Hi clo,
I agree there's also a problem with terrorists born in Western countries. Syed Farook was indeed an American.
His wife, Tashfeen Malik, however, was a Pakistani with a Saudi upbringing who was brought to the US through an immigration filter.
So the San Bernadino event involves both an immigrant and the child of immigrants.
To me, both are issues of immigration. To say that the children of immigrants are not a problem of immigration is to ignore an issue that is worth considering.
In fact, it seems the second generation of Moslem immigrants is the most dangerous one. Perhaps the inability to reconcile two sets of values without the gratitude that many first generation immigrants experience is a part of the problem which needs to be fixed.
Which takes me back to Reform Islam again. Thank goodness some folks see the problem and have been brave enough to try to solve it. Defining Islam for Western believers seems to be necessary.
Of course, this doesn't solve the ISIS/jihad problem or the Saudi/Wahhabi problem. But the solutions to those issues belongs partly in the hands of people from those areas. With luck, Reform Islam spreads everywhere.
ps the problem of ISIS is different to AQ and so we should not assume old models apply. ISIS is an order of magnitude more scary, in my view.
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