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2009-05-15 Home Front: Politix

Report citing veteran extremism is pulled

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Posted by Hupamble Unaling5349 2009-05-15 09:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

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Posted by Mike 2009-05-15 10:32|| 2009-05-15 10:32|| Front Page Top

#2 I am going to swim against RB mainstream opinion here, and state that:

I believe that a State (ie, the Government) has the right (technically, even the Duty) to discover who is plotting against it, what their ultimate aims are, and how they plan to achieve those goals. The President is sworn to defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. His Administration would be derelict in its duty if they did not attempt to assess and catalog the potential threats.

I do not like the ham-handed thuggish way this Administration is exercising its duties, but I recognize their authority to do so.

And I think that too much caterwauling from the Right is not helping us advocate effectively for the veterans.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-05-15 10:56|| 2009-05-15 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Thing is, they listed not named, formal groups such as ELF or PETA.
Just broad categories--veterans, pro-life, and so forth.
You'll note an article in the NYT yesterday about some BSA Explorers learning to take down a hostage situation. Interesting concept for the old "Be Prepared" crew. Anyway, the bad guy was supposed to be a disgruntled Iraq war vet.
The meme is out there.
Plus, it's insulting to Viet Nam war vets. They are apparently considered too old to cause mindless carnage any longer.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2009-05-15 11:04|| 2009-05-15 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 veterans are targets for recruitment by racist and other hate groups.
And disgruntled veterans DO go wacko and kill people.
Of course those statements apply to Post Office workers too. And just about ANY group of Americans. Singling out veterans, and pretty much ONLY veterans, is not right though, and perpetuates an unfair, dangerous and incorrect stereotype.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-05-15 11:27|| 2009-05-15 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Buo quo dinky dau to leave number one GI off the list.

Posted by bman 2009-05-15 11:36|| 2009-05-15 11:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax objectors, were among several political leanings listed in the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon."

It strikes me that the brush strokes were so broad that the report would be useless as intelligence, but would provide cover for monitoring just about anyone. Instead of focusing on veterans congress should have grilled her on what law enforcement and homeland would be using the reports for.

I seem to fall into several catagories, which concerns me.

Posted by DoDo 2009-05-15 11:47|| 2009-05-15 11:47|| Front Page Top

#7 The report is pulled. The predijuce remains.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-15 11:48|| 2009-05-15 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Did they include Muslims [given 911 and numerous instances of 'going jihad' back to the ME] with the same broad brush stamp? /rhetorical question

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-15 12:26|| 2009-05-15 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Sea is right on all counts except I don't think she's swimming against the RB mainstream. We must always stay vigilant.

What Napolitano needs to understand is that when veterans take a smear, intentionally leaked or not, she will get a visceral response.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-05-15 14:05|| 2009-05-15 14:05|| Front Page Top

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