Islam peaceful now??

Two of my favorite athletes of all time are Cassius Clay and Lew Alcindor.  Cassius Clay, a young boxer from Kentucky rose to become agreeably the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.

Lew Alcindor, a tall seven foot basketball player from Power Memorial high school in New York, went on to UCLA and then the NBA to become perhaps the most successful and dominant figure in all of basketball.

There are millions of Americans today who don't know the identities of Cassius Clay or Lew Alcindor. Well, you may know Cassius Clay as Muhammad Ali, and Lew Alcindor as Kareem Abdul Jabar. Both of these great athletes converted to the peaceful faith of Islam.

In the boxing ring they just didn't come any tougher with twelve-round boxing endurance than Muhammad Ali. And all the championship trophies Kareem Jabar received at UCLA in college, and then the NBA speaks volumes about the strength, endurance, and tenacity of this great player.

I've watched Ali win and defend his title many times on TV, and watched first hand Alcindor at UCLA and later the Los Angeles Lakers. I've read books on both of these great athletes, and discovered they were as great peace loving Americans as they were athletes.

Away from the boxing ring and away from the basketball court these two Americans preached and practiced peace in the name of Islam, and still continue to do so. It seemed these two set the bar for people of other cultures and religions to accept the peaceful religion of Islam, while helping all Americans to accept each others religions.  At the time there were no disputes that subsequently escalated into the gigantic chasm between Judeo-Christians and Muslims we have today.

There were no wars, bombings, slaughterings, and even beheadings. To all it appeared that Judeo-Christians and Muslims lived in peace. What happened? When did it start? Why, how, and when did the division between Christians and Muslim start?

Many pundits, TV networks, journalists, etc., have loudly voiced their views on this ever escalating tragedy that befalls our country today. I would like to throw my "pundit" hat in the ring with my opinions and views. I just want to add some food for thought to Americans today.

In my opinion the overwhelming divide between Judeo-Christians seems wider today than it was even after September 11, 2001. The chasm seemed to grow wider and wider beginning January 20, 2009.  Yes, that was the day Barry Soetero was sworn in to become the leader of the greatest country and the greatest military of all time.

From the day of his inauguration he seemed to be a surgeon with a very large scalpel on a mission to promote radical Islam, while destroying the Judeo-Christian values in our very own America. Since he first took office he continues to stack his administrative deck with members of his Islamic faith. Our own leader of the CIA, John Brennan, is a Muslim.

Factions of the radical Islamic war mongering has broken out stronger than ever since Barry took office. Usama bin Laden, El Quiada, and now we today we have the most monstrous threat to our country, ISIS.  Barry continues to downplay the threat of ISIS. He uses "pin prick" attacks instead of attacking this vile threat head on with the mission of destroying them.

It has been reported that ISIS now makes over $3.Million per day selling oil from the fields they have confiscated in the mid-east. They now have the money and power to grow into the strongest threat to our country and way of life since Adolph Hitler.

ISIS must be stopped and destroyed now. We cannot afford to wait as they grow stronger by the day. Our country needs leadership to lead us into destroying these evil terrorists.

Do you ever wonder why Barry Soetero is so very hesitant to attack and destroy ISIS? I think I know why. Maybe, just maybe there's an ISIS terrorist cell that resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It is so hard to believe that Islam is a peaceful religion today.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country...and our troops