Stop making excuses for Islamic terrorism

Modern political discourse is largely devoid of nuance. Every Republican is a Nazi, every Democrat is a communist, every election is the “most important election in history,” and every war is a genocide. There are plenty of valid reasons to oppose President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran. Congress has not declared war since World War II, and the U.S. is now nearly $39 trillion in debt. The latter alone is reason enough to oppose any proposed expenditure until the debt crisis is addressed. Fears of spiking oil and gas prices are entirely justified, as are concerns that the Iran War could become yet another Middle Eastern quagmire. 

The Bush-era claim that “terrorists hate us for our freedom” was a childish assertion. Equally childish, however, is the reflexive impulse from members of both the isolationist right and left to excuse away the actions of Muslims, up to and including the attempted slaughter of innocent children. 

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