ISIS Caliphate Crushed, The Socialist Solution, Trump Recognizes Reality

Thursday, March 21, 2019

BREAKING NEWS:  ISIS Caliphate Crushed
 
Fox News is reporting that Baghouz, the last stronghold of the ISIS caliphate, has been liberated.  "The bombs have stopped dropping and the gunfire has disappeared," reporter Benjamin Hall writes.  "Troops here are now bringing down the black flags of ISIS. The flags no longer fly over the town, instilling fear."
 
I am under no illusions that the danger from radical Islamic supremacism is over.  But the end of the Islamic State caliphate and everything it represented, including a genocide against Christians and other religious minorities, is surely something to celebrate!
 
 
 
The Socialist Solution
 
Jacinda Ardern, the socialist prime minister of New Zealand, announced today that her government was banning a large swath of semiautomatic weapons.  If New Zealanders do not handover their guns, they can face fines up to $2,700 and three years in jail.  Prime Minister Ardern warns that the penalties will likely be increased in the near future.
 
This is an emotional response to the shootings at the Christchurch mosques that took place just six days ago.  So in reaction to the crimes of one man, New Zealand's left-wing government just criminalized many law-abiding citizens.  In what world does that make any sense?
 
Today is a good day to thank God for the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and that we have a Second Amendment in this country, which New Zealand does not have. 
 
There are approximately 5 million people and approximately 1.5 million guns in New Zealand.  In 2017, there were 35 murders in the entire country, not all of those involved firearms. Chicago, which has roughly half the population of New Zealand, would do anything to have only 35 murders in a month, let alone a year. 
 
And don't miss this: Numerous progressive politicians are saying this is exactly what we need to do in the U.S. 
 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  (D-NY) praised Ardern's gun confiscation tweeting, "This is what leadership looks like."
 
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted, "See. It's not that hard." 
 
By the way, Venezuela banned guns in 2012.  It didn't go well for them.  Many Venezuelans now regret it
 
 
 
The End Of Citizenship
 
The progressive left is well on its way to completely negating the concept of citizenship.  Citizenship means that you are by birth or through the legal process granted certain benefits by your country, along with certain obligations to your country. 
 
But the left is doing everything it can to block efforts to secure our borders, while giving illegal immigrants access to all the benefits and services that are normally reserved for citizens.  The result is to increase the magnetic pull that America has to millions of people around the world. 
 
Our border is being overwhelmed right now.  Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said this week, "The situation at our Southern Border has gone from a crisis, to a national emergency, to a near system-wide meltdown." 
 
Nevertheless, one liberal politician upped the ante this week by proposing that illegal immigrants should be able to get driver's licenses and Social Security benefits because they are working here and paying into the system. 
 
Well, they are not supposed to be working here without a Social Security number.  And if they have one, it's because they stole it from a citizen like you.  Identity theft is one of the biggest problems with massive illegal immigration. 
 
Social Security is already struggling.  I don't see how it makes any sense to let millions more tap into it. 
 
But that's not all.  Many left-wing cities are pushing the idea of giving non-citizens the right to vote. 
 
As I suggested, we are seeing the end of the concept of citizenship.  But there is very little appetite for these radical ideas.  Seventy-one percent of Americans oppose giving illegal immigrants the right to vote.  Even 61% of New Yorkers oppose giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. 
 
 
 
Trump Recognizes Reality
 
President Donald Trump took another big step today toward strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance.  This morning, the president announced that the United States will officially recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.  Trump tweeted:
 
"After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!"
 
Speaking with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world leaders to recognize reality and accept Israeli control of the Golan.  Netanyahu said:
 
"Just last week, we uncovered efforts by Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, to build a terror network in Syria, on the Golan Heights. You can imagine what would have happened if Israel were not in the Golan. We would have Iran on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. It's time that the international community recognizes Israel's stay in the Golan, the fact that the Golan will always remain part of the State of Israel."
 
 
 
McCain's Defenders
 
I don't want to revisit the history of the strained relationship between President Trump and the late Senator John McCain.  But I do think there is a lot of hypocrisy right now among McCain's defenders on the left.
 
I remember how progressives attacked John McCain in the past.  They compared him to segregationist George Wallace.  They questioned his mental stability.  They called him a "warmonger."  And I don't remember any of today's media defenders coming to McCain's defense then.