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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo sentient person wants bad guys or gals coming to America and thinks we can allow everybody here
But Drumpf's Muslim ban and stopping refugees from coming to America is not the solution. It is only going to inflame Muslim opinion and convince those on the fence that the ISIS narrative that America is at war with Islam is correct.
This folly is beyond frustration. It is is anti-terrorism for ciphers.
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No sentient person wants bad guys or gals coming to America and thinks we can allow everybody here (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
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malthaussen
(17,193 posts)1. America IS at war with Islam.
At least, the American government is. So, who stands for America, eh?
-- Mal
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. There are too many of them AND they are too dispersed.
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)4. But the point is not to win...
... the point is to have an excuse for repression. Now, the Evangelicals would probably like to eradicate Islam, but they are only being used to push the totalitarian agenda.
-- Mal
treestar
(82,383 posts)3. And there is a process to go through and they did it
One of them helped our military! This is just stupidity. Has nothing to do with terrorism.