American TV show debates if NHS is gateway for Muslim terrorists

[Merryweather]

Source: The Herald, UK

The healthcare debate in America has taken a dramatic new twist after questions were raised in the US about whether Britain's NHS was a breeding ground for terrorists with references to the Glasgow Airport bomb plot.

As the row over President Barack Obama's plan to extend medical insurance to his country's poor rages on, the Republican right has been accused of scaremongering as it cites the NHS as an example of a failed "socialised" healthcare system.

The latest development came on Fox News, a right-wing channel, which discussed whether the acceptance of foreign doctors and nurses into the NHS was a gateway for Muslim terrorists.

It referred to the Glasgow Airport bomb plot and pointed out how eight suspects were either NHS doctors or medical staff.


Read more: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2525638.0.American_TV_show_debates_if_NHS_is_gateway_for_Muslim_terrorists.php

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Timothy McVeigh, James von Brunn and Scott Roeder all lived in America. So America must be a breeding ground for terrorists. Oh and the American aviation system has hardly been flawless in that regard either. Oh and by the way Foxbots, not all those suspects were convicted. Some were actually cleared.

That's the conclusion I come to if I apply the same logic as these lying assholes on Faux Noise. This is one of the worst legacies of the Bush era - when you need/want public support, play the terrorist fear card. It doesn't occur to them that fearmongering is actually a form of terrorism in itself - the use of fear to get people to do what you want.

Is the UK the new France to right wing loonies in the US or something?

[aquart]

1. Seriously, it's a fair question even if the answer is NO.

Because idiots can also be doctors.

[quakerboy]

4. Not really

Unless they are also asking whether govt funded military contractors are also a breeding ground for RW terrorists. And similar questions.

[JonQ]

2. Unfortunately terrorists aren't all uneducated

rubes. Some are highly educated rubes.

And it sounds like they have reasons to be suspicious, since at least 8 were terrorists.

And we can't prevent domestic terrorists from moving to the country, or penalize them for being involved in radical groups (right to freedom of association). But we can prevent foreign terrorists from coming in based on their associations. There is no guaranteed "right" to move to the US, or any country.

[DissedByBush]

3. The RW finds a way to relate everything to terrorism

It is getting rather pathetic.

[T_i_B]

5. Might I suggest...

...that the gobshites on Faux try applying for jobs in the NHS themselves, and see how far they get with the advanced CRB check?