The correct passage reads as follows...
In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly: they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during WWII, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
All in all, an honorable statement. Unless we are to beleive "any American" should have a problem with Muslims simply because they are Muslims. I would take "should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" as "should the goverment persecute them because of race or religion" Is there another interpretation of this out there? If that is what he means and that is something that came to pass, I too would stand with them and any other group being treated like that; black, white, orange, purple, Jewish, Irish, Martien or anyone small being taken to the cleaners by the big and powerfull goverment.
It is called Honor, dad taught us before bedtime.
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