Which do you think the media cares about more? The “fiery exchange” between Durbin and Nielsen over the President’s “strong language” or the new DHS/DOJ report showing that 73% of terrorism-related offenders over last 15 years were foreign-born?pic.twitter.com/ElxXwkE2ly
Not a phantom or any sort of bogeyman. Just the facts. Your opinion is up to you. Whether we agree or not, I respect your right to have it. But the facts are not up to either of us. They're facts.
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In US since 9/11 -62 terrorist attacks by far-right extremists, causing 106 deaths (ex. Charleston Church) -23 attacks by jihadists, causing 119 (ex. San Bernardino) Overall, jihadist threat larger (for this and other reasons). No need to be inaccurate with the stats.
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I didn't harp on anything. I noted the presentation of the stats was inaccurate and then responded to questions you asked. If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have discussed it further. On why it makes sense to measure starting after 9/11, I wrote an article:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454643/nyc-subway-bombing-puts-terror-perspective …
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Oh, you're right. I'm sorry. They wanted the final version to be shorter and that part got cut The reason it's common to start after 9/11 is US implemented many new security measures. To evaluate threats to US security today, it makes sense to look at the time with those measures
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