NEW COLUMN: A Muslim Ban Is Logical, Moral, Even Libertarian

IMMIGRATION, Islam, Jihad, Terrorism

THE NEW COLUMN, currently on The Daily Caller, makes the case that, “a Muslim ban is neither illogical, immoral, or un-libertarian:

” … Violent Jihad is not an ideology, as our Moderate Muslim friends keep calling it. Jihad is a pillar of a faith. That faith is Islam.

Christianity has just commemorated 500 years since its Reformation. Islam has yet to undergo a reformation; it’s still radical. Yes, there are many moderate Muslims. Perhaps a majority of them. But their existence and their moderate beliefs do not belie Islam’s radicalness.

The fact that there are moderate Muslims doesn’t mean there is a moderate Islam—or that these moderates won’t sire sons who’ll embrace the unreformed Islam. The data show that young, second-generation Muslims are well-represented among terrorists acting out almost weekly across the West.

Vetting will do nothing to stop second-generation Muslim Americans. These are American citizens or legal residents, as Saipov is, who’re more prone to act out on their faith than their parents.

Religion is The Risk Factor, not chaotic countries-of-origin. It’s impossible to vet migrants not because of ISIS infiltration, or countries in disarray, but because Islam is a risk factor. Their Muslim faith puts Muslims in a security risk group.

Being Muslim is a predisposing characteristic, a risk factor, if you will, for eruptions associated with this religion. By “a risk factor,” I mean that Islam predisposes its believers to aggression against The Other. For in Islam we have a religion that doubles up as a political system that counsels conquest, not co-existence. (“Islam’s borders are bloody,” cautioned Samuel Huntington.)

A preponderance of Muslims will remain dormant. But, as we see almost daily in the West or in the Muslim world (where Muslim factions vie for religious dominance), a Muslim individual could be “triggered” at any time to act on his radical religion.

So what if Moderate Muslims assure us Saipov was acting out-of-faith. That’s irrelevant to the irreversible outcomes.

It’s a distraction to claim, as The Moderates do, that the Jihadi is misinterpreting Islam, and that we must all do battle for the real Islam, a thing as elusive as Bigfoot or the unicorn. Fact: A Muslim’s actions, be they in accordance with the real Islam or not—sanctioned theologically or not—could be deadly.

Consider:

Proposition 1: The faith of all Muslims is Islam.
Proposition 2: Islam teaches and sanctions some disturbing things like Jihad against the infidel.
Proposition 3: Some Muslims, practitioners of Islam, will be prone to act on teachings that are indisputably part of Islam.

While most Muslims are not terrorists, an unusually large number is willing to dabble in the lifestyle.

Policy is meant as a declaration of the common good. On average, a bunch of people that commits more faith-based murders than another group (say non-Muslim Chinese) is unsuitable as a source of immigration to the US. … ”

… READ THE REST. THE NEW COLUMN is “A Muslim Ban Is Logical, Moral, And Even Libertarian.” It’s on The Daily Caller,

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UPDATED (3/26): Tucker Carlson Delivers Fighting Words To America’s Treason Class

Government, IMMIGRATION, Multiculturalism, Nationhood, Politics

“The truth is,” said Tucker Carlson,” following the murder of eight, in Manhattan, by a Muslim recruited to come to this country by a “ruling class [that] prefers immigrants to Americans”:

This country’s leaders have decided that diversity, in and of itself, is of greater importance than the well-being of this country’s people. That’s literally true,” Carlson said.

He said the idea of a “diversity lottery” is absurd in the first place.

“America isn’t a game show or a mail-in sweepstakes, it’s a country. And our government is supposed to represent the interests of the people in this country, its citizens,” he said. “Instead, our leaders are treating America as a prize that can be won by anyone on the planet simply for existing.”

He said Congress could – and should – end the program tomorrow, but they won’t.

“Why? You know why. The truth is, our ruling class prefers immigrants to Americans,” Carlson said.

“Diversity is their religion. And in their own way, they’re religious extremists. When the safety and well-being of Americans conflicts with their faith, they will choose their faith every time.”

HERE.

UPDATE (3/26):

America is not a nation:

America is no longer a nation. It's an economy, a busy market place of consumers. A Tower of Babel. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam found that this makes Americans really, really sad, as in depressed. https://t.co/eNfqNZ24aK https://t.co/eNfqNZ24aK

— Ilana Mercer (@IlanaMercer) March 21, 2018

UPDATED: ‘Continuity Candidate’ Jerome Powell To Chair The Federal Reserve System

Debt, Economy, Federal Reserve Bank, Inflation

“Paul Volcker looks especially good right about now” given the appointment of “continuity candidate” Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve Bank.

MORE:

“Paul Volcker Looks Pretty Good Right About Now” By Jeff Deist.

“Trump Taps Jerome Powell to Chair Fed” @ CATO

UPDATE:

“The Swamp Wins: Trump Nominates Powell to Replace Yellen“:

… in naming Powell, Trump is picking an Obama-appointed Fed Governor for his most important nominations is itself quite fitting. While we have long known that bad monetary policy is bipartisan, Powell’s nomination serves as a particularly useful illustration of how little has changed in Washington since the Bush Administration.

Of course, just as Trump received his loudest applause from Washington for doing his best impersonation of his two predecessors, the President is already being praised for making a “grown up” decision when it comes to the Fed.

Murder In Manhattan: Another Investigation That’ll Go Nowhere

Homeland Security, IMMIGRATION, Islam, Multiculturalism, Terrorism

There we go again. And again. And again, ad infinitum. Or, until politicians and their families are hit. Murder in Manhattan: Just another investigation that’ll go nowhere.

The Manhattan terrorist, Sayfullo Saipov, is resting comfortably in a nice American hospital, celebrating a mission accomplished. I bet you he’s being fed and pampered for his efforts.

Saipov is a high-potential (HiPo) Muslim immigrant from Uzbekistan, who came to the US on the “Diversity Immigrant Visa Program,” because, as you’ve heard, diversity is our strength and eight people dead because of diversity is a mere statistical artifact.

Trump promised to discontinue the Diversity Visa. Why not start with a visit to the U.S. Department of State? It’s still recruiting Diversity Visa immigrants like our Manhattan Jihadi.

You’ve read these headlines many times before, pertaining to HiPo immigrants in the US and in Europe. Via Drudge:

UBER driver, Uzbekistan native... Made Dry Runs... PLANNED FOR WEEKS... Hero cop stopped killing spree... Feds interviewed suspect in 2015! ISIS Threatened Halloween... Chilling image of jihadi flag taken at exact site... Central Asia Growing Hotbed... Trump orders more 'extreme vetting'... Hits Schumer over Diversity Visa Program... Considering Sending Terrorist To Guantanamo... WEEKEND: SECURITY MAX FOR MARATHON...