Hearing on radicalization in Muslim community makes sense

by William J. Bennett
CNN
March 11, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1194/hearing-on-radicalization-in-muslim-community

Excerpt:

(CNN) -- If a presidential candidate running for office in 2012, or for that matter in years past (say, 2004 or 2008), said "there is no radical Muslim threat in America," it would immediately disqualify that candidate. It would be a worse gaffe than President Gerald Ford saying, "There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe."

The candidate would be seen as unserious, out of touch, not up to the task or just plain wrong. The campaign would be over. And yet, for the weeks and months leading up to the hearing that took place at the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday, critics have cried foul.

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