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Monday, February 14th, 2011

Right fractures over Islam

Author:     BYRON TAU
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     2/13/11 11:27 AM EST
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Stephan:   The Right wants another Cold War; it's a familiar model, and it gives them a place to put their hate and anger. China is their other option, but radical Islam is so easy, because it's not really much of a threat to the United States, and it is so amorphous that it can be any kind of threat you like. It is always important to keep a sense of perspective. Here's a data point that will help. On 9/11 approximately 3,000 people were killed by 19 Islamists. From that day to this 270,000 Americans in the United States have been killed by gunfire, mostly by other Americans -- 84 people died today because they were shot with a gun, 84 more will die tomorrow for the same reason. Which do you think is a bigger threat to your life?

While a gay rights controversy drew headlines at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, another – and even more bitter – dispute rippled as views varied widely on how to reconcile the conservative movement with Islam in the United States.

At the 38th annual conservative gathering, there was no shortage of accusations of Islamist sympathies, Muslim Brotherhood infiltration and charges of fear-mongering. Republican presidential hopefuls, including Newt Gingrich and John Thune, also drew applause with suggestions that the Obama administration has taken a politically correct blind eye to the connection between radical Islam and terrorism.
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Freshman Rep. Allen West also drew thunderous applause in his keynote speech about the threat to America posed by Islam and other security threats. And as Republican candidates define their national security stands in the 2012 elections, conservative discomfort with Islam in America will be a feature of the debate.

‘We are also faced at home and abroad with a mortal threat in political Islam,

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