{"id":64127,"date":"2017-08-18T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64127"},"modified":"2017-08-13T15:46:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:46:27","slug":"appearances-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64127","title":{"rendered":"Appearances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n

Somebody threw an improvised explosive from a moving van onto the lawn at a mosque in Minneapolis<\/a> at 5:00 a.m. last Saturday.\u00a0 Blew out some windows, nobody injured.\u00a0 Governor Dayton is all over this \u2018act of terrorism\u2019 which is part of a massive upsurge in violence against Muslims nation-wide, all caused by Trump, no doubt.<\/p>\n

Except . . .<\/p>\n

Most Minnesotans couldn\u2019t identify a mosque if they were standing in front of one. \u00a0Most Minnesotans couldn\u2019t identify an imam if they were standing next to one, nor would they know his daily schedule to target him. Minnesota has no history of violence against Muslims (Catholics, yes; Muslims, no).\u00a0 IEDs are not a weapon commonly used in Minnesota crimes.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t feel like a Minnesota crime.<\/p>\n

You know who could identify a mosque, uses terror as a weapon and is familiar with IEDs from the Old Country?\u00a0 Muslims.\u00a0 You know who blows up buildings all over the world?\u00a0 Muslims. You know which Minnesota minority has contributed the most new members to Islamic terror groups?\u00a0 Muslims. You know which religion has sects utterly devoted to killing each other?\u00a0 Shia and Sunni Muslims. \u00a0This feels like a Muslim crime.<\/p>\n

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If the bombing was a real act of terror, how does the Governor know this was Minnesotans persecuting Muslims?\u00a0 How does he know it\u2019s not ordinary Islamist sectarian violence?<\/p>\n

And what if it wasn\u2019t a real crime at all?\u00a0 The bombing was carefully timed to avoid hurting people and to do only cosmetic damage.\u00a0Nobody has claimed responsibility.\u00a0 There are no suspects.\u00a0 What if this is another in a long string of hate crime hoaxes? You know who has the most to gain from a hate crime hoax?\u00a0 I\u2019ll give you a hint: remember the \u2018flying imams\u2019 fake hate crime at the airport and who benefitted from that?\u00a0 Muslims.<\/p>\n

The Governor insists this is an act of terrorism committed by cowardly Minnesotans.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been skeptical since day one and now, we have more evidence it may have been a publicity stunt.\u00a0 Muslims are complaining Trump hasn\u2019t dropped everything to rush to Minnesota to condemn the bombing.\u00a0 \u201cHe has to come here and at least express his feelings and say this is bad.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

No, that\u2019s precisely what Trump does NOT need to do.\u00a0 Amazingly, he\u2019s sharp enough to know it.\u00a0 The press secretary got it right.\u00a0 It\u2019s a local crime, if it\u2019s a crime at all.\u00a0 There are no national security implications. There is no federal government component that is being ignored.\u00a0 This is not a matter for the President.<\/p>\n

Listen up, guys. You are not the boss of him.\u00a0 You don\u2019t get to tell him where to go and what to say. \u00a0Acting like you\u2019re so special that the President himself is at your beck and call . . . is the attitude that got him elected in the first place.\u00a0 And Muslims setting off bombs in America is the reason his ban on travel from war-torn Muslim countries ban is entirely justified.<\/p>\n

Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We don’t know much about the bombing – which was nearly two weeks ago – yet.<\/p>\n

But Joe articulated a few points that I felt, but couldn’t quite put my finger on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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