Home, Sweet, Home: Is Lodi A Terrorist Hotbed?

Joe Guzzardi with a "View From Lodi" is not surprised in the least:

Why wasn’t I surprised?

Lodi, with its well-established community of 2,500 Pakistanis is, in fact a perfect breeding ground for terrorists.

Pakistanis have been coming to Lodi for decades. Despite cultural differences that include arranged marriages, second class status for Pakistani women, and the resistance of many adults to learn English or to enroll their children in K-12 schools, the Lodi city fathers have unquestioningly embraced them.

Although city fathers have embraced them, unfortunately they continue to resist assimilation, typical behavior of the present-day immigrant. Even worse these 21st century immigrants don't bother about hiding their true intentions:

What the politically correct Lodi environment means is that for those so inclined—as the Hayats may have been—would-be terrorists can go about their business with little concern that their actions may draw attention.

Why bother planning jihad in well policed locations like New York, San Francisco or Washington D.C. when small towns like Lodi afford you so much more freedom?

Through my job as an instructor at the Lodi Adult School, I interact daily with Pakistanis. My concerns have remained the same for nearly twenty years.

Although some Pakistanis assimilate while still remaining faithful to their Muslim beliefs, the vast majority shows little interest in becoming Americans—or in adopting American ways.

In fact, American traditions are ignored or rejected.

I recall one ESL student I had who invariably signed the daily roll with a single word:

"ISLAM"

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