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2008-03-17 Europe

Germany's First Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan?

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Posted by ed 2008-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Don't discount the Germans on this. They know what to do.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-03-17 03:38|| 2008-03-17 03:38|| Front Page Top

#2 "A young German-born Turk"

Interesting turn of phrase. Would that be somehing akin to an American-born.... Mexican?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-03-17 08:39|| 2008-03-17 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I think they prefer terms like Hispanic Americans or Americans of Hispanic origin or maybe even chicanos, Besoeker. Actually, I think the term chicano has gone out of style. It's hard to keep up with these things if you're an old white guy like me. I don't always get the memos. But, despite my resentment of illegal immigration I must say that Hispanics tend to love life as much as we do, unlike the devil worshipping muzzies.

Posted by treo 2008-03-17 10:35|| 2008-03-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The Turks don't do much integrating into German society, so saying "German-born Turk" is the most accurate way to identify him. The fact that he's a suicide bomber shows once more that Islam trumps politics or culture in the minds of these pieces of unregurgitated fecal matter. Germany has a problem on their hands, and I think they finally realize it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-03-17 12:17|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-03-17 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 And the Germans don't do much assimilating of immigrants, so it's not surprising they have alienated ethnic groups. The fact that most of the Islamonuts in the US are native born converts or immigrants who were wacko before they got here shows me that Islam is not an insuperable barrier to integration.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-17 12:22|| 2008-03-17 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe Nimble Spemble is right. We should not be doing business - at least not the way we are - with Saudi, China, etc. We are paying for the weapons that will cut our throats.

But if France, Germany, the UK, etc. could welcome and integrate newcomers the same way the United States, Canada and Australia do we would have a far smaller problem to contend with.

And of course the left wants us to emulate the Europeans.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-03-17 14:40|| 2008-03-17 14:40|| Front Page Top

#7 If I recall correctly, Turks living abroad (for however many generations) who give up their Turkish citizenship lose all right to inherit in Turkey. Apparently this is one of the factors discouraging Turks going for German citizenship. It used to be that it was very difficult for foreign citizens (like the third generation of a family of Turks settled in Germany) to acquire German citizenship, but some years ago the requirements were significantly eased, I believe.

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