"You know, we all say we have to identify the threat. Well, I think the one who identified it the best was [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan from Turkey when he said, 'Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers [e.g., Islamic extremism]. Democracy is the train we ride to our ultimate objective.'"
"He couldn't have said it any plainer," said Lyons. "And until you recognize that Islam is a political movement masquerading as a religion, you're never going to come to grips with it. And as far as a strategy - let me just conclude one thing, as I just had in my latest op-ed -- the Obama Administration has a strategy."
"It's very simple, any thinking American should be able to grasp," said the admiral. "It's anti-American, anti-Western, it's pro-Islamic, it's pro-Iranian, and pro-Muslim Brotherhood!"
Lyons, a Naval Academy graduate who served 36 years in the U.S. Navy, currently is the president and CEO of Lion Associates, an international consulting firm that specializes in anti-terrorist security services.
"He couldn't have said it any plainer," said Lyons. "And until you recognize that Islam is a political movement masquerading as a religion, you're never going to come to grips with it. And as far as a strategy - let me just conclude one thing, as I just had in my latest op-ed -- the Obama Administration has a strategy."
"It's very simple, any thinking American should be able to grasp," said the admiral. "It's anti-American, anti-Western, it's pro-Islamic, it's pro-Iranian, and pro-Muslim Brotherhood!"
Lyons, a Naval Academy graduate who served 36 years in the U.S. Navy, currently is the president and CEO of Lion Associates, an international consulting firm that specializes in anti-terrorist security services.
