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Raine1967

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33. The title of the TPM article is misleading This is not what he is saying.
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:57 PM
Jul 2015

And if anyone is paying attention, the government is already dealing with radicalized lone wolf's and arresting them.

FBI Arrests Man in Connection With Alleged ISIS Sympathizer

Man arrested after overseas trip, accused of sympathizing with ISIS

Ohio Man Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot on US Capitol, FBI Says

And this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-has-an-isis-sympathizer-problem-2015-6

Since ISIS seized and held its first cities and began building its "caliphate" in January 2015, the group has attracted increasing support from individual Americans who have drawn the attentions of US law enforcement. According to the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, the rate of American individuals arrested for connections to ISIS has accelerated as recognition of the militant group's brand grows.

The center found that from March to December 2014, before the group held any territory, an average of one US citizen per month was arrested for ties to the organization. But from January 2015 to June 22, 2015, law enforcement arrested an average of 7 US citizens a month for connections to the terrorist group.

These arrests include US residents who are providing or attempted to provide various levels of support for the organization, from helping ISIS recruit via social media to planning domestic terror attacks to trying to leave the country to become a foreign fighter in Syria or Iraq. The majority of those arrested, according to the center, are US citizens in their mid-twenties coming from a broad range of ethnic backgrounds.



Despite law enforcement's success in disrupting and arresting residents suspected of having ties to ISIS, The Soufan Group notes that there is still a large potential pool of suspects and followers of ISIS within the country. ISIS' nebulous nature and willingness to call on individuals to carry out lone-wolf attacks also makes policing against potential plots more difficult.


We don't need to be all hair on fire, but it is fair to say that this is a problem. I do not fault Clark for pointing it out. The government is not rounding up people.

They are using intelligence to fine the very people that Clark is talking about.

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I thought the general was sane. antiquie Jul 2015 #1
He IS sane, and he did NOT say what the headline says. elleng Jul 2015 #4
I did watch. antiquie Jul 2015 #9
I think you might have. elleng Jul 2015 #13
Truly disgusting. Can we throw lone wolf white people in there too? n/t Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #2
Not what he said. elleng Jul 2015 #5
That is NOT what he said. Please change the headline, DonViejo. elleng Jul 2015 #3
No. I used the published headline from the web site responsible for publishing the DonViejo Jul 2015 #6
As this is not LBN, it is not necessary to use the published headline here at DU. elleng Jul 2015 #8
yes this came through my facebook newsfeed with the same headline earlier! nt m-lekktor Jul 2015 #25
KICKING THIS. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #32
That IS what he said. Scootaloo Jul 2015 #11
Correct. He said it. closeupready Jul 2015 #23
What exactly did he say? I am not able to listen to audio on this computer... madinmaryland Jul 2015 #47
He didn't suggest internment camps at all, mad, elleng Jul 2015 #48
This is what really scares me about this comment... madinmaryland Jul 2015 #49
Man oh man libodem Jul 2015 #7
He didn't say it, but OP insists on using misleading headline. elleng Jul 2015 #10
Yes he did, starting at 59 seconds. closeupready Jul 2015 #22
I did libodem Jul 2015 #29
Good plan, Herr General! HassleCat Jul 2015 #12
Maybe that is what you would like to do, HassleCat, elleng Jul 2015 #14
Ok, then HassleCat Jul 2015 #16
Thanks elleng Jul 2015 #19
Listen at 59 seconds. He says it. closeupready Jul 2015 #20
What a disappointment. Words fail me. closeupready Jul 2015 #15
Please listen carefully to what he said, closeupready. elleng Jul 2015 #24
I know you from here, elleng, and I respect you. closeupready Jul 2015 #31
Serious question sub.theory Jul 2015 #36
Do you realize what the term 'free society' means? closeupready Jul 2015 #38
What do we do with the true believers? sub.theory Jul 2015 #40
You subscribe to a solution in search of a problem. closeupready Jul 2015 #41
Aw, why not? We all ready have pre-emptive war. snappyturtle Jul 2015 #45
I'd think Clark would know history better than that. hughee99 Jul 2015 #17
He KNOWS history, elleng Jul 2015 #26
He said it. Watch video beginning at 0:59 seconds. closeupready Jul 2015 #18
He was also talking about white and Christian terrorists in America, the Dylan Roof types: Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #21
Yes, Fred Sanders, and it worked, elleng Jul 2015 #27
How does he propose to identify lone wolf radical Muslims? HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #28
He doesn't suggest how such might be done. elleng Jul 2015 #30
Don't think so - he is extremely smart, but he has often had a problem filtering his ideas before karynnj Jul 2015 #34
The title of the TPM article is misleading This is not what he is saying. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #33
I agree it's a bad idea but once they identify potentially violent radicals redstateblues Jul 2015 #35
I don't know. Right now identifying them and arresting them seems like the most viable option. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #37
Oh, I see Glitterati Jul 2015 #43
Do you really believe that I just said what you think I said when Raine1967 Jul 2015 #44
If they have broken a law, arrest them. ladyVet Jul 2015 #58
Thanks for doing the research, Raine, elleng Jul 2015 #42
Like that would ever happen here. Octafish Jul 2015 #39
I observe that nobody who claims Clark's DIDN'T say what he's accused of saying... brooklynite Jul 2015 #46
He's saying that radicalized young men who do not support our country but who aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #50
Radical Christians have the same views about the same people. ladyVet Jul 2015 #59
Radical Christians aren't killing thousands and thousands of people throughout the world aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #61
"Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps"?! Who said that? Sparkly Jul 2015 #51
"segregate them from the rest of the community" Android3.14 Jul 2015 #52
Thank you for posting. I knew something just wasn't right with Wesley considering his actions Purveyor Jul 2015 #53
No suprise Reter Jul 2015 #54
kick. Ilsa Jul 2015 #55
Isn't that what we were supposed to be doing with GITMO? Erose999 Jul 2015 #56
Yikes. marmar Jul 2015 #57
And there were people on this board in 2004, Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #60
They are in this very thread! Rex Jul 2015 #62
Operation Pastorius aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #63
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