Yesterday, the U.S. government formally designated three foreign “chapters” of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described them “the opening actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim Brotherhood chapters' violence and destabilization wherever it occurs." 

For the moment, though, other chapters and the Brotherhood’s “mother movement,” remain free to pursue their stated goal of waging a “grand jihad to destroy Western civilization from within.” 

Unfortunately, every jihadist on the planet, and every one of their – and their allies’ – still-undesignated “support networks,” will perceive that status as proof they will succeed. 

And, according to Islam’s toxic sharia doctrine, when jihadists sense weakness in their enemies, they must redouble efforts to make them “feel subdued.”

That’s a formula for much more, and terrifying, violence in America. We must ban the Brotherhood now. 

This is Frank Gaffney.