Senator Lieberman: Obama administration afraid to use the phrase Islamic extremist

From Eric Dondero:

Connecticut Independent Senator Joe Lieberman had some harsh words for the Obama administration's foreign policy last Thursday. In a speech to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the Press Club in D.C., Lieberman echoed a common criticism rendered by pro-national security websites, including LR. Via NewsMax "Lieberman: Obama's Fear of Offending Muslims Paralyzes Policy":

One of Lieberman’s biggest criticisms, according to a report in TheHill.com, was that the administration clings to the term “violent extremism” to define the threat to America, rather than identifying it as “violent Islamist extremism.”

“The administration still refuses to call our enemy in this war by its proper name: violent Islamist extremism,” said Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. “To call our enemy ‘violent extremism’ is so general and vague that it ultimately has no meaning.”

Editor's comment - Not only Obama. We here at LR happen to know a great many libertarians who similarly refuse to acknowledge the threat from Radical Islam.

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