larssen sounds like the CCP who talk constantly about the 'foreigners' in their country who are 'anti-nationalists' and 'in the pay of the CIA'.
there are extremist cells, of course, and preachers who preach hate. these should be dealt with by counter-terrorism forces. there is a system of religious education, madrasas and so forth, in saudi arabia or pakistan, that preach fundamentalist and hateful ideologies. there is no place for that in a western democracy.
but what the hell is 'home country influence' and why is that so undesirable? i take it if he moved abroad for a few years to work in policy or finance that he'd cut all ties with his home country, its educational systems, its institutions, etc.
there are extremist cells, of course, and preachers who preach hate. these should be dealt with by counter-terrorism forces. there is a system of religious education, madrasas and so forth, in saudi arabia or pakistan, that preach fundamentalist and hateful ideologies. there is no place for that in a western democracy.
but what the hell is 'home country influence' and why is that so undesirable? i take it if he moved abroad for a few years to work in policy or finance that he'd cut all ties with his home country, its educational systems, its institutions, etc.