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That is how The Los Angeles Times’ Editorial Board describes the Obama Administration’s continued refusal to acknowledge the clear threat posed by Islamic extremism.

The administration has assiduously avoided terms that recognize the distinct threat posed by those who cite Islam as a rationalization for terror… [T]he administration has been excessively delicate in its language and has opened itself to a charge of political correctness run amok. It needs to find a way to acknowledge that at this point in history, the political extremism that poses the greatest threat is motivated by a perverted interpretation of a religion…

Of course, as the editorial adds, this comes after a report from President Obama’s Homeland Security Department referred to “ideologically motivated violent crime,” the latest example of the administration’s refusal to acknowledge the threat posed to this country.

Recall that upon taking office, to not offend any of our enemies, the administration dropped the “global war on terror” for an “overseas contingency operation.” Then, the President’s own Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano proudly called acts of terrorism “man-caused” disasters. And when tragedy struck Fort Hood, the White House refused to call the shooting a terrorist attack against American troops, despite the shooter’s known ties to a recruiter of al Qaeda. And recall three days after the failed Christmas Day attack on Northwest Flight 253, President Obama described the bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as an “isolated extremist.”

The safety of the American people should be a higher priority than political correctness.