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Pennsylvania’s police prepare for radical Islam
The Morning Call ^ | April 24, 2008 | Donald Hoffman
Posted on April 24, 2008 3:22:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A tradition in the politics of American presidential campaigns is the increase in disingenuous rhetoric, often with minimal regard for recognizing the realities of the day. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fight to emulate the ‘’real deal’’ as presidential candidates who will ‘’end the war’’ in Iraq. It’s as if the outcome in Iraq has no consequence to the future of the human political rights in the Middle East, or anywhere else on the globe. Oddly, Jimmy Carter rises from the ash heap of presidential politics past, proclaiming that Hamas is ready to ‘’accept Israel as its neighbor.’’ Might America also be ready for a new understanding of Islamic terrorism? Is it all much ado about nothing?

As the campaign for the White House in 2008 more and more emulates the simple-minded myopia of ‘’Support the Troops, Bring them Home’’ yard signs, there’s a different message being brought to bear upon the ‘’thin blue line’’ protecting the residents of Main Street and Elm Street America. Some in the endless 2008 presidential campaign promise a departure from the ‘’politics of fear.’’ However, training mandated by Pennsylvania’s Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission (MPOETC) tells a different story, as municipal law enforcement learn to comprehend the real threat of radical Islam.

Understanding this threat is a complicated quest that still evades the United States, even after 9/11. Waled Phares, senior fellow and director of the Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation_for_the_Defense_of_Democracies is credited in the 2008 MPOETC with the following 2005 quote: ‘’Jihad is not benign, and the West’s denial of that fact was terribly ironic: The United States was paving the way for its own defeat, by blurring its vision, confusing its mind, and moderating its reactions to the early danger signs, not to mention the terrorist strikes to come.

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“Shocking Attack by ‘Peace Thugs’ in Pennsylvania!”
Melanie Morgan.com ^ | Tuesday, 22 April 2008 | Melanie Morgan
Posted on April 23, 2008 8:16:04 PM PDT by Just A Nobody