Posted on 12/11/2017 2:00:19 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Don't read too much into the fact that Akayed Ullah, the suspect in Monday's New York terrorist attack, is a Bangladeshi immigrant to the United States.
While Bangladesh is a predominantly Muslim nation, it is no hotbed of terrorism and shouldn't be added to Trump's travel ban list.
Of course, some aligned with the alt-right are jumping on Ullah's citizenship as further evidence of America's looming infection by Muslim extremism. Take John Cardillo...
John Cardillo @johncardillo Thank God Bangladeshi pipe bombs are the same shitty quality as everything else made in Bangladesh. 3:27 PM - Dec 11, 2017
John Cardillo @johncardillo Suspect in custody. Between the beard and him being from predominantly Muslim Bangladesh, I think we now know the motive.
Americans should have two problems with those tweets.
First, while more than 100,000 Bangladeshis live in the United States, very few of them have any nexus to terrorism. Instead, they came to America to work hard and provide better lives for their families. Indeed, especially relevant to today's news, the New York Police Department boasts a good number of Bangladeshi-American police officers. That's no coincidence; as former NYPD officer John Cardillo should know, the Bangladeshi-American community makes a point of encouraging law enforcement careers.
Second, while Bangladesh does struggle with occasional outbursts of violent Islamic extremism, its government and military take aggressive action of a far more coordinated and humanitarian nature than that of, say, Pakistan. The Bangladeshi armed forces also operate as an increasingly capable American ally. Moreover, while Bangladesh struggles with corruption, its political culture is more liberal than that of many other Muslim nations: next month, Bangladesh will have been led by a female Prime Minister for nearly nine years.
Consider, also, that this relative stability defines a deeply impoverished nation of 165 million people. The ingredients of terrorist recruitment would seem to thrive in Bangladesh and yet, for whatever reason, they do not thrive.
So yes, the New York attacker might be a complete loser. But don't blame his national origins on his negative acts; the Bangladeshi people deserve American respect and the right to be able to visit our country if they so desire.
>America does not need them . Not one .<
The same could be said of all muzzies.
Apprehended, tried, convicted, and executed. Elapsed time, one week.
>>Islam is a war plan.<<
True that. And if you want to see what the Democrats and RINOs have done to facilitate that war plan, go to Minneapolis and take a stroll through the Mall of America.
The Burmese, never ones to be pushed around, are not at all shy about repressing Muslim Invaders and illegal immigrants. The rohingya are lucky these are not the days of the former Burmese kingdoms. There would not be one rohingya left alive.
Holy crap Batman! Is this guy for real?
Is this author high on drugs?
Goebbels would be proud of this piece of human excrement.
I read here on FR that in Afghanistan, all the high tech equipment we GAVE those goat herders is going to waste because no one is willing to perform maintenance. It is below them, unlike boy rape.
As a taxpayer, ?I want my trillion dollars back, and no, I will not accept payment in the form of heroin.
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