You obviously have not read the report or else you are purposefully misconstruing it for partisan purposes.
And your analogy blows goats. Muslim college students don't pose a threat. They are just like other normal college students, there isn't much that sets them apart. People coming back from a war situation where they have been constantly under the threat of being shot at or blown up, who have been trained to identify an "enemy" anywhere one might conceivably show up so as to survive, people who are trained with a variety of weapons and explosives and have been under almost unimaginable stress and haven't been helped to cope with reintegrating with society...yeah, those people aren't really in the same exact situation as their neighbors. Most of the people coming back aren't going to be any problem what so ever. I've got friends that are doing great after several tours of Iraq. But it is beyond stupidity to profess that returning veterans are not going to be targeted by groups espousing hate and violence. Would you call me out if I say that extremist muslim groups recruit young, religious men angry at the impoverishment of their families and culture and blame outsiders for their woes? Hey, you know what? It turns out that right wing groups in the US do the same thing. And that's all the report acknowledged, so grow up. Judah On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tracking specific groups is one thing. Suggesting to law enforcement that an > entire class of people - white military veterans (and I'm not buying for a > second that non-white military vets might be attracted to right-wing > extremist groups) - poses a national security risk is anathema to a free > society. Imagine if the Bush Admin had released a report saying that Muslim > college students in the US posed a national security risk. There would have > been a very justifiable uproar over such a report. But Obama's team comes > out with a report that practically iindicts our own veterans and it's ok? I > don't think so. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Gruss G wrote: > >> >> > Judah wrote: >> > I still don't get it. There is a report on Left Wing extremism and >> > Right Wing extremism. Both seem to have fairly similar definitions and >> > focus on violence. What's the problem? We *should* be profiling and >> > monitoring people that seek to perform violent acts. >> > >> >> Yeah, I'm with Judah. What's the big deal? >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
