There are still many dots for the FBI to connect after last week's attack that left 14 people dead and another 17 injured at a health department complex in San Bernardino, Calif.

There's no denying, however, that the attack was well coordinated and funded and that the bloody fingerprints of radical Islam were found at the crime scenes.The fact that liberal politicians continued to hold to the possibility that this was "workplace violence" when evidence pointed to terrorism was unbelievable. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was correct in his blunt assessment that anyone who thinks the shootings were anything other than "an act of terror" was a "moron."Evidence that this was a pre-meditated act is overwhelming. Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik used assault weapons, two handguns and body armor. Their home was booby-trapped and the bomb-making techniques were right out of the playbook of ISIS and radical Islam.The fact that Farook, an American citizen, may have been motivated or radicalized through am American-based jihadist cell is scary. Home grown terrorists are the hardest to detect.After last week's California shootings - the worst attacks on this country since 9/11/01 - we wonder how many more lives will be lost before the liberal leaders in Washington and in the press realize that protecting the lives of American citizens is more important than hurting someone's feelings by racial profiling.It was widely reported that neighbors of shooter Syed Rizwan Farook had noticed "suspicious activity" at Farook's home, but did not report it for fear of being called racist. One female neighbor reportedly observed "quite a few packages" being delivered to the residence and "a lot of work" being done in the garage.Another man who had been working in the area witnessed seeing a half-dozen Middle Eastern men in the area in recent weeks, but decided not to report anything for fear of being accused of racially profiling.There are a number who can share blame for causing U.S. citizens to hold back from reporting suspicious activity. There are the liberal politicians who fear losing votes; a politically correct media; and organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). After last week's attack, Hussam Ayloush, a spokesman for the CARE Los Angeles chapter, said America bears some of the blame for the bloody wave of Islamic extremism since its foreign policy has helped fuel the rage that drives Muslim radicals to kill in the name of their faith.The liberal media disgusts us. It says something about our society when a news outlet like the New York News can mock Christianity with a headline like "God Isn't Fixing This," while ignoring the fact that political correctness forced some to be silent for fear of being called racist.It's been six years since an Army psychiatrist, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, gunned down 13 people and wounded 29 others in Fort Hood, Texas. Prior to the massacre, Hassan had been voicing violent Islamic propaganda to persons on post and also reaching out to Al Qaeda. But the warning signs were ignored by those who feared being accused of "Islamaphobia."During the Fort Hood and the San Bernardino shootings, lives were lost due to a mentality of racial profiling that caused people to remain silent. Until we overcome this phobia of political correctness and identify the radical jihadists as the cold blooded murderers they are, America's killing fields will remain fertile for terrorists.By JIM ZBICK |

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