Well, that's a nice change

Happy ramadan!

Rex Tillerson refuses to host an Islamic celebratory dinner, and the Left's nipples are all atwist.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two US officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.

Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day's fast during Ramadan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at the State Department.

Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of Ramadan celebrations, said two US officials who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

According to an April 6 memo seen by Reuters, the office - which typically initiates such events - recommended that Tillerson hold an Eid al-Fitr reception.

His rejection of the request suggests there are no plans this year for any high-profile Ramadan function at the State Department. The month of fasting and prayer for Muslims gets under way in many countries on Saturday.

Just yesterday, Homeland Security Chief John Kelly said that if we knew what he did about current terrorist threats we wouldn't leave our house (unarmed, anyway). Point is, these people are at war with us, and to pretend otherwise is delusional - Our Secretary of State surely reads the same security briefings as our Homeland Security Chief does, so for him to hold hands with our enemies and play kissey kissey is exactly the wrong message we want to send: apparently we've been doing the wrong thing for 18 years, so I'm glad we've now cleared that up.

(By the way, find and identify the two State Department "officials" who complained to Reuters, then fire them).