https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/06/03/spencer-no-state-doesnt-have-a-point/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:51:24 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer of the invaluable site Jihad Watch followed my post yesterday to the New York Times op-ed piece by P.W. Singer and Elina Noor recommending that the West stop using the term jihad. After a day of travel, Robert responds to Singer and Noor, reasserting his arguments about the State Department directive. While Singer and Noor predicate their belief that the term has been hijacked by radicals, Robert argues that the radical use is exactly how jihad has always been interpreted in Islam:]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:45:54 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/06/03/spencer-no-state-doesnt-have-a-point-n155148