A Cataclysmic Clash of Cultures

The headlines last week were a great reminder of how harmful uncontrolled and ill-advised immigration into the United States can be.

One National Guardsman was shot to death (a 20 year old woman) and another critically wounded by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C. who clearly was not vetted properly before being allowed into the United States.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-dc-national-guard-shooting-afghan-national-what-we-know/

Democrats were quick to blame President Trump for the shootings arguing that the National Guard should not be on the streets of Washington, D.C. to begin with.

One example is former Democrat National Party chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Source: https://jonathanturley.org/2025/11/29/trump-did-it-wasserman-schultz-accuses-the-president-of-causing-the-shooting-of-national-guard-members/

Wasserman Schultz seems to ignore the fact that the Biden's administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and lax vetting policies might have something to do with this.

Or the fact that commited Islamists do not seem to fit in with American society.

Rob O'Neill, the Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden, offered this comment on X about the clash of cultures involved.

As to DWS's argument that the federal troops are not necessary in D.C and have not been effective?

Homicides are down substantially compared to last year since the National Guard has been present in D.C.

We also had headlines last week detailing the massive fraud schemes perpetrated by Somalian immigrants in Minnesota.

Billions of dollars of taxpayer money have been stolen in various welfare scams with social programs in Minnesota involving child food programs, fake daycare programs, autism support and Medicaid. 

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/massive-somali-welfare-fraud-cases-in-minnesota-heres-what-we-know-5949909?utm_medium=app&c=share_pos2&pid=iOS_app_share&utm_source=iOS_app_share

One estimate is that $6 billion in welfare fraud may be involved.

Seeing that number I could not help but recall this headline from earlier this year.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-faces-a-projected-dollar6-billion-budget-deficit-down-the-road-heres-what-you-should-know/601232751

A lot of the stolen money went to fund extravagant lifestyles of Somalians in the United States but funds have also been remitted to relatives in Somalia and millions have also been traced to support the ISIS -affiliated terrorist group Al-Shabaab n that country.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/article/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab

Remittances to Somalia in 2023 from sources in the United States were a reported $1.7 billion.

To put that number in context, the entire Somalia government budget is $1 billion!

It would also not be too far-fetched to believe that some of the fraud money might have ended up in the pockets of Democrat politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in the form of political contributions.

The fraud by the Somalians in Minnesota is so large and pervasive that even The New York Times took notice with a major article about it over the weekend.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html

“Over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that billed state agencies for millions of dollars’ worth of social services that were never provided.

Outrage has swelled among Minnesotans, and fraud has turned into a potent political issue in a competitive campaign season. Gov. Tim Walz and fellow Democrats are being asked to explain how so much money was stolen on their watch, providing Republicans, who hope to take back the governor’s office in 2026, with a powerful line of attack.

'No one was doing anything about the red flags,” he said. “It was like someone was stealing money from the cookie jar and they kept refilling it.'”

It is so bad that even the employees of the Minnesota Department of Human Services called out Tim Walz for his role in all of this.

Another quote from The New York Times story.

Dr. Samatar said that Somali refugees who came to the United States after their country’s civil war were raised in a culture in which stealing from the country’s dysfunctional and corrupt government was widespread."

In other words, the Somalians believe that it is just fine to lie, cheat and steal.

It is a function of their culture.

The same is true in the way in which the Islamists view and treat women or gays.

A fundamental flaw in the Western perspective on humanity is the belief that everyone in the world has a similar value system and that everyone else wants and respects the same things we do.

It is a dangerous notion.

We often hear that diversity is a strength and immigration is one of the things that has made the United States greater than any nation in the world.

This is undoubtedly true. However, this assumes common values, beliefs, goals and objectives. 

It also assumes that those who immigrate to the United States want to assimilate and fully commit their future and faith to their new country---not the country that they left.

If these foundational principles are not shared uniformly, diversity is a weakness, not a strength. In point of fact, diversity is a fatal flaw if the foundational principles are not aligned. 

It can lead to a cataclysmic clash of cultures.

Assimilation was not a problem with previous waves of immigration during most of U.S. history.

Immigrants wanted to assimilate and become Americans. They really did not any other choice.

For most of our history when someone left their home country they really left it.  Those immigrating to America faced an arduous ship passage.  They could communicate with friends and family only by letter once they got here.  

It was difficult to get news about what was happening in their home country. There was little chance that they would be able to go back. As recently as 25 years ago, long distance international phone calls were expensive and limited.  Facetime was the stuff of science fiction. Immigrants really did not have much choice other than to assimilate into American society. 

When someone immigrated to the United States in the past they were literally "all in".  They simply had no other choice.  They were coming to America to be Americans.  It was not just the economic opportunity but it was everything else as well.  They did not pick and choose.  They bought the whole loaf.

Are the people coming to America today really coming here to be part of the great "melting pot" that has defined us in the past?  

Are they really interested in adopting and assimilating into American culture, tradition, values and our language?  Or are they here just for the economic advantages?

Immigration without assimilation is a recipe for a cataclysmic clash of cultures.

It is the first step towards societal collapse if it is ignored.

The headlines from last week tell us how true that is.