"Soccermom: Islam isn't a race, so leave the race card in the deck. Prominent non-Arab ones include Ibrahim Hooper (the white spokesman for CAIR) and Louis Farrakhan (the black NOI leader). Plenty of Christian Arabs too, as WD mentioned."
Spare me the 5th grade social studies lesson. I'm aware of that and that was part of my point in another thread. God forbid there is another attack on Ameican soil, I predict it will come from Americans recruited from our prison system. (But the important thing is, we're keep our eye on those A-rabs, aren't we?) The hysteria toward the UAE illustrates precisely why it is a matter of race. Richard Reid was an Islamic terrorist from England, but we're perfectly fine with letting a British company hold the contract. I can point you to a thread where I made the point that not all Arabs are Muslim. But that doesn't matter to the hotheads in this forum. I can point you to another thread where the poster is completely unapologetic about his stance that ALL Muslims are part of the "Cult of Death."
The reality is this was about bigotry. In one breath, you're claiming that the bias is well-earned and in the next you're complaining about the race card. Sorry, you can't defend bigotry and then complain that the race card is being used.
RR was a lone terrorist, unafiliated with any British company or the British gov't. The instances of questionable (at best) behavior I listed in post #831 were committed by the gov't of the UAE. Comprehend the distinction?
Sorry, you can't defend bigotry and then complain that the race card is being used.
Again, anti-Muslim bias is completely different than a racial bias. If you're going to make accusations then at least make them accurately.
"I predict it will come from Americans recruited from our prison system. (But the important thing is, we're keep our eye on those A-rabs, aren't we?)"
Who do you think radicalizes the prisons into Islamism?
Yes, the important thing is we keep the Gulf State Wahabbists and their charities and sheiks from funding the indoctrination of our prisons, Mosques, unversities, etc.
That is a great model for the ports deal. We are knowingly allowing them to buy their way into our country. In the case of prisons that is a criminal infrastructure. In the case of universities it is intellectual infrastructure which is retrospectively changing history.