Donald Trump Marches Ahead on Anti-Muslim Rhetoric:Republicans Endorse him
Background
The United States of America is a nation of emigrants. Almost the entire population of America is made up of people who migrated from other parts of the world, however the majority were white and mainly from the Anglo Saxon World and Europe. The American population of emigrants was swelled by the import of black slaves from Africa. These slaves were brought in to run the massive plantations, particularly in the Southern part of the union.
The African slave remained a second class citizen of the Union for almost 250 years. The color also led to racial segregation, with the whites sometimes treating the African slaves worse then animals. Times changed and the Bill of Rights removed slavery, but the undercurrent of hostility towards the black remained. This racial divide is still very much there, though one can say that the lot of the black man has never been better than what it is today.
America is thus a racial society and no bill of rights can overturn that. It's something similar to the caste system in India, where despite legislation and laws, the caste system still flourishes and divides Indian society.
In the 21st century America has to face a new phenomenon in the shape of Islamic militancy. Islamic people never migrated to America in large numbers and are thus a unknown commodity. But the few who have migrated have set up hovels of there own and have not displayed any allegiance to the tenets of the American state. Thus we have cases of terror acts like 9/11 and the recent California killings that have roused the Americans. Worse the US Army and other arms are beset by internal schisms with the Muslim soldiers objecting to the wars on Muslim nations and going berserk and killing their own comrades.
If one adds to the fact that the US economy carries a 3 trillion dollar deficit and is having a high unemployment rate, one can conclude that it's fertile ground for a man to rouse the Americans and put forward his vision of progress and prosperity.
In such a scenario Donald Trump has emerged. He articulates the fears of the common American who is looking for a solution to the present economic ills and Trump has brought to the fore the threat of militant Islam and the weak role of President Obama, who he feels has let the American guard down against the Muslims, because of his latent Muslim beliefs. He has started a whirlwind campaign which advocates severe restrictions on Muslims coming to the USA. This finds a ready clientele as the African Negro is no longer an issue.
The Thoughts of Donald Trump
The Muslims have only them to blame for the paranoid fear they have generated in the USA. Americans forget that more men and women die from accidental use of guns and revolvers than in terror deaths. But Muslim emigrants by targeting the common American in the hope of a total victory and spread of Islam have baited the tiger. The Americans and their leaders are not scared of al Qaeda or ISI and their ilk and have closed ranks against the Muslims. This can be seen with the support that Donald Trump has collected among the Republicans. As things stand he is the front runner and Ted Cruze the second man is at least 25 points behind him.
Donald Trump has fired the common American and there is every chance that he will get the Republican party nomination. The refrain now is that Donald is the only man who can beat Hillary Clinton who is likely to be the Democratic nomination for President. In the recent Presidential nominee debate on TV between the main contenders for the Republican nomination, Trump stuck to his guns. He repeated during the debate, that he would not allow Muslims to enter the USA and those who were in the USA need to be racially profiled. He justifies this by pointing out that during World War II, President Roosevelt by a Presidential decree had approved arrest and internment of all Japanese citizens or Japanese origin Americans in camps.
As per Donald Trump, the security of America is paramount and this can only be done by facing the Muslims head on. He has advocated a ban on all Muslims entering the USA. When asked as to what would be his reaction if Muslims from a friendly country like India, which is an ally of the USA entered the USA. He gave a simple reply that a Muslim is a Muslim and no Muslim should be allowed to enter the USA, even as a tourist.
Much of the fodder is generated by Obama himself who during his 7 years as US President has been perceived as having a soft corner towards Muslims. His appointment of a Muslim as a senior official of Home land security is a case in point. He has also not gone all hog against ISI and Al Qaeda and his role during the Benghazi attacks when the US ambassador was killed is suspect.At one stage he justified it as a reaction to the making of a film on Muhammad. All this was proved as trash later on.
Donald Trump has come out openly against the Muslims and this is one reason he has taken a massive lead for nomination as the Republican candidate. If one looks back at history, such a big lead was last taken by Roosevelt decades back and so history is in the making.
The Future
Donald Trump may very well get the Republican nomination, but that is just the first step as he will have to work hard against the democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Hillary is associated with the old regime and this may go against her. In addition she is not decisive and now the common US citizen wants something decisive.
There is also a paranoid fear of Islam and its threat to disrupt everyday life. Thus there is no wonder that more than half the Governors of US states have declined to take in any refugees who are Muslims from the Middle East. Obama of course is insisting that more and more refugees be absorbed, but the undercurrent of hostility against Muslims is strong.
Donald Trump has brought in a new element in the election campaign. Never before has there been a racial divide in America, but this election will be a watershed. Trump may win( chances are perhaps he will win) or lose, but any new President will not be able to ignore the anger and fear of the US citizens against Muslims. A few more acts of terror may well prove to be the proverbial last straw on the camels back.
Seeing the campaign of Donald Trump can we take a few lessons?Can Indian politicians call a spade a spade and pass the Anti-terror laws, inspite of opposition from the Muslim community. Can we pass laws that are part of our Directive Principles in the Constitution like Uniform civil code ? We need to take lessons from the campaign of Donald Trump and realize that the policy of appeasement of 1000 years leads only to self- destruction and doom.
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