Anoither terrorist attack: imagine that

A Patriot's Opinion

By Jim Snyder

Well, once again we are dealing with the aftermath of yet another attack on our homeland by a Muslim terror suspect. Last week, an 18 year old Somalian refugee drove his car into a crowd of students at Ohio State University, injuring several people. Then he exited the vehicle and started stabbing students at random with some type of machete-type knife. Fortunately there was a young campus police officer who responded within minutes of the attack and shot and killed the suspect before he could do any more harm. Altogether, 11 people received injuries but luckily no one was killed.

Although the investigation will more than likely result in even more disturbing information coming forward about the attacker, what we know so far is enough for major concern. The attacker, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was a Somalian refugee who was a student at the university. He was born in Somalia and came here several years ago and was granted permanent resident status. His Facebook posts discussed his dismay with our military over their involvement in Muslim countries. His posts also talked about his outrage over Muslims being killed and stated he couldn’t take it anymore. What is also apparent is this person was not thoroughly checked out before being allowed to enter the United States. The question that many Americans, including myself, are asking now is why are we allowing these people to come here without adequate background checks?

The same situation exists with the current influx of Syrian refugees. Thousands of these refugees are flooding into the U.S. with little or no investigation into their background or ideology. One thing is painfully clear, the vast majority, if not all of them have one thing in common, they are Muslim. If we go back through the last 20 years of terror attacks that same fact keeps popping up: the attackers are Muslim. Does anyone see a pattern here? Well, our current president sure doesn’t. He has no clue how to protect the American people and no clue as to how to combat terrorism. The reason for that is simple: he doesn’t want to. We have been attacked multiple times by what he repeatedly refers to as the “religion of peace,” but he has taken no real steps to stop it. No, we are told not to jump to conclusions and not to blame Islam or its followers for t h e s e attacks.

We are told that these are probably just lone wolf attacks that are in no way connected to ISIS or any other terrorist group. Well guess what? We are tired of sitting back waiting to see when and where the next attack will be carried out. I am hopeful the new president will take a hard line against these attacks and those who carry them out. We must stop being the nursemaids of the world and start protecting our own people before we bring any more non-citizens to this country. We must have a real system for vetting and screening these immigrants and if they don’t check out they don’t come here, plain and simple. Unfortunately, we haven’t had anyone in the last 8 years with enough nerve to do so. Instead, we have had leaders who have invited the enemy onto our shores with open arms. That must stop now.

But don’t let me leave you without a touch of irony. Immediately after the above mentioned attack at Ohio State University, where the attacker used his car and a knife as weapons, the liberals first response was to ask for …wait for it... more gun control. Amazing!