THE NERVE – AT 11:28 A.M. ET:  Barack Obama has been president for six years, and has learned very little.  Even at a press conference with Prime Minister Cameron of Britain, Obama refused to use the term "Islamic terrorism."  Maybe the Costa Ricans are behind it.

And Obama, one of the most divisive presidents we've ever had, started lecturing the Europeans about ethnic integration.  From AFP:

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Friday urged European governments to try to better assimilate their Muslim minority populations as they respond to extremist attacks like last week’s shootings in Paris.

At a White House news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, his first foreign guest since last week’s Charlie Hebdo massacre, Obama said the allies would stand by France.

But he also warned that the answer to the recent violence must not simply be a security crackdown.

“I know David joins me when I say that we will continue to do everything in our power to help France seek the justice that is needed, and that all our countries are working together seamlessly to prevent attacks and to defeat these terrorist networks,” Obama said.

Obama said the Paris attacks “underscored how terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) are actively trying to inspire and support people within our own countries to engage in terrorism.”

The US leader said the 2013 Boston marathon bombing showed that the United States was not entirely safe from Islamic militant cells, but suggested that it had had more success than others in integrating minorities.

“Our biggest advantage, major, is that our Muslim populations feel themselves to be Americans and there is this incredible process of immigration and assimilation that is part of our tradition,” he said.

“There are parts of Europe in which that’s not the case... it’s important for Europe not to simply respond with a hammer and law enforcement and military approaches to these problems.”

COMMENT:  Thank you, oh great scholar.  Weren't you the guy who declared the war on terror over about two years ago?  Did it ever occur to you that many of the Muslim populations of Europe don't want to integrate, don't want to assimilate? 

Notice that Obama never blames Islam or Islamic groups for the horrors.  It's always someone else's fault.  And terrorists?  Why, they have nothing to do with Islam.  Well, of course we know that most Muslims aren't terrorists.  But the responsibility for curtailing the dangerous brand of Islam that is out there lies predominantly with Muslims themselves. 

January 17,  2015