Posted by
KsReaganite on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:57:40 PM
That we had to come to the Peter King hearings on domestic
radicalization of Muslim and Arab Americans is unfortunate, but necessary. I am
no fan of Congressman King, whose flirtation with, and moral support of
international terrorism is well known and documented. Without airing the issue
of such potentially dangerous subversive activity, however, we cannot come to
terms with what needs be fixed, albeit within the parameters of our values,
ideals, and Bill of Rights.
I have known people with Muslim and Arab names whose love
for America has cost them friends, families, fortunes, and futures. They
have stoically but willingly paid this price for our freedom and security. We
owe it to them to know what can be done culturally and socially to make certain
prone communities inhospitable as percolators of radical thought. The fight against Islamism has cost many of us dearly; the only way to stop this fight is to squelch Islamic radicalism at its root for good.
Thus is the moral argument for the Homeland Security Committee hearings on Islamist radicalization.