Posted on 03/22/2016 5:57:45 PM PDT by Steelfish
Ignore Cruz And Trump — Scapegoating Muslims Is An Un-American Response To The Brussels Attacks
It has been clear at least since the massacre in Paris last November that jihadist terrorists are embedded in Europe, difficult to detect and determined to engage in spectacular acts of violence. So while Tuesday's carnage in Brussels was horrific, it also was achingly familiar. This time more than 30 people were killed and hundreds injured in separate attacks at the Brussels airport and at a downtown subway close to the headquarters of the European Union. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
While condemnations come easy, a strategy for preventing such outrages is elusive. It does seem that Belgian intelligence and law enforcement have been overmatched. It was only last Friday that authorities captured Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks who was living in Brussels and reportedly planning further attacks. Obviously European governments need to cooperate more on identifying and uprooting terrorists in their countries.
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This attack also demonstrates the importance of the multinational military effort to, in President Obama's words, "degrade and ultimately destroy" Islamic State in Syria and Iraq — a campaign in which Obama has overcome his aversion to military action in the Middle East. That attempts to defeat Islamic State will inspire retaliation is no reason to abandon the effort, but it underlines the importance of adequate intelligence and information-sharing not just in Europe, but between European governments and the U.S.
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This LA Times writer will undoubtedly convert rather than fight or resist long before things in Los Angeles sink to the levels of Brussels or Paris. P*ssy.
We’re not going to ignore Trump and we already KNOW the LA Times is the enemy. So, shut up then.
The LA Slimes is un-American.
I agree with the LA Times on this. Here’s why. Let’s say you raise chickens. Let’s also say your neighbor has a dog that has a history of killing chickens. If you bring that dog into your chicken coop and turn him loose, it’s NOT his fault if he kills your chickens.
You can’t blame Muslim radicals for their nature, when you are the ones who invited them into your country.
Deliberately ignoring facts that don’t fit the political agenda is what passes for “journalism” these days.
Meh
Scapegoating Muslims Is An Un-American Response To The Brussels Attacks: Pardon me if I don’t give a sh*t if their feelings are hurt. All I ever needed to know about islam I learned on 9-11.
Didn’t waste a minute, did they?
But all they have to do is listen to their own words over time! In doing so you would understand you are a self absorbed idiot. Why can’t our republican politicians see this? Are they that obtuse?
The Slimes keeps its head in the sand
It is Muslims who are Un-American. They are also Un-French, Un-German, Un-Belgian, Un-English, etc.
Islam is a virtual nation-state pretending to be a religion. Muslim’s first and only loyalty is to Islam. We say they “do not assimilate” to western countries they emigrate to, but it is more than just a failure to embrace the culture they have supposedly adopted as their new home. They are all foreigners living in those countries with no intention of ever giving that country their loyalty. In the United States we see this every day as they complain about the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem, and Flags.
In Belgium, it took four months to find the “most-wanted-criminal” in Europe after the Paris attacks, yet he had been living there, going to bars, walking the streets, etc. and not huddled in a cave somewhere. Hundreds of people saw him every day and no-one called police. Why ? Because his fellow Muslims had no loyalty to the French or Belgian government or people and would not assist police.
It would be nice if we could have loyal Muslims going undercover and spending time in Mosques and Madrassas and reporting these jihadist sentiments ahead of time, but apparently THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LOYAL MUSLIM.
In looking at the CCTV photo of the three Radical Islamic Jihadists at the Brussels airport, it reminds me once again of how easy it is to bring large bombs into an airport terminal and detonate the bombs.
Thus, the only sure way to prevent these bombings is to keep the Radical Islamic Jihadists out of the country.
In the normal course of daily life in Western Europe or the USA it is very easy to bring bombs to a church, meetings, stores, and events. Unless we install bomb detectors at every street corner, the only way to put a stop to the Radical Islamic Jihadists is to keep them out of the country.
Nah! It was the Amish!
Projection projection projection. That’s all there is on the Democrat side.
They’re policies are anti American.
Ignore LA Times!
But all they have to do is listen to their own words over time! In doing so you would understand you are a self absorbed idiot. Why can’t our republican politicians see this? Are they that obtuse?
They’re too self absorbed to realize they’re idiots
What happens to American politicians to become such feckless morons?
I’ve lived in LA for well over 30 years and am still ashamed of the two years I subscribed. Die Slimes! Die!
It's facing reality.
They would sure you change their tune fast if jihadis in LA descended upon The Times offices and let loose their C-4 down there. Hypocrites. Comfirtabke, safe libs.
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