These are comforting words, and that’s fine, but imagine the embarrassment of everyone in the West when they discover that the Islam of al-Baghdadi and John Georgelas and other jihadis is not radical, but mainstream, and that violent jihad against unbelievers is a constant feature of Islamic history. Here is proof. Also, how can it be said that we are winning when even enunciating the enemy ideology gets one vilified as a “bigot” and shunned by both parties?

“Repentant Islamic State Wife: ‘We Are Winning’ Fight Against Radical Islam,” by Penny Starr, Breitbart, November 3, 2019: