Rep. Peter King (R-NY) plans to conduct hearings into radical Islam in the U.S., such as the one he held yesterday, at various times through the year. One of the main problems here is that King, who used to staunchly defend the terrorist Irish Republic Army, seems to now think that all terrorists are Muslims, that “80 percent of all mosques in the U.S. are run by radicals,” and, moreover, U.S. Muslims “aren’t doing enough” to combat radicalization “in their midst.” The truth, as some speakers pointed out in yesterday’s hearing, is that U.S. Muslims are very often responsible for foiling radicals’ plots, a fact documented in a Duke University study that showed around 40 percent of foiled terror attacks were due to Muslims telling authorities about them.
Another problem is that, since 9/11, there have been nearly twice as many plots by non-Muslim terrorists, according to a January 2011 terrorism statistics report based on data from the FBI and other crime agencies. In fact, plots by right-wing extremists and white supremacists alone (63 plots) outnumber the number of plots by Muslims (45). As if to reinforce those statistics, the day before King’s hearing began, a white supremacist was arrested for the attempted bombing of a Martin Luther King Day rally in Spokane, Wash. In addition, Jennifer Bryson, a former Bush administration security official specializing in anti-terrorism work, says King’s Muslim-specific hearings are great fodder for al-Qaeda to use as a recruiting tool.
If Rep. King wants to investigate terrorist plots, he should at least acknowledge that right-wing and Christian right-wing extremism are as much of a threat to Americans as Muslim extremists. When King says, as he did yesterday, that he is singling out the Muslim American community because “the main threat to the U.S. today is al-Qaida,” he’s giving in to prevailing prejudices in his party rather than dealing with, as they say in the military, “the facts on the ground.”
One more thing: which of the two people shown here would you rather bump into in a dark alley?
Rep. Peter King (R-IRA)
Why doesn’t this Peter T. King investigate the “Home Grown” radicalization of Irish Americans, who support the tradition wing of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), or Noraid (The Irish Northern Aid Committee), and being recruited by “Enemy Overseas” or worse “Enemy Overseas” the “Catholic Church ”, where their where they radicalize the priests into raping our young American boys, what about that you hypocrite scumbag.
Peter King is a hypocrite, he supported the terrorist group IRA, who killed innocent British people, but hey I guess that was OK, right? Killing innocent people is OK, as long as they are not born is the United States, yup that sounds about right. I guess Jesus Christ would give all you extra points for that, NOT!
No, there are no dancing in the street when Catholics hear about a pedophile priest, but there has been a concerted effort to Deny, Deflect, Defend this “Enemy Overseas” the “Catholic Church ”, I don’t even think you could deny that fact. What would Jesus Christ, say about this so called Church, I have a few thoughts myself.
Politicians don’t care about truth. They care about getting re-elected. So they pander to the ignorance of the American voter. If enough people believe it, they will support it, whether or not it is true.
You don’t think all the elected Republicans who continue to question the citizenship of the President in public actually believe it, do you? It is, after all, easy to investigate.
yeah Christians are all over the world blowing up buildings, beheading those who disagree, treating women like crap and planning fatmas at Baptist congregations nationwide…you should rename yourself “Boomer without a Clue”
The KKK is a Christian organization.
@Montana: The Catholic Church, based an ocean away in Vatican City, has followers in the US who try to influence policy which effect Americans outside of their congregations. The Catholic Church hierarchy tries to shield the abusing priests from being prosecuted in the US legal system. If King gave the same energy to those activities, he would risk offending his constituents.