Yesterday, French police thwarted a terror plot that was about to take place. Today, Belgian police shot and wounded a terrorist carrying a bag filled with explosives. There have been more raids in both countries which resulted in the arrests of a number of Islamic terrorists. The State Department has warned Americans about travel to Europe because of expected terror attacks. The European police have said that they expect more terror attacks in the coming months. There are at least 400 people who traveled to Syria or Iraq to fight with ISIS and who then returned to Europe; some of them are surely terrorists. Those 400, of course, are just the ones of whom the police are aware.
So what is the latest line coming from the mainstream media? Newsweek is out with a piece describing the plans proposed by Trump and Cruz with regard to dealing with Islamic terrorists as the "new McCarthyism". Get it? If America takes any steps to protect itself, it's McCarthyism. We need to adopt the Hillary approach of "staying true to our values". Indeed we can all join hands and sing as the terrorists attack. That ought to work.
If there is one issue on which the vast majority of Americans agree, it is this one. There may be gradations of opinion about how to proceed, but the overwhelming bulk of the people want America to take steps to protect this country and its people. If there are terrorists hiding among the supposed "refugees" coming from Syria, most people don't want to let them in. It's one thing to help refugees; it's entirely another thing to assist in ones own murder. Put another way, preventing attacks and staying alive is more important than helping people who may be refugees. There are other ways we can help the refugees besides admitting them to the USA.
For the left, however, there is not even a question of letting reality into the equation. So what if there are terrorists who get in to the country and carry out attacks. It's an annoyance, but it won't kill all that many people. The left takes the same view as president Obama. If there's a terror attack, they have to mention it, but it's not even a good enough reason not to go dancing or to a baseball game.
So what is the latest line coming from the mainstream media? Newsweek is out with a piece describing the plans proposed by Trump and Cruz with regard to dealing with Islamic terrorists as the "new McCarthyism". Get it? If America takes any steps to protect itself, it's McCarthyism. We need to adopt the Hillary approach of "staying true to our values". Indeed we can all join hands and sing as the terrorists attack. That ought to work.
If there is one issue on which the vast majority of Americans agree, it is this one. There may be gradations of opinion about how to proceed, but the overwhelming bulk of the people want America to take steps to protect this country and its people. If there are terrorists hiding among the supposed "refugees" coming from Syria, most people don't want to let them in. It's one thing to help refugees; it's entirely another thing to assist in ones own murder. Put another way, preventing attacks and staying alive is more important than helping people who may be refugees. There are other ways we can help the refugees besides admitting them to the USA.
For the left, however, there is not even a question of letting reality into the equation. So what if there are terrorists who get in to the country and carry out attacks. It's an annoyance, but it won't kill all that many people. The left takes the same view as president Obama. If there's a terror attack, they have to mention it, but it's not even a good enough reason not to go dancing or to a baseball game.
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