20 January 2015 Jindal
should take a vow of silence
Bobby Jindal seems to be suffering from a bad bout of foot
and mouth disease. Following his ludicrous defense of former President Bush’s
heinous torture practices, the Louisiana governor made a major faux pas by
echoing Fox News assertions about Muslims in the wake of the terror attacks on
Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher Market in Paris. Jindal echoed the absurd claims of
self-described terrorism expert, Steve Emerson, of Fox News that parts of
Europe, including the entire English city of Birmingham (my birth place) was
firmly in control of Muslims where non-Muslims feared to tread. Emerson ended
up with mega doses of egg all over his face and was forced to apologize; Fox
News broadcaster, Julie issued the broadest apology, directed at the people of
England and France – “Over the course of this last week, we have made some
regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe,
particularly with regard to England and France. Now this applies especially to
discussions of so-called 'no-go zones,' areas where non-Muslims allegedly
aren’t allowed in and police supposedly won’t go. To be clear, there is no
formal designation of these zones in either country and no credible information
to support the assertion there are specific areas in these countries that
exclude individuals based solely on their religion." It is now time for
Jindal to issue a similar apology failing which he should take a vow of silence
and retire into obscurity.
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