Trump Prophetic About Brussels/Hillary Pathetic

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From the New York Post:

In January, he [Trump] actually singled out Brussels as a potential problem, calling it a “hellhole” because of the large number of unassimilated Muslims.

He was ridiculed, of course, but events now make him look prophetic while Democrats are stuck defending a failed status quo. Hillary Clinton’s comments yesterday reflected the trap, as she tried to talk tough without actually saying anything that would challenge current White House policies: “Today’s attacks will only strengthen our resolve to stand together as allies and defeat terrorism and radical jihadism around the world.”

She might have added, “Blah blah blah.”

As for President Obama, imagine if he were seeking re-election instead of a legacy. In that case, he would have raced home from Cuba as soon as he understood the scope of the European horror to assume the image of an engaged commander-in-chief and assure his countrymen that their government was on guard.

Instead, safe from voters for the rest of his life, he was content to mouth a few platitudes about sympathy and solidarity with Brussels, then stick to his script in Cuba as if nothing had happened. His boast that “I have come to bury the last remnant of the Cold War” seemed especially hollow, given the gory images of mangled bodies emerging from the scene.

In light of a revived Russian bear on the march in Europe and a hot war with Islamic terrorism spreading around the world, Obama’s self-aggrandizing claim painted him as frighteningly out of step with events.

His callous indifference is not new. Back in August 2014, Obama briefly interrupted a Martha’s Vineyard vacation to express horror at the video beheading of American journalist James Foley. Within hours, the president was on the golf course, yukking it up with friends.

As I wrote at the time, “Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head.”

But, much as he played golf then, Obama continued on his glory tour of Cuba Tuesday. In neither case, or in any case ever, has he dared call Islamic terror what it is. For him, it is always just “terrorism” or “extremism.” Blood and facts have not softened his resolve to never speak the religious truth about the barbarians.

Unfortunately, reality is not cooperating with his fantasy. The Islamic State, which Obama infamously derided as the “jayvee team,” is a terrorist army controlling a broad swath of land in Iraq and Syria it calls a caliphate. Its reach is spreading, as proven by the attacks from Paris to San Bernardino, and now Brussels.

No less than a former member of Obama’s team, Michael Morell, who twice served as acting CIA director, told CBS that the group now controls “more territory today around the world than they did at any time.”

“So I would say they’re winning, right? They’re winning,” Morell said.