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Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Josh Treviño here revisits our previous discussion regarding domestic terrorists, and casts the arrest of Buffalo sleeper-cellies as a "vindication" of his POV.
That discussion focused on Jose Padilla, whose detention caused Treviño to cry, "At what point does an ideology, a belief, or a faith become incompatible with the very idea of our America?" (Does anyone go back and read these references, I wonder? The comments Treviño's fans have posted show no such awareness.) My point was clearly that the presence of like-minded, like-caused, and like-skinned malefactors (should all that be established here) does not necessarily prove Islam to be the direct cause of terror, just as Catholicism is not the direct cause of priestly pedophilia. (I'm not a huge fan of either creed, but I try to be fair.)
I do acknowledge that there are people in the United States who want to blow things up, and should be stopped. I have disagreed with Treviño on some of his Holy War talk. But his acknowledgement that there are some good American Muslims is at least an encouraging sign.
Jose Padilla was arrested in May at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. He was accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive bomb in the United States. An investigation later revealed there was no evidence a plot was under way. No charges were filed, and Padilla is being held by the military as an enemy combatant without trial.
I know not what course others may take, but I'm less interested in "vindication" than in finding out what the hell is really going on. posted by roy edroso11:46 AM
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