Now back to the awesomeness that is Allen West.
Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump — Broward Palm Beach New Times
During your campaign, you said, “A nation goes to war against an ideology. We are against something that is a totalitarian, theocratic, political ideology, and it is called Islam.” Could you explain? Are you talking about the religion of Islam?
I’m talking about an ideology; I’m not talking about a religion. I’m talking about an ideology that, if you study the evolution of it, is totalitarian in nature. I don’t think that you as a young lady have the exact same type freedoms that you have here in the United States of America. . . So I think that’s a very antithetical ideology to who we are and our freedoms and liberties. . .
This is one thing that’s very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When you look at the theocracies all across the Middle East, where we look at constitutions that are based upon the Qur’an, I don’t think you want to see that happening in the United States of America. So it is a theocratic political construct.
But you separate it from people who are Muslims?
I never talk about Muslims. I talk about an ideology.
In your mind, how are the two separate?
I think it is very separate because I’m talking about a thought process as opposed to an individual. I’m talking about something that people believe in as opposed to an individual making a decision. I’ve been in the Middle East for quite some time, and I worked very well with many Muslim individuals. But I think when you look at the Islamic terrorism that we are facing, there’s an ideology that propagates that. [pause] So is this going to be the basis of the interview?
No. I just have one more question about the Islam issue. You believe ordinary Muslims are separate from the ideology of Islam, so why did you tell a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations —
Because the Council on American-Islamic Relations is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial. They have some very nefarious associations in this country that include the Muslim Brotherhood. And that is something that is well-known. The FBI has cut off all associations with CAIR, so I am not going to kowtow with an organization that has some very questionable associations.