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Romney in damage control mode for Muslims in Cabinet comments
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I suppose he could have added a disclaimer at the time, but really, how many more little disclaimers do we need on everything we say/do/eat/read/etc.?
"Ijaz urged Romney and other presidential candidates to "actively begin searching" for American Muslims and Arab Americans to serve in Cabinet posts to diminish the "risk (of) promulgating policies that once again put the U.S. straight in the sights of the terrorists who seek to bring America down.""
If we (the USA) don't appoint a Muslim to a cabinet position then we should expect retaliation? Seems like a threat to me...
What's needed are the best people for the job. It just shows how little we have progressed (as a society) to consider that a candidate must parcel out positions on the cabinet based on race, gender or religious affiliation. Only until we become blind to such ideas will we truly have abolished racism, sexism and religious intolerance.
What Ijaz is saying is that, seeing as how Mitt claims "jihadism" is the biggest threat to America, having a Muslim in the Cabinet would allow President Mitt to have a greater understanding is Islam in general and an adviser close at hand. And on the flipside, allowing himself to remain ignorant and detached from it, well, face it, nothing good comes of ignorance.
Was a threat made? I think not. Just the simple statement of fact that we run more risk of terrorist attacks by remaining complacent and ignorant.
Should a Muslim be in the Cabinet just because he's Muslim? No more than Mitt belongs in the White House just because he's LDS. I'll vote for the most qualified person regardless of religion.
Cabinet members are established to serve the needs of the President, the number of cabinet members has varied from generation to generation (and often President to President) from George Washington to present. Besides, why do we need a cabinet member to represent radical muslims?