Thanks for the clarifying research Ernie. Chris
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernie Prabhakar Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 4:02 PM To: Radical Centrist discussion list Subject: Re: [RC] Sent to me by a Viet vet friend He (and you) should check -- and at least link to -- his sources, so the context is clearer :-) http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/16/gus-bilirakis /dhs-report-right-wing-terror-risks-more-cautious-b/ Countering claims that the DHS is targeting conservatives is the fact that the department issued a similar report on leftwing groups a few months previously. "Leftwing Extremists Likely to Increase Use of Cyber Attacks over the Coming Decade," issued Jan. 26, 2009 (six days after Obama took office), said leftwing extremists include "radical elements of the anarchist, animal rights, or environmental movements" who are "willing to violate the law to achieve their objectives." ... "I know that some veterans' groups were offended by the fact that veterans were mentioned in this assessment. So, I apologize for that offense. It was certainly not intended. I'll be meeting with the leaders of some of those groups next week," she told CNN on April 16. ... This brings us back to Bilirakis' claim that DHS thinks that "returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts." This is a distortion of what the report actually said. The report said that rightwing extremists would try to recruit veterans, and that they would try to use gun control legislation as a "radicalization" tool. That's very different. We rate his statement Barely True. -- Ernie P. On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: I am on his mailing list, which consists mostly of veterans. --------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations Veterans, You're All Potential Terrorists Now ! What do you think of the recent report issued by Secretary Neapolitano of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security which declares that all veterans are high-risk for becoming potential terrorists? First, this bitch bans the use of the word "terrorism" in favor of "manmade disasters", and then she proceeds to focus on veterans as being the bad guys. I guess that it's anything to avoid focusing on Islamic extremism as the real threat since that wouldn't be "politically correct". Personally, I still honor the Oath of Enlistment to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, to bear true faith and allegiance to the same," etc. so I'm irked at the DHS's report. What do you guys think about it? As combat veterans, we're probably near the top of the blacklist. ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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