Despite fears, American followers of Islamic State are few
After remarks that painted a doomsday scenario of lone wolves, random attacks and radicalization via cellphone, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., had one last ominous thing to say about the Islamic State’s ability to attack the United States. “This threat from the foreign fighters cannot be overstated,” he warned. When it comes to the Islamic State’s […]Hannah Allam writes for McClatchy:
After remarks that painted a doomsday scenario of lone wolves, random attacks and radicalization via cellphone, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., had one last ominous thing to say about the Islamic State’s ability to attack the United States.
“This threat from the foreign fighters cannot be overstated,” he warned.
When it comes to the Islamic State’s threat to the United States, overstatements are the norm, with rhetoric of the kind Meadows used at a congressional hearing Wednesday sounding alarmist when compared with data and other assessments of the group’s ability to attack the United States after years of stepped-up U.S. efforts to fight extremism here and in the Middle East.
