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Six months ago in The Upper Cut, I wrote that President Barack Obama’s determination to “destroy” the Islamic State group using the same tactics that had failed to do so for two years fit the definition of insanity often attributed to Albert Einstein: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

I’m sorry to say that the president’s diagnosis hasn’t gotten any better in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Orlando early Sunday morning. In fact, he has given us at least three new pieces of information that confirm his irrationality.

To begin with, in his initial response to the attacks (video of which is below), Obama touted the response of the FBI, which was taking the lead in the investigation.

Unfortunately, that’s part of the problem. Despite admitting from the beginning that this was an act of terror — the president still refused to stay “radical Islamic terror” — the Obama administration will continue to treat terrorism as a crime, not an act of war.

As we used to say in the Army, same Spam, different day. (OK, that’s not exactly how we used to say it in the Army, but this is a family website.)

Now, to be clear, that’s not a swipe at the FBI — I have nothing but respect for the professionalism and ability of the office to remain remarkably apolitical in the hyper-political environment of Washington, D.C. But if we continue to ignore the fact that radical Islamists are at war with America, we’re going to continue to lose that war.

Obama seems to think of these terrorists as some sort of organized crime group and combat them accordingly. I’m not particularly hawkish, but it’s obvious to anyone willing to look at the facts that the United States doesn’t need more law enforcement officers going up against enemy combatants — we need more soldiers.

But that’s not the only evidence we have of Obama’s lingering insanity, again using the definition that may or may not have originated with Einstein.

It took the president only three minutes into his initial remarks to the most deadly shooting in American history to make yet another push for gun control.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch the president’s full response to the terror attack here:

“The shooter was apparently armed with a handgun and a powerful assault rifle,” Obama said — and every conservative in America knew exactly what he was going to say next.

“This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or a movie theater or in a nightclub,” he said.

Of course, that’s nothing but a lie. At such an early point in the investigation, there’s no way Obama knew how “easy” or difficult it had been for Omar Mateen to get his hands on either or both of the weapons the president claimed were used in the shooting. He was simply pushing his liberal narrative without any facts to back him up.

Technically, though, I can’t really fault him for that. That’s the only way to push a liberal narrative, since they are so rarely backed up by facts. But I digress.

“And we have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be,” he added. “And to actively do nothing is a decision as well.”

So … we’re actively doing nothing? What about the FBI investigation and the “full resources of the federal government” Obama had just mentioned? Those are nothing?

Of course, that’s not what he meant. He was using yet another emotionally charged moment in the American consciousness to push for more gun control.

That’s madness, for at least two reasons.

One: Guns were already prohibited in the Pulse nightclub. Florida prohibits open carry generally, and even though Mateen reportedly held a concealed carry permit, carrying in a place dedicated to serving alcohol — like a nightclub — is illegal. In other words, the deadliest shooting in American history took place in a gun-free zone.

Second: The three acts of terror most recently forced onto the American consciousness took place in Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; and San Bernardino, California. Those locations are already the poster children for gun control, and it had absolutely no effect on preventing radical Islamic terror attacks.

What Obama somehow wants Americans to believe is that if only Florida had been more like Belgium, France or California, this massacre might have been prevented.

Of course, he can’t say those words out loud; his insanity would be obvious even to fellow nuthouse candidates like Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton if he did. But that’s what he wants us to believe. If he believes it himself, his inability to perceive or respond to reality is crystal clear.

But there’s still more evidence of the president’s declining mental health.

According to the Washington Examiner, White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday refused to rule out additional executive action on gun control by the president — even though he acknowledged that Obama had already taken as much executive action as he could.

Apparently, this form of insanity is contagious.

“I’m not going to rule out additional steps,” Earnest said when asked about the possibility of executive action. “He’s not going to hesitate to act.”

Right. Because the executive actions taken by this president have been so effective over the past seven years. His unilateral action on amnesty for illegal immigrants has been stuck in the federal courts pretty much since he issued it, his transgender bathroom agenda in public schools is the subject of yet another lawsuit from the states, and his January action — on gun control — obviously failed to prevent this massacre.

Clearly, we need more executive action. Brilliant.

According to the Examiner, even “(a)dvocates for stricter gun laws agree that only Congress can do more now.”

When the gun-grabbing left is telling the most liberal president in American history not to bother because he’s done all he can do, but the administration refuses to rule out doing more anyway, what would you call it?

I call it crazy.

George Upper is the managing editor of Conservative Tribune. His weekly column, “The Upper Cut,” appears each Tuesday morning. In addition to sharing it on social media, you can also connect with him on Facebook or on Twitter @georgeupper.

 

 

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