OPINION:
Hillary Clinton’s blaming of Donald Trump for helping to recruit more Islamic State members ignores the fact that she and President Obama armed that terror group, help kill nine innocent Pakistanis for every bad guy Pakistan kills with our Predator drones, and paid $100,000 in ads to spread lies about a lame video after she allowed four of our people to die in Benghazi.
It was the Obama administration that educated the world about that video, which had nothing to do with the vicious and predictable attack on our embassy in Libya. Mrs. Clinton ignored Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’ pleas for additional security. Emails prove Mrs. Clinton knew that the attack on the embassy was well-planned and totally unrelated to the video, and Mr. Obama backed her up.
True, Islamic State terrorists are extremist Muslims who kill both Christians and non-radical Muslims for sport. Mr. Trump has asked our government to come up with a vetting process for Muslims coming into the United States so we can determine whether they are extremists. The arrogant Muslim-extremist attitude goes back the the Barbary pirates in 1777, when they demanded ransoms for our ships and sailors.
Our track record of vetting is not good. Russia warned us about the Boston bombers and we did nothing. The Muslim underwear bomber’s father warned us about his son — to no avail. Even Tashfeen Malik, the Muslim woman who helped to slaughter 14 innocent people in San Bernardino, Calif., with her husband, had red flags sticking out all over.
Voters, just remember that Mrs. Clinton has been caught in more outright lies than any other American public figure. Simply look up “lies and Hillary Clinton” to find out for yourselves. And I ask all of you, too: How many members of your family would you accept dying if it turns out that not all of the so-called “Syrian refugees” turn out to be nice people?
JOSEPH DUPONT
Towanda, Pa.
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