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2019-04-18 02:05:02 UTC
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared to shrug off the notion that
al-Qaeda is dangerous and mocked Americans who believe so in a recently-
surfaced video.
A recently discovered video shows @IlhanMN mocking Americans
for their anxiety about al-Qaeda, equating US armed forces to
al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. pic.twitter.com/VBuKhAHjjE
The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) April 11, 2019
Omar, who earned a degree in political science from the University of North
Dakota in 2011, referenced a class she took about terrorism and noted that
the professor appeared to have a physical reaction when he mentioned active
terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda or Hezbollah.
The thing that was interesting, in the class, was every time the professor
said al-Qaeda, his shoulders sort of went up, Omar said, smiling as she
mimicked the action and over-emphasized the words. Al-Qaeda, you know,
Hezbollah, she laughed out loud. (RELATED: Omar Has Gotten In Hot Water Over
Recent Comments About Israel)
Then she went on to note that reactions to al-Qaeda and Hezbollah are
different than reactions to the words America, England or the U.S.
Army.
You dont say America with an intensity; you dont say England with an
intensity; you dont say the army with an intensity, she explained. But
you say these names because you want that word to carry weight.
What Omar did not mention was the fact that she took the class prior to her
graduation in 2011 before the rise of ISIS which suggests that al-Qaeda
was the major operating terrorist organization at the time, and the United
States was still actively engaged in a war with that particular group.
Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil, would
not be captured until May of that year.
al-Qaeda is dangerous and mocked Americans who believe so in a recently-
surfaced video.
A recently discovered video shows @IlhanMN mocking Americans
for their anxiety about al-Qaeda, equating US armed forces to
al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. pic.twitter.com/VBuKhAHjjE
The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) April 11, 2019
Omar, who earned a degree in political science from the University of North
Dakota in 2011, referenced a class she took about terrorism and noted that
the professor appeared to have a physical reaction when he mentioned active
terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda or Hezbollah.
The thing that was interesting, in the class, was every time the professor
said al-Qaeda, his shoulders sort of went up, Omar said, smiling as she
mimicked the action and over-emphasized the words. Al-Qaeda, you know,
Hezbollah, she laughed out loud. (RELATED: Omar Has Gotten In Hot Water Over
Recent Comments About Israel)
Then she went on to note that reactions to al-Qaeda and Hezbollah are
different than reactions to the words America, England or the U.S.
Army.
You dont say America with an intensity; you dont say England with an
intensity; you dont say the army with an intensity, she explained. But
you say these names because you want that word to carry weight.
What Omar did not mention was the fact that she took the class prior to her
graduation in 2011 before the rise of ISIS which suggests that al-Qaeda
was the major operating terrorist organization at the time, and the United
States was still actively engaged in a war with that particular group.
Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil, would
not be captured until May of that year.
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