The GOP Response to Belgium? Torture & the "Patrolling and Securing" of Muslim Neighborhoods

[Jefferson23]

March 23, 2016

Following the Belgium attacks, Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz issued a statement saying, "We need to immediately halt the flow of refugees from countries with a significant al Qaida or ISIS presence. We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized." Meanwhile, Donald Trump urged the waterboarding of captured Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam despite international laws against torture. "I would do a lot more than waterboarding," Trump said. We get a response from our three guests: Frank Barat in Brussels, journalist Joshua Hersh and Yasser Louati of the the Collective Against Islamophobia in France.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/23/the_gop_response_to_belgium_torture



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[CanonRay]

1. "Patrolling and Securing"

is about as idiotic response as one can devise. Let's marginalize and ghettoize them some more...that'll work. I'd have expected nothing less from Cruz.

[Jefferson23]

2. They're disgusting, they keep pushing more fear and more hate. n/t