SOME TRUTH TELLIN' – AT 9:21 A.M. ET:   Newt Gingrich, who's still one of the smartest guys around, appeared on TV this morning to engage in the telling of the truth.   This is not always welcome in the mainstream media.  But here he is, from Mediaite, in our quote of the day:

This morning on New Day, Newt Gingrich came on to discuss Barack Obama‘s proposal to combat ISIS in Iraq — and, judging by his response, thinks that Obama isn’t recognizing that this is a problem of “radical Islam.”

“Nobody wants to tell the truth,” he complained. “The truth is this is a radical Islamist group. They say openly if you don’t convert, we’ll kill you. It turns out they actually mean it. There’s no complexity…The president couldn’t even honestly describe ISIS last night because it goes against his ideology.”

And, just to be clear, that ideology is that ISIS “has a very clear religious background, just as Hamas does, just as Boko Haram does. There’s a war against Christians across the region, and the fact is that we’ve got to be prepared to be honest about this,” he told CNN’s New Day.

“Nobody in the American State Department, nobody in the White House, not just Obama, but for three or four administrations, we’ve not had the courage to confront how bad this is, and it’s getting worse.”

COMMENT:  Newt is correct.   Too many people prefer not to see, and it extends beyond liberals.   The Bush family is well connected to Saudi Arabia.  It has been widely reported that the Clintons derive income from some of the Gulf states.

And of course our college-trained journalists are drunk on multiculturalism.  After all, who are we to question other cultures? 

We've not been well served.  As Newt says, the problem of radical Islam is getting worse.  And, still, too many won't speak the truth.

August 8, 2014