Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Pensecola NWS tragedy Date:   12/9/2019 12:26:43 PM

I have some knowledge of foreign nationals attending U.S. Military training.  In general, it is considered a positive thing - builds military to military relationships, exposure to democracy and the American way of life, teaching an apolitical military.  

So when a foreign national student gets radicalized and decides he hates the U.S. and kills some people, legislators immediately start talking about the screening process for foreign nationals.  Those sent to the U.S. for training by their countries are usually considered among the best and brightest, and usually connected in some way, usually family connections to their governments leadership.  The program has been in existence for what seems like forever and generally operates successfully.  The foreign students are given a lot of leeway and special attention to make sure they don't fail, because in some countries, if they got into trouble or failed, they might be killed upon return home.  

I don't know how they can change the program to prevent self-radicalization by Muslim students.  They apparently didn't learn anything from the Ft. Hood massacre, and that was even our own U.S. soldier who self radicalized.  People around them simply won't talk about it or report it when their views turn radical.  I read this morning that after a trip to Saudi, the shooter came back much more religious and then hosted a dinner party to watch films of mass shootings.  I guess it didn't occur to any of his friends that he planned such an attack himself, nor did they report it.  

We've trained hundreds of Muslim students from all different countries without a serious problem in the past.  So what do we do now?