Omar Mateen, shooter at Pulse Night club earlier this month, pledged his fealty to ISIS as he was carrying out his attack in Orlando early Sunday. Twelve hours later, the attack took place.
It’s a horrible tragedy within tragedies when President Obama, again, refuses to face the reality that our country is up against, which is Islamic terrorism. Yes, he uses the word “terror,"but doesn’t define the form, which is like a doctor saying you have a disease but not identifying what kind. Without identifying the type of terror that is continuously invading our nation, we cannot take the proper action.
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Obama is determined to avoid labeling these attacks as Islamic, or ISIS inspired because he doesn’t want to isolate this group. He says its members are “desperate for legitimacy,” He also states, we are not at war with Islam, but we are at war with people who have perverted Islam.” Though this may be true, it is these interpretations of Islam that are encouraging the attacks on our own American citizens, as well as those in Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan, France, Belgium, Germany, and many more territories.
Additional remarks by Obama on the Pulse nightclub shooting included, “We need the strength and courage to change our attitudes towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.” These words are just outrageous. America’s attitudes towards the LGBT community are not what caused the catastrophe that night. An extremist and mentally unstable Islamic terrorist instigating war against us killed and injured those 103 people. It is unfair for Obama to throw responsibility for this act on us Americans, when that is certainly not the case.
Obama can think of these incidents however he’d like. But by not naming the enemy that repeatedly attacks the people he has vowed to protect, he is failing at his duty of president. Instead of refusing to admit the problem, we should be conducting our plan to face it. We need change. We need to fight back against the evils that keep invading our beloved country. Our country needs union and change.
