President Trump

Nobody has said that violent jihadism isn't a problem. What's nonsense is thinking that Trump's actions will do anything to solve that problem. They won't they will exacerbate it. Jihadis are constantly saying that America isn't anti Jihad, it's anti Muslim, all Muslims. Trump is making their argument for them.

If you were an intelligence officer in a Muslim country and you heard a whisper about a terrorist plot in America you'd be far less likely to let your American counterparts know.

Brandon9000 wrote:

For example, let's take the Afghanis. Very few people in the world have ever believed that when someone attacks your cities and murders thousands of your citizens, as in 9/11, you don't have the right to retaliate.

yes. the Afghanis. Terrific example.

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First, according to international law as codified in the UN Charter, disputes are to be brought to the UN Security Council, which alone may authorize the use of force. Without this authorization, any military activity against another country is illegal.

Second, there are two exceptions: One is that, if your nation has been subjected to an armed attack by another nation, you may respond militarily in self-defense. This condition was not fulfilled by the 9/11 attacks, however, because they were not carried out by another nation: Afghanistan did not attack the United States. Indeed, the 19 men charged with the crime were not Afghans.

I think Afghanistan / Afghanis are right to hold a grudge against America - or as you have suggested - to retaliate. Afghanistan was attacked by America without cause.

Virtually no one in the world believes that when someone attacks you in your cities and kills thousands of your citizens that you don't have the right to retaliate.

great explanation of why the Afghanis should be attacking America. They didn't and won't but they really should - based on your rationale.

Is the US taking in large numbers of Syrian refugees?

Despite fears that an influx of Syrian refugees would overrun the country, so far, the US has welcomed just a fraction of the millions of refugees who have fled Syria. Since 2012, the US has accepted 2,174 Syrian refugees – roughly 0.0007% of America’s total population.
The refugees the US takes in are among the most vulnerable in the Syrian conflict: many are women and their children, while others are religious minorities and victims of violence or torture.
Obama has committed to taking 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year, five times the number the US has taken in the past four years. Were the country to take in an additional 10,000 Syrians, they would still only represent approximately 0.004% of its existing population. This ratio stands in marked contrast with the much poorer and much smaller countries bearing the biggest burden of the Syrian refugee crisis.

It's the exact opposite of common sense, unless you want to alienate moderate Muslims, have another terrorist atrocity and use it as an excuse to clamp down even more on people's freedoms. Then it makes perfect sense.

Brandon9000 wrote:

Virtually no one in the world believes that when someone attacks you in your cities and kills thousands of your citizens that you don't have the right to retaliate.

great explanation of why the Afghanis should be attacking America. They didn't and won't but they really should - based on your rationale.