The naïveté of the statement, “As always, I believe the ultimate solution to societal problems is to provide the chance for a good education and opportunities to pursue "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." is impossible to comprehend unless you accept that the person making the statement lives in a Panglossian world.

To understand how out of touch with reality that statement is, l look at the four most educated, tolerant and inclusive countries in the ‘Muslim world’ in 1960 and see how the impact of good education and the opportunity to life and all its freedoms panned out in these countries. Look at Egypt, Iran, Lebanon and Turkey and tell me where good education has increased the opportunity to pursue ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ Then tell me if the support of terrorism or actual terrorism has gone up or down. Then tell me how education, tolerance, respect for individual rights, women's rights, etc. have done in these four countries.

After you have done this, then explain the reality of the statement, "The "vast number" of Muslim immigrants into the US are indeed educated and decent folk, wanting the same things as everyone else. As with others, they have their fringe element which constitute a minority within the group, but get the majority of publicity. The "squeaky wheel gets the grease" applies to them as well."

I say again that the demographic numbers are honest and not overstated, the consequences of an increasing Muslim population are frightening and should we ever have a Muslim majority, our rights, as we now understand them would be gone.