Sandy GholstonIt was not all that long ago that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was being strongly criticized by right-wing politicians and pundits.
Here is a sample from the Washington Post:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responded yesterday to widespread criticism of a leaked domestic intelligence report warning local law enforcement agencies to be on guard for right-wing extremist groups seeking new recruits amid the nation’s economic troubles.
“Let me be very clear: we monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States,” Napolitano said in a written statement issued by her department. “We don’t have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.”
With the heinous assassination of Dr. George Tiller (a doctor who provided abortions), maybe there was a lot more merit to the report (not that it did not have some flaws) than people wanted to believe at the time.
Extremism (to this extent) is wrong … whether it comes from the left or the right.
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503390.html
Field Negro:
http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2009/06/domestic-terrorist-and-people-who.html
I am just surprised that those who are supposedly the only one’s in God’s Favor are not outraged that he was killed in a Church. A place of sanctuary!
Truly Amazing. I guess hatred trumps everything else for some on the the “Religious Right”.
As an iraqi war veteran i was outraged by the thought that the people who are in charge of the military operations have the audacity to sit there and put this stigma on the people that have fought for this cause of anti terrorism. It is just like saying the ronald mcdonald house beats women and children… If anything the veterans should protest the government if this is what the government thinks of us.
William,
First, thanks for your service to our country. I don’t think we can ever thank our veterans enough for putting themselves in harm’s way to protect our country.
I agree with you that it was terrible the way that veterans were labeled. I was angered also by the fact that it was turned into a partisan issue. It is not a partisan issue. Good people on both sides of the political aisle care about our citizens, our troops and our veterans.
I think the government needs to know that such language is inappropriate in addressing our veterans. Again, to me, this is not a Democrat/Republican issue in my opinion.
In this case, I think our government hopefully understands its error and how words can hurt (even when they’re not intended in such a way).