Rep. Zeldin: Radical Islam is at War with U.S., but President Isn't Yet at War With Radical Islam

Statement

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement after CIA Director, John Brennan, said this morning about ISIS, "our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach":

"President Obama, with the help of his taxpayer funded fiction writer, is again insulting the collective intelligence of an entire nation that he was elected to lead. This shouldn't be handled as a political game or a work of fiction. We face a dangerous reality, and as the CIA Director said this morning, "our efforts have not reduced the group's (ISIS) terrorism capability and global reach." Meanwhile, the President continues attempting to pull the wool over the eyes of our entire country, claiming just this past Tuesday, "the campaign is firing on all cylinders." Someone at the White House should define "campaign" to the American public so that the country can make sense of what this President is even talking about. The President actually said that identifying the threat of radical Islam is a "political distraction." If the President does not confront what he calls a "political distraction" then there will be more attacks like Orlando again within our borders. You cannot eliminate a threat you are not willing to identify. You cannot eliminate a threat you dismiss as a political distraction. You also cannot eliminate a threat when your own CIA Director is telling the American public that your strategy isn't reducing ISIS' terrorism capability and global reach. Radical Islam is at war with the United States of America, but the President isn't yet at war with Radical Islam."

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