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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Wildly Different Ways One Senator Responds To Terrorism: Boston Versus Charleston
http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/06/18/the-wildly-different-ways-one-senator-responds-to-terrorism-boston-versus-charleston/In response to the Boston bombing of 2013, Senator Lindsey Graham demanded that the government do everything it could to learn from the attack and prevent future attacks.
This man, in my view, should be designated as a potential enemy combatant and we should be allowed to question him for intelligence gathering purposes to find out about future attacks and terrorist organizations that may exist that he has knowledge of, and that evidence cannot be used against him in trial. That evidence is used to protect us as a nation.
Many people took issue with Grahams claim that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is a U.S. citizen, could be designated as an enemy combatant. But Grahams conviction that the attack was part of a more systemic problem, based on Tsarnaevs Muslim faith, was unmistakable. Tsarnaevs attack killed three people and injured over 250.
Grahams reaction to Wednesdays attack on a black church in his home state of South Carolina was very different. (His niece, coincidentally, went to school with the shooter). Graham is adamant that the attack is not evidence of any larger problem.
Graham, who is on his way to Charleston, said his niece did not recall Roof making any statements that were related to race.
I just think he was one of these whacked out kids. I dont think its anything broader than that, Graham said. Its about a young man who is obviously twisted.
I just think he was one of these whacked out kids. I dont think its anything broader than that, Graham said. Its about a young man who is obviously twisted.
We already know that the suspect, Dylann Roof, favored white supremacist symbols. Before murdering 9 members of an African-American church, Roof allegedly said You rape our women and are taking over our country and you have to go. Terrorism from white supremacist groups is a growing threat in the United States. A 2009 report by the Department of Homeland Security warned of lone wolf terrorists and found [h]eightened interest in legislation for tighter firearms may be invigorating rightwing extremist activity, specifically the white supremacist and militia movements. The report was subjected to harsh criticism from Congressional Republicans.
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The Wildly Different Ways One Senator Responds To Terrorism: Boston Versus Charleston (Original Post)
eridani
Jun 2015
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AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)1. The Republican Party has blood on their hands, coddling radical racists
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)2. coddling radical racists...
I wish that was all they were doing. No they are outright creating them.
malaise
(269,026 posts)3. More than a few are themselves
racists.
Vinca
(50,276 posts)4. Anyone who feels Roof is just another "troubled youth" needs to be called out.
You would have to be willfully ignorant to say such a thing.
BumRushDaShow
(129,063 posts)5. "His niece, coincidentally, went to school with the shooter"
Whoa. Looks like a Game. Set. Match. on where he's coming from. Because by golly, his niece could be accused of "palling around with terrorists" and he's not gonna have none of that.