Some truly appalling statements of President Obama in his softball Vox interview yesterday deserve note for what they reveal about his position on violent jihad: it either doesn’t exist or is so insignificant it can be ignored. He offered his clearest statement yet on the nature of violent jihad, though avoiding the word itself, or the religion of Islam, in which it is the central obligation and organizing principle: It is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you've got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris. It is absolutely outrageous to ignore the fact that the Hyper Kosher victims were targeted because they were Jews, patronizing the largest purveyor of kosher foods in Paris. Calling it a “deli” is only less demeaning than claiming they were random victims of a crime spree that might just as well have targeted a dry cleaner or florist. Hyper...(Read Full Post)