Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris once described Hillary Clinton’s trademark cackle , which erupts every time she dodges media sniper fire, as “loud, inappropriate, and mirthless. . .” That aptly described her predictable response when asked about Somali pirates in April 2009. This you tube has been scrubbed by many sources, but here it is taped while Somali pirates held Americans hostage:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/197193.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii_c3B5AasI
Hillary Clinton appears to think American Hostages and pirates seizing ships are a laughing matter. She did stop chuckling in April 2009 when she announced a new initiative to deal with Somali piracy.
“What we will do is first send an envoy to attend the international Somali peacekeeping and development meeting scheduled in Brussels. The solution to Somali piracy includes improved Somali capacity to police their own territory. Our envoy will work with other partners to help the Somalis assist us in cracking down on pirate bases and in decreasing incentives for young Somali men to engage in piracy.”
As Robert Spencer warned:”…Somali pirate captors are Islamic Jihadists, dedicated to the same goals as Osama bin Laden and other Jihadists around the world…..Accordingly, counterterror analysts and the mainstream media would do well to widen their narrow focus upon maritime piracy, and consider the role that this piracy is playing in the larger Jihadist initiative.”
That year there were 134 episodes of piracy. In 2011 Somali pirates killed four Americans on a yacht. Madame Secretary of State did “deplore’ it….no laughing matter. Piracy decreased in subsequent years until 2013 due to more muscular responses by international navies. However, to date 97 hostages remain in kindly Somali day care.
But what of the refugees from Somalia that are in this country?
There are millions of African refugees in America – decent, hard working people who escaped the chaos and brutality of failed states. The Office of Refugee Resettlement, under the guidelines of the Refugee Act of 1980, must report hard numbers to Congress each year. Furthermore, the Congressional Black Caucus has been active for years in promoting entry for more African refugees. Fair enough, but here is where it gets dicey.
Somali Americans did not assimilate and have grown increasingly militant in cities where they have a significant presence. And they are of concern to law-enforcement agencies. They continually escalate their demands for Sharia compliant footbaths in schools, airports and malls, culminating with the establishment of the controversial Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center – and the smaller but equally influential Islamic Al Dahwa Center of St. Paul, from which dozens of young Somali men have “disappeared” without a trace, and authorities believe they have joined terrorist groups in Somalia. And, of course the imams of the mosques deny any involvement with terrorism. So do all the hijab mothers.
This gives us all something to think about in restructuring immigration laws. What happened in a Nairobi mall can happen in the American heartland.
