfect for them.
Unfortunatley reality has nothing to do with it – until it intrudes rudely. As is happening with everything this administration does.
mdadam secretary is way out of her depth. perfect peter principle esample. worst part is she thinks she has the answers and she doesn’t. needs to turn the charts right side up as she is reading them upside down. first new attack and she will be obama-fodder and out the door and under the bus.
Napolitano is so dumb, she does not realize , OBAMA is using her incompetents to funnel millions of dollars to these terrorist groups.
Obama is going to do everything he can, for his muslim brothers. The sad part is, Napolitano will believe she done a great job. She has no idea whats going on around her.
Great! Obama wants to nationalize private retirement funds and give the money to Moslem groups.
Why am I not happy?
Great! Obama wants to nationalize private retirement funds and give the money to Moslem groups.
Why am I not happy?
She’s quite naive indeed. Who knew that the muslums would have sleeper agents posing as American Anglo software engineers for four decades just so they could lull you into a sense of security and then blammo, they’re flying their god-given American built plane straight into the heart of darkness? They’re so sneaky they even hid their agenda! Dumb Neopolitano. I hope she hire you. You is genius.
This article demonstrates once again the following two axioms:
1) Napolitano and the progressives are oblivious to reality because they are steeped (marinated?) in semantic games and postmodernist narratives.
2) All Muslims are terrorists… 10% do the actual dirty work, and the rest insist it’s not their problem.