King’s Hearings Are Tone Deaf  Rep. Peter King is correct that
radical militant Muslims have attacked us and want to attack us
again. He is correct that there are efforts by both Iranian-
financed Shiites and Saudi Wahabi Sunni to convert non-Muslims
to radicalism and corrupt birthright Muslims to hate and
violence. Yes, there are efforts all over the world to make
converts to jihad–from Afghanistan to South America, from Mexico
to our own communities and prisons.  There is danger, but King
is more likely to recruit radicals rather than find them.  The
irony here is that King’s record of support of and excuses for
IRA (Irish Republican Army) violence should have sensitized him
to the difference between some few violent individuals and
smearing whole communities. Some wanted to stereotype Irish
Americans and smear them.  Yes, the IRA wanted to recruit people
of Irish ancestry in this country to their violent cause. And
they succeeded to some level. It was fair to say that most IRA
violence came from Irish Catho