Posted on 02/07/2017 4:33:13 PM PST by heterosupremacist
It was reported Friday that “a trio of House Democrats say President Trump is making a mistake pushing for counter-extremism efforts to focus only on radical Islam….Friday’s letter was signed Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson (Md.), Eliot Engel (N.Y.) and John Conyers (Mich.).”
Thompson, Engel and Conyers wrote: “Such a move is wrongheaded insofar as persons who commit acts of violent extremism are inspired by diverse political, religious and philosophical beliefs, and are not limited to any single population or region.”
In reality, there have been over 30,000 murderous jihad terror attacks worldwide since 9/11. What other political, religious and philosophical beliefs have been responsible for any comparable number? A widely publicized study purporting to show that “right-wing extremists” have killed more people in the U.S. than Islamic jihadis, and thus pose a greater threat, has been debunked on many grounds.
These representatives also wrote: “Changing the name to ‘Countering Islamic Extremism’ or ‘Countering Radical Islamic Extremism’ would have damaging effects to our national security by feeding into the propaganda created by terrorist groups and child domestic and international diplomatic relations. Additionally, it could further alienate and create distrust with the Muslim-American communities when the program depends on close cooperation with law enforcement.”
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Because they have turned muzzies into a growing voting block and in return have promised them immunity from responsibility for their actions.
They are right, Trump needs to also focus on violent leftists.
"Without objection, so ordered."
they don’t want Trump killing off ISIS after they worked so hard to create them.
To be fair, there have been dozens of terrorist attacks in the same time period that had nothing to do with Islam. It's not always Muslims.
30,00 Jihad attacks?
Actually, yes, I did more statistical analysis than you can imagine on terrorism, and I can name the dozens of other attacks in the past 15 years. Also, I am very well aware of how the dozens compare with the 30,262 and counting by Muslims. Indirectly drawing attention to the contrast is one reason I posted.
FARC (communist) attacks by themselves total a few dozen, plus the Communist Party of Nepal, the Basque ETA, a few genuine non-Muslim lone wolves, and even an occasional "Real IRA" attack such as November 1, 2006.
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