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Another horrendous, senseless massacre on American soil has once again exposed a truth too many in power refuse to acknowledge: radical Islamist terror remains an active, lethal threat to our people and our way of life. The New Orleans Bourbon Street attack that slaughtered and injured so many revelers on January 1 laid bare the consequences of soft leadership and half-measures on national security. Americans deserve leaders who call this evil by name and who will act decisively to protect our streets and families.
Veterans and patriots like Carl Higbie have been sounding the alarm for years — pointing to the obvious common denominator in these senseless tragedies and demanding a return to muscular, unapologetic American defense policy. Higbie’s platform on Newsmax has consistently pushed back against the political correctness that ties the hands of our security services and prevents plain-speaking about jihadist threats. If Washington will not fortify the homeland and the region, then the only result is more grieving American families and more communities living under fear.
This is not paranoia; it is a reality confirmed by intelligence and reporting showing ISIS and its affiliates have not vanished but have adapted into sleeper cells and insurgent networks across Syria, Iraq, and the wider region. Coalition and regional partners continue to uncover and disrupt plots, yet the pace of attacks and the group’s ability to radicalize individuals online show that containment alone is not working. We cannot paper over these facts with wishful thinking — we must treat resurgent jihadist violence as the existential national-security challenge it is.
For too long our political class has preferred symbolic gestures and bureaucratic talking points to the hard work of victory: targeted military pressure where needed, sustained intelligence partnerships, and denying safe havens to murderous ideologies. The modest reductions in on-the-ground posture and a timid reliance on local proxies have produced gaps that terror networks eagerly exploit. It’s time to stop pretending that half a footprint is enough and to put American power — intelligence, special operations, and decisive strikes — to work until the threat is truly dismantled.
At home, stronger, smarter measures must accompany overseas action: rigorous vetting, aggressive prosecution of material support to terrorist groups, and an end to the cultural softness that excuses violence as a political grievance. Carl Higbie is right to demand that we criminalize and punish open allegiance to terrorist causes, and conservatives should lead the charge to restore legal and moral clarity. Protecting civil liberties does not mean tolerating treasonous declarations or carrying out terror under the cloak of ideology.
Americans who get up early, pay taxes, and send their kids to school expect their government to do its primary job: keep them safe. That means we must elect leaders who will cut through the spin, give our military the mandate to finish the fight, and secure our borders against those who would bring this violence here. If Washington continues to dither while our enemies regroup, the price will be counted in more funerals and shattered communities — a price this country is not morally permitted to pay.
This moment calls for unity of purpose, not more excuses. Pray for the victims, support the men and women in uniform and law enforcement who stayed in harm’s way, and demand from your representatives concrete steps to crush radical Islamist terror at home and abroad. America is a nation that wins when it refuses to flinch; now is the time to prove it again.
