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• Allan Wrench

Turning on American Muslims: A destructive response to terrorism

by Allan C. Brownfeld - Mar 24, 2016 Our war is with ISIS and terrorism; it is not with Islam. Why don't Donald Trump and Ted Cruz understand that waging war against American Muslims is no way to defeat ISIS?
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2016 — Partisan politics brings out the worst in some people. The response to this week’s terrorist attacks in Belgium is no exception.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz immediately proposed that local police departments “patrol and secure” Muslim neighborhoods throughout the country. Donald Trump agreed and said he was “100 per cent behind it.”
Trump said that if torture had been used against captured terrorists, the Brussels bombings might have been prevented. Instead of expressing solidarity with our European allies, he suggested leaving NATO, because it is “too expensive.”
Cruz has been widely criticized for wanting to target a group of Americans because of their religious faith. New York City police commissioner William J. Bratton pointed out that more than 900 New York police officers are Muslim. Bratton said:

“The statements he (Cruz) made today is why he’s not going to be president of the country. I have over 900 very dedicated (Muslim) officers in this department, many of whom do double duty, and they serve as active duty members of the U.S. military in combat, something the senator has never seen. So before he starts denigrating any population, he should take a close look at what he’s denigrating.”http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/turning-on-american-muslims-a-destructive-response-to-terrorism-60517/#MQui3miso8YjBQ3X.03