INSANITY OR COMMON SENSE? WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?

Omar Shafik Hammami

Many in this country of ours have reached the point of no longer tolerating the insane rhetoric of politicians who shy away from associating terrorism with Muslims.  It is almost as if the boys and girls at the White House are so fearful of uttering the dreaded "M" word that  they believe in doing so they will fall from grace with the priests and priestesses presiding over the great altar of multiculturalism in D.C.

A true leader confronts problems head-on. And, indeed, do we have a problem! But, instead of a goodly supply of leaders,Washington seems full of brain-washed zombies, who prefer to dance around the issue of terrorism and how it affects Americans.

Our national policies should be about what is best for Americans.  In that regard, much is being made these days of what has been taking place without our knowledge in the name of security.  From this perspective, a  few simple steps might be much more effective than mult-billion-dollar facilities that "mine" data and invade our privacy..

Ziyad Abid

First of all, if I were a policy-maker, I would propose that there should be no student visas for students coming from countries whose citizens have been known to take part in terrorist acts against the U.S.  Secondly, foreign aid should be shut off immediately to countries which have a history of their citizens engaging in terrorism against our country.  With that in mind, we might want to start with the Islamic "Republic" of Pakistan, which receives millions of dollars in military aid which in effect subsidize that country's atomic weapons program, a program which is a direct threat to India.  And, finally, there should absolutely be no "political refugees" admitted to this country from Muslim lands which spawn terrorists.

As it now stands, our own country follows policies which inconvenience loyal Americans, while providing convenient pathways for individuals who wish to harm us.  Once we put the squeeze on, for example, Saudi "students" entering the U.S., pressure will increase on the Saudi monarchy to do a better job of policing the sorts of Saudi students who end up in our country.

There are literally thousands of these student cases, but here are a couple of illustrations.  Omar Shafik Hammami was a leader in the Alabama Muslim Students Association.  After spending some time "matriculating in the United States, he has "graduated" and is now a leader with the terrorist organization al-Shabaab. He is currently thought to be in Somalia.  Then there is Saudi "student" Ziyad Abid, who is now sitting in a Warrensburg, Mo., jail charged with paying his college roommate to kill a local bar owner.  With a bail of 2 million dollars facing him, Abid's government came up with the money.  Missouri authorities, wisely expecting Abid to be a flight risk, have refused to accept the bail money.  The Missouri judge is absolutely right, inasmuch as a good many of the 47,000 students from oil-rich Muslim Saudi Arabia think that money talks while they walk.

Have you had enough from a government, which, in the name of multiculturalism, doesn't seem to care if Americans must pay the price of exposure to potential violence and mayhem?  Are you fed up with a higher education establishment that views foreign "students" as cash cows to be milked?  Let's put a stop to this foolishness.  We don't need any more Tsarnaev brothers on the prowl  in the U.S.  It is time to shake the intellectual lethargy of soft tyranny.  This is our country, and we must no longer abide the liberal establishment's politically-correct policies which are threatening our safety and  running amuck!