12/5/2016 -
Susan Stamper Brown Townhall.com
As President Obama once said, “Elections have consequences.”
Consequences, indeed. Eight years of a weak Obama administration emboldened our
enemy, inspiring the rise of terrorism domestically and abroad, making it risky
for everyday Americans to do everyday things.
As I previously wrote, in a 12-hour span in September, Americans
saw that it is not safe to shop in a mall in Minnesota, or run a 5k in New
Jersey or walk in New York City without risk of terrorism.
Now, it’s not safe to attend college. All those “safe spaces” are
worthless, given what happened November 28 when a Somali immigrant mowed down
students with his car, then went on a stabbing spree until he was killed by a
police officer.
The Columbus Dispatch reports
that at his funeral while bidding her son, Abdul Razak Ali Ratan, goodbye,
Ratan’s mother said, “I love you my son. I know they kill [sp] you for no
reason.”
For no reason? Obviously, immigrating to America from a verifiable
jihadist conflict zone does not an America-loving citizen make.
Even so, Obama doubles-down on his irresponsible policies,
allowing immigration from places like Somalia, Syria and Afghanistan to carry
on. Maybe it’s time for Democrats who cheer-on this nonsense to be held
accountable when terrorism strikes.
While details of the investigation are still fluid, the Heritage
Foundation determined there is enough evidence to add this latest event to its
list of Islamist terror attacks and plots, making the Ohio State University
[OSU] attack the 93rd attack or
plot since 9/11 and the 12th, I repeat 12th this
year.
It’s been a banner year for immigrant-involved attacks, making it
seem as if the bloody eye-for-an-eye culture of the Middle East has come home
to roost on Main Street U.S.A.
On June 12, the son of Afghan immigrants, Omar Mateen, who
reportedly pledged his
allegiance to ISIS, implemented the deadliest terror attack since 9/11 when he
killed 49 people and wounded 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
After the September 17 bombings in New Jersey and New York in
which 31 people were injured, Afghan immigrant Ahmad Khan Rahimi was indicted
by a federal grand jury on eight criminal counts. Rather than journaling about
how glad he was to be in America, officials said the blood-stained journal found
on Rahimi referenced his heroes like deceased al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki
and Osama bin Laden.
This year has also seen its share of immigrant-related mass
stabbings, with one at a mall in Minnesota and two now in Ohio. With one
of the largest Somali immigrant populations in the U.S., Ohio’s capital has had
its share of immigrant-related terrorism under the Obama administration’s
watch.
The Columbus Dispatch reports
that in 2011, Ahmed Hussein Mahamud was arrested by the FBI for allegedly
providing money and assistance to al-Shabab. In 2015, a federal
grand jury indicted Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud for planning and attempting to
recruit others “to carry out an act of terrorism in the United States.”
Additionally, his half-brother and former Columbus resident, Abdifatah Aden,
was killed in 2014 engaging in violent jihad in Syria.
According to WBNS-10TV in
Columbus, four Ohio immigrants were also indicted in 2015. The two sets
of brothers, Asif Ahmed Salim and Sultane Roome Salim and Ibrahim Zubair
Mohammad and Yahya Farooq Mohammad “were charged with conspiring to travel to
Yemen to provide thousands of dollars” to “support violent jihad against U.S.
military personnel.”
The story of an Afghani or Somali or Syrian immigrant is like any
other immigrant success story, until it isn’t. As House Homeland Security
Committee chairman Michael McCaul said last year, officials have “direct
evidence and intelligence” that ISIS terrorists plan to exploit refugee
programs to enter the United States. And many here legally, like the Ohio State
stabber’s mom, ignore the American ideal of assimilation when they cross the
border.
Sorry Liberals, not every refugee story belongs on the Hallmark
channel.
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