To Equip Us to Counter Jihad, Tell Us the Truth

The National Counter-Terrorism Center is warning that al-Qaeda is threatening to assassinate our leaders, attack corporations and cause mass casualty events in the United States. 

If you haven’t heard such alarms, you’re not alone. When the country’s political elite and media is focused elsewhere – notably obsessing about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and files documenting them, disseminating information that may help save Americans’ lives just doesn’t get the focused national effort it urgently requires.   

Unfortunately, evidence that jihadists are emboldened to think they can strike us with impunity also conflicts with preferred official narratives. These include: Iran is no longer at war; Hamas is out of business; a Syrian terrorist deserves our support; and Qatar and Turkey are reliable U.S. allies, not prime enablers of toxic sharia-supremacism. 

To defend against jihad, Americans must be equipped to help, starting with knowing the truth.  

This is Frank Gaffney.