"[1] Just going by the media coverage and the rhetoric of many politicians, the temptation seems to be to cast the net as broadly as possible instead of as narrowly. MEMRI's own research into domestic terrorism amply documents that there is a very real domestic terror threat. The temptation is understandable and obvious: the U.S. Capitol rioters were supporters of President Trump enraged by the victory of his opponent. But it is a dangerous temptation to combine a response to real violence too closely with political opportunism. What is needed is precisely the cool and professional application of law and order, as divorced as possible from overheated and especially political rhetoric.

Source: Washington Post January 07, 2022 16:19 UTC