The president’s chief advisor on counter-terrorism related issues, John Brennan, famously referred to Jerusalem by its Arabic name, Al Quds, and publicly defended jihad. But when it comes to answering questions about his defense of jihad, well, he doesn’t really have a compelling answer. Instead, he cuts and runs.
At least, that’s what Brennan did when the Washington Times editorial board was asking him question. Here is the Washington Times‘s Kerry Picket’s description of the event that took place a few months ago:
Mr. Brennan had visited the Washington Times Editorial Board on June 24 as a result of a June 11 Washington Times editorial he objected to. It did not take long for the White House counter-terrorism adviser to lose his temper with our editorial board’s questions regarding what he previously said about individuals who become terrorists…
Mr. Brennan cut the meeting short and stormed out of our offices thereafter following a question posed by senior editorial writer Jim Robbins (transcript and video below). Referring to a quote Mr. Brennan said in May, calling jihad a “legitimate tenet of Islam,” Mr. Robbins looked to discuss the concept of jihad further with the Obama administration adviser.
Mr. Brennan cut the meeting short and stormed out of our offices thereafter following a question posed by senior editorial writer Jim Robbins (transcript and video below). Referring to a quote Mr. Brennan said in May, calling jihad a “legitimate tenet of Islam,” Mr. Robbins looked to discuss the concept of jihad further with the Obama administration adviser.
Here are the videos of the event:
And here Brennan is, cutting-and-running:
