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The murder of National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom and the serious wounding of National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan National refugee brought in to the United States via the “Operation Allies Welcome” emergency resettlement program has now put the other 200,000 refugees in an extremely dangerous situation.

An hour immediately after the shooting Donald Trump, more or less, declared what can only be called an “Immigration War” against the almost a quarter of a million Afghans who entered the country.

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan the emergency evacuation of the Americans and the Afghans who were assisting them by the Biden Administration was chaotic and botched, the to say the least.

Thousands upon thousands of Afghan civilians who had assisted the American and Allied Military Forces were fleeing for their very lives.

They were certainly facing execution and/or unspeakable torture for assisting the Americans if captured by the Taliban.

Most were flown to third party countries for “vetting” before being allowed to enter the States.

However, many were brought directly into the country and were to be vetted upon arrival.

Like the evacuation, the vetting process was also botched.

Trump is going to punish all Afghans for the actions of one.

As expected Trump puts a hundred percent of the blame on Past President Joe Biden.

In this instance the blame is warranted due to the evacuation fiasco.

So now Trump has ordered that they all be re-vetted.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal was but one of almost a quarter million.

The reason behind his actions have yet to be discovered.

Was he a Taliban operative?

In Afghanistan he worked for the CIA for the duration of the war.

Knowing this I cannot see him having any allegiance to the terrorist Taliban.

It defies logic.

However, it has been revealed that Lakanwal’s work visa had expired and that had led to his not being able to continue working.

Then the snowball effect made matters worse.

His food stamps ran out.

He had become unemployed and could not feed his family!

Perhaps his reasoning for the attack has nothing to do with the Afghan War or the Talibans.

Perhaps his reasoning for the attack had everything to do with the shame he was feeling for what he probably perceived as failing his family.

Perhaps he simply “snapped“.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER AM I ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY LAKANWAL’S ACTIONS OR THAT I AM DEFENDING HIM IN ANY WAY!

I MOST CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT HE DESERVES THE FULL WRATH OF THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM!

My concern lays with the almost a quarter of a million Afghans who HAVE NOT COMMITTED A CRIME since arriving in the United States.

Afghans who are proud to have come to the States and who want to live in a Democracy without persecution.

With Trump’s hatred for Joe Biden and his extremely obvious bigotry against all non-white people I have fear of what he may do.

To date, since the vetting process was started upon the initial arrival, they has been fifty-five Taliban discovered and dealt with.

Mind you, discovering just one is one too many, fifty-five out of two hundred thousand shows that the process does work sufficiently. The main problem with the process is it’s lengthy timeline.

If the Trump Administration decides to deport even one refugee they will be sentencing them to death or worse.

They would be arrested, imprisoned, tortured and executed.

Man, woman or child will make no difference.

I pray that the American people do not allow all the refugees to be judged and possibly punished for the actions of one.

I refuse to believe that Lakanwal’s murderous rampage was motivated by anything connected to the Taliban terrorists.

Hopefully the American people will understand that the majority of these refugees are proud proud to be living in the States.

That they were honoured to work along side of and with the Allied Forces against the Taliban terrorists.

The American people are well aware of the high cost of living due to the Tariff War.

I am sure that they are aware that the shame of not being able to feed your family can do weird things to a man’s mind.

Any man.

No matter what colour his skin is.

AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IN NO WAY AM I ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY LAKANWAL’S ACTIONS OR DEFEND HIM.

Lakanwal ambushed and viciously attacked Guardsmen Beckstrom and Wolfe.

Two youth who were proud to serve their homeland.

Two young souls that were only doing there job.

Lakanwal deserves the full punishment of American Law.

Including the Death Penalty.

But, the other Afghan refugees do not deserve to be punished for his actions.