NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck argues that political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have failed to directly address Islamic extremism. “Just like with Obama in the Obama years, refusing to say Islamic terrorism,” Mr Houck told News24 host Elizabeth Pipko. “The first issue you have, especially when it comes to addiction, or there's a big problem, is naming the problem. “And they really seem incapable of doing that on both sides of the pond.”