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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Michelle Malkin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Whitewashing Jihad in the Schools
by Michelle Malkin
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Three years ago, I wrote about a mock terrorism drill at a public school district in Muskegon County, Mich. Instead of Islamic terrorists, educators substituted Christian homeschoolers. Yes, Christian homeschoolers. Here was the description of the school drill plan:

"The exercise will simulate an attack by a fictitious radical group called Wackos Against Schools and Education who believe everyone should be homeschooled. Under the scenario, a bomb is placed on the bus and is detonated while the bus is traveling on Durham, causing the bus to land on its side and fill with smoke."

Flabbergasting, but true. In the wake of 9/11 and the jihadists' carnage against schoolchildren in Beslan, Russia, the school chose to prepare their students for an attack by Christian homeschooling "wackos," not Muslim suicide bombers.

Unfortunately, little has changed. Last month, New Jersey's Burlington Township High School held its own mock terrorism drill. "You perform as you practice," Superintendent Chris Manno told the Burlington County Times. "We need to practice under conditions as real as possible in order to evaluate our procedures and plans so that they're as effective as possible."

But the "real as possible" conditions included no bomb-vest-donning jihadists shouting "Allahu Akbar." No red bandana-wearing martyrs with visions of 72 virgins dancing in their evil heads. No America-hating plotters enraged by the existence of Israel or driven to establish a worldwide caliphate. Nope.

According to the paper, two local police detectives took on the role of hostage-taking Christian gunmen.

"Investigators described them as members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called the 'New Crusaders' who don't believe in separation of church and state. The mock gunmen went to the school seeking justice because the daughter of one had been expelled for praying before class." Upset Christian students reported on the drill to their parents.

How many other jihad-whitewashing mock terrorism drills have been conducted using tax dollars? How long before we mimic the British schools, where the Holocaust is being dropped from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils?

American educators have been bending to the will of the grievance-mongers ever since the 9/11 attacks. Remember the jihad-sympathizing admonition included in the NEA's touchy-feely, post-9/11 curriculum: "Do not suggest that any group is responsible" for the terrorist attacks, parents and teachers were advised. Continued...

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Burlington Township High School
As a 1968 graduate of Burlington Township HS, and someone who has been involved in Emergency Management in the past, I was dissapointed in your blog.

Instead of congratulating BTHS and the Burlington Township Police Department for preparing for a tragedy which could strike any school at any time, you chose to accuse them of "jihad".

Had they not prepared, and an incident taken place, you would have belittled them for not being prepared. Had they chosen to portray the terrorists as Saudis, Iraqis or other Arab nationals, then someone of those nationalities would have accused them of profiling.

BTHS and the BT Police Department are to be congratulating for being prepared. You seem to have lost sight of the important goals.

Richard White

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We preach what God said. I know you don't like it because it doesn't jive with your man-made religion.

Now to address your non-response to what I actually said. It should be clear from the words of my post which you read that I was speaking about salvation. Nowhere will you find me saying Christians should not act using Jesus as their example.

I am tempted simply to use your phrase of "you Christians" as evidence that you do not consider yourself one.

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