by all indications this guy was really a criminal leading down to probably a terrorist and the jihadist calling. but it s growing. the fact this guy is from iran really probably a shia, i would assume, with me making no connection to isis makes no sense. the majority of people getting killed in iraq and syria are shia, being killed by isis or isil, they re predominantly sunni and taking that sunni strand. this is a larger fight within islam itself about addressing these problems and how are they not pushing these out because people are getting radicalized. and it s not just happening on social media. it has-s happening in mosques around the world as well. we know he was shia and converted to sunni. to that point, mike, couldn t you also say that he s trying to maybe say he has a purpose? i mean, this is a thug, this is a guy well known for a very terrible past. and you could argue he s hiding behind this black flag to prove that he s fighting for something. that he is fighting for
it s better if we sort of stop and get the facts and then make a judgment. clint, isn t this as a profile, isn t this exactly what isis is wanting? i mean, simply raising the black flag, wouldn t they be cheering from afar here? here you have a lone wolf who causeds the world to literally stop in its tracks with simply a backtrack and a gun, isn t this exactly what they re pushing for in all of their propaganda videos? well, it is. i couldn t agree more with your last guest. we ve had 42 school shootings in united states this year. we don t give a whole lot of attention to them because we re used to them now. we had an individual in pennsylvania today killed six people at three different locations. we ve not heard of that. we re concerned with this because this guy had a black flag folded up in his pocket.
sydney. please do not let very small incidents like this prevent you from coming and enjoying australia. i ve been to sydney three times, i ve been to melbourne four times. there is an action. every action has a consequence. we have to look inwardly. we re talking very much about isis here. we re talking about why is it or what is the effect of isis on, you know, making people disenfranchised and turning. we ve also got to look at our own foreign policy. australia has been clinical in afghanistan. it withdrew from afghanistan in november after a 12-year campaign. the australian sas have been working hand in glove with the u.s. helicopter crews. australian commandos have been working with u.s. drug enforcement agency and they have smashed heroine factories which is what the taliban uses to
to terrorize and promote isis activity on the web. it s important for us to understand, we don t watch it every day but the social media isis is using to attract australians, americans, canadian is vociferous and we have not made a dent in that. ayman, i want to ask you something different. we know when one muslim around the world does something, the entire community is blamed and looked at and saying, you know, what is going on with that community? that s not right. but that s the way the psychology goes. i want to ask you about the american muslim community and where they are afterwards. there s a nice substory coming out of sydney. folks sort of fighting against that islam aphobic with th the #illridewith you. if you ride to work in muslim garb, i ll ride with you, make you feel safe, comfortable. a lot of people in america are
threat in europe because there are so many hundreds of european nationals that have gone to fight for isis and tried to return on their passports. and once inside the european union they can go anywhere within the european union. we should be mindful when we hear about airport threats in euro europe. it is largely in concern that an isis terrorist may have made their way back and may have talked on chat rooms about attacking airlines making its way not united states that s where the most largest significant threat is right now. hit on that. obviously isis is dangerous especially in that part of the world but as it relates to western countries how concerned should we be in our day to day lives as we get on the subway or get our coffee, is this