Eric Holder is emblematic of the problem we have in not being able to effectively address- much less, confront- the increasing barbarity of ISIS. Holder has more scorn and condemnation for those he considers to be the political enemies of the Obama administration than he does for the evil personified by ISIS.

At the National Press Club, Holder said this-

“We spend more time, more time, talking about what do you call it, as opposed to what are you going to do about it. I mean really, if Fox News didn’t talk about this, they would have nothing else to talk about, it seems to me. Radical Islam, Islamic extremism, I’m not sure an awful lot is gained by saying it. It doesn’t have any impact on our military posture. What we call it doesn’t have any impact on the polices we put in place. The terminology, it seems to me, has little to no impact on what ultimately we have to do.”

Imagine that- a news organization that actually acknowledges its journalistic responsibility not only in telling the truth, but holding a presidential administration accountable.  Eric Holder- and Barack Obama- would have a much easier time implementing their agenda and fleecing the country if they only had to answer questions from a media that share their ideological world view and refused to challenge them.

That said, Holder had the temerity to blame FOX News for this problem? Really?  What an embarrassment he- and the Obama administration- continues to be.

Time and again, Eric Holder displays the kind of abject stupidity and arrogance that has come to characterize the Obama administration in general, but particularly the unserious, haphazard response or strategy- if one can call it that- in dealing with the threat of ISIS.

Further, aside from refusing to refer to these aforementioned groups as Islamic terrorists, you refuse to label their acts specifically as Islamic terror. For the love of God- the so-called conference currently convened is a summit on how to “counter violent extremism,” without regard to the obvious focal points of that violence and extremism- specifically, Islam and terrorists.

This is not only naive and irresponsible, but it’s also extremely dangerous as a must-read Atlantic article pointed out. How can the kind of evil that Islamic terrorists represent be actively and effectively fought if it’s not accurately acknowledged and identified? Mr. Holder, what you ‘call it’ has a tremendous impact on, and has everything to do with what you ‘ultimately’ do to fight it. But more to the point, if terminology truly doesn’t matter, then why the extreme disinclination by you and members of the Obama administration to call it exactly what it is? Prove your own point.

That Holder and by extension, Barack Obama- part of the self-anointed, political intelligentsia of the Left- would rather put more energy into bashing and blaming FOX News(emblematic of their political adversaries) for their ever-increasing inadequacies and failures, rather than putting energy into confronting the existential threats facing our country, decreases our safety and should be a concern for everyone.