When President Trump started out after his inauguration in 2017 by banning travel to the US from terrorist countries, his opponents called it a “Muslim travel ban” ... instead of a “terrorist travel ban.” After much liberal judicial blockage, Trump finally prevailed. The question then demands itself, “Has this made any difference?”
To answer this intriguing query, I found the following listing of Islamic terror attacks on US soil ... see: The Religion of Peace. To compare Trump’s first three years with Obama’s last three years I discovered the following interesting terrorism incidents comparison:
Trump — 12 deaths, 32 injuries ... in 13 incidents
Obama — 84 deaths, 289 injuries ... in 18 incidents
And, as it turns out, 7 of the 13 incidents under Trump were committed not by immigrants but by American converts to Muslim radicalism.
I realize that this is not a perfect comparison because there is still two months left in Trump’s three-year period ... but, then again, Trump did not get his travel ban in effect until December, 2017.
I have thought domestic Islamic terrorism had quieted down under Trump ... but will the national media give our current orange-haired president any credit for this progress? ... [crickets]
5 comments:
I agree this is an imperfect comparison because not all the Obama incidents were committed by immigrants either.
BTW, I am not against the travel ban for selected countries but I think it needs to be looser for muslim refugees who helped US soldiers in battle in the mideast.
The anti-defamation league says that between 2009 and 2018 there were 427 killings in the United States by extremists — 73 percent by right-wingers, 23 percent by Islamist extremists and 3 percent by left-wingers. You don't hear about Trump having credit for that 73 percent.
How about a reference to the details?
https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/right-wing-extremism-linked-to-every-2018-extremist-murder-in-the-us-adl-finds
Your BS meter should have gone off when you saw Parkland listed as a right-wing extremist attack.
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