Allen West on "Militant Islam which the Obama administration refuses to acknowledge"
February 24, 2015

The Mall of America is located in a place where countless Somali refugees reside — Minneapolis, Minnesota — the largest concentration of Somalis in America. It is known and has been reported that there have been young Somalis departing and returning to Somalia to fight with al-Shabaab. And worse, there have been at least two individuals who have been found in Syria from the Minneapolis area who were fighting with ISIS. We have proof that al-Shabaab has already executed a savage and heinous Islamic terrorist attack in Kenya. In that attack there were only some 5 terrorist assailants. However, it’s not just the threat, it is about the arrogance and the emboldened state that would enable this group to issue such a threat. The psychological effect is great, as we must take the threat seriously, and treat it as credible. This is part of a struggle for Islamic terrorist viability and status. Why? Because ISIS is the “big dog” on the Islamic jihadist street right now, but al-Qaida wants to restore itself, with whom al-Shabaab is aligned – while Boko Haram has aligned itself with ISIS. This is the strategic world of modern militant Islam which the Obama administration refuses to acknowledge — resulting in very enticing perceived weakness.We don’t know when the next 9/11 is going to happen in the United States — but we do know someone, somewhere is planning it right now. Allen West is right to point out that this Administration is likely emboldening that plan with their foolish refusal to call it what it is.
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