Dave Gaubatz, author of the Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America, literally called for a "backlash" against "the Muslim community and their leaders" following the Fort Hood shootings. If you take a look at some of the offerings around the fevered swamps lately it's obvious there are a number of folks on the right who probably agree.
The problem is, the American people don't seem to concur. Rasumussen, a polling outfit that has kind of become the place to go for conservatives looking to confirm their long held suspicions about [blank], released a poll this morning headlined “60% Want Fort Hood Shooting Investigated as Terrorist Act.” But Greg Sargent took a look at the internals, and found something interesting: 57% of those polled are very or somewhat concerned that the shooting will trigger a backlash against Muslims in the armed forces.
Gotta be pretty disappointing for those who were hoping one man's actions might serve as a pretext for treating all American Muslims, servicemen and women in particular, as potential traitors--even if they see the Fort Hood shootins as an act of terrorism.
-- A. Serwer
