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"If we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist Muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away through suspicion and hate," the president said. "That does not mean denying the fact that an extremist ideology has spread within some Muslim communities. It's a real problem that Muslims must confront without excuse."Obama's request was followed by a similar appeal from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
Hell hath no fury like angry French farmers. Thus, after the disruption, President François Hollande caved in, promising help.
It's not only in France. Over the Spanish border, in Santiago De Compostela, a similar demonstration erupted a week later. In between,Irish farmers pulled milk off supermarket shelves to express their anger at price drops.
Inspired by the reaction in Paris, hundreds of farmers descended on Brussels - from as far away as Finland - a few days later, demanding EU intervention. Soon, €500 million was found for "support measures" for agronomists.
However, Albert Jan Maat of Copa-Cogeca, the umbrella organisation for EU farmers and agri-co-operatives, remains unhappy. "EU producers have lost their main export market to Russia, worth €5.5 billion annually, and a €500 million aid package will not be enough to compensate for this," he says.
EU tastes bitter fruit of sanctions war
Comment: The US is home to approximately 6 million Muslims, many of whom feel discrimination has become a daily way of life, along with the demand to rectify social problems exacerbated by escalating phobic propaganda. The US, itself, is currently a hotbed of injustice, fomented by the illegal, dishonest and horrific actions of its government in the Middle East and elsewhere around the world. It does not bode well.
The 9/11 tragedy and the attack in San Bernardino were manufactured/manipulated events blamed on targets of Arab/Muslim profile to influence the American public to a particular response and action. 9/11 was about initiating the Iraq war. San Bernardino was a grand media deflection to limit coverage of events happening in the Middle East while increasing fear at home.