Terror analyst: ISIS jihadis could ‘cripple America’…Obama ‘fundamentally misunderstands the nature of the threat’

Sunday, December 27, 2015
By Paul Martin

GREG COROMBOS
WND.com
Dec. 26, 2015

President Obama is coming under fire from a respected terrorism expert after Obama said the public needs to keep in mind that while ISIS can kill Americans, it cannot bring down the nation.

In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep conducted before Obama left for his vacation in Hawaii, Obama said the U.S. needs to remain vigilant to stop ISIS-inspired attacks on its own soil, but he also urged people to take a larger view.

“It’s also important for us to keep things in perspective. This is not an organization that can destroy the United States. This is not a huge industrial power that can pose great risks to us institutionally or in a systematic way. But they can hurt us, and they can hurt our people and our families, so I understand why people are worried,” said Obama, who says the most important thing we can do is not change “who we are.”

Erick Stakelbeck is a terrorism analyst for the Christian Broadcasting Network and author of “ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam.” He said Obama’s implication is troubling.

“He fundamentally misunderstands the nature of the threat. He does not understand terrorism, especially of the Islamic variety. He doesn’t get it,” Stakelbeck said. “The Islamic terror threat has already changed our way of life. If you don’t believe me, just go to an airport.”

And while Obama may be right that ISIS cannot topple the U.S. government, Stakelbeck said it could do a whole lot of damage.

“If ISIS or another Islamic terror group gets their hands on a weapon of mass destruction, which they are working diligently to acquire, they might not be able to take down the whole country, but they can take out New York, Washington, Chicago (or) L.A. That’s not alarmism. That’s not fear tactics. That’s a fact,” Stakelbeck said.

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