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April 27, 2006
File under: "Unsurprising"
Somehow it's not surprising that the US military is having difficulty recruiting Arab-Americans, as Reuters almost gleefully reports.
Reuters doesn't mention that Muslims are a tiny minority of the US population (3.5 million as of the 2000). But Reuters does blame US policy: "Many Arab-Americans also have felt singled out for heightened scrutiny by U.S. law enforcement and other authorities after the 2001 attacks, and may feel reluctant to work for a government they feel has discriminated against them. "A lot of policies seemed to focus on Arab-Americans after 9/11 so people asked: 'Why should I be part of an entity that is inflicting injustices or a selective approach on my own community?"' said Imad Hamad, head of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's Dearborn office.
That is, Reuters buys into the mendacious lie that Muslim antipathy for the US is a product of the Bush administration. Let's face facts: Many Muslims in America may not feel any loyalty to the US - especially the engrained love of country required to join the military. A disproportionate share hope and pray for more 9/11-style attacks on the US; they cheered when the towers fell; they believe in "moral equivalency." Are we supposed to believe all of these dots are isolated, and inconsequential? Many Arab-Americans are Muslim first, Arabs second, and pretend to care about America when they need to.
Don't believe me? Ask around.
(H/T: Gadsden Flag, who adds: "Why were some Arab-Americans dancing in the streets with glee on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on 9/11? It couldn't be because they "felt singled out for heightened scrutiny by U.S. law enforcement and other authorities after the 2001 attacks.'")
UPDATE (4/28): The above post was posted at RedState and I was accused of posting something "racist," and banned from the site. Take a look at the comments and the Mods' reaction - evidently, even among "conservatives" we must abide speech regulations. I only wish the comments could've been posted here, where speech is virtually unregulated.
MORE: Pamela at Atlas Shrugs voices her support.
Posted by bill at April 27, 2006 04:26 PM
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