The attempt of assasination by the Skinheads

Last few days, I came across an article in the Star about two skinheads held over plot to kill Obama. The article conveyed that the two white supremacist skinheads directed their attempt to kill the Democrat candidate, Barrack Obama by discussing their 'killing spree' on the Net. The men planned to drive as fast as possible toward Obama and shoot him from the windows of the car.

The masses believed that they were assigned to the Skinheads group when they found the emblems of 'swastika' and number "14" and "88" on the hood of the car. Special Agent believed that 'H' is the eighth letter of the alphabet and the number '88' stood for 'Hail Hitler'. Well, sounds quite interesting right?

I was somewhat skeptical on why they want to kill Obama, so I searched some informations about the Skinheads on Wikipedia. Correct me if you notice that I put wrong informations. From my little research, I found that the emergence of the racist skinhead became more partisan in 1970s when they were affiliated with National Front British Movement (note that this occured in Britain). These groups who claimed themselves as the working class skinheads blamed the black immigrants for economic and social problem.

By the late 1970s, some were attached to the neo-Nazi groups, who promoted the white powers. In United States, they are known as the right wing skinheads (while the left-wing such as SHARP opposed neo-Nazism) who are conservative and claimed themselves as 'patriotic'. These groups mainly targetted the Jews and the African Americans (the Black), so no wonder they aimed to kill Obama. (Source:Wiki)

Have you ever watched the movie of 'This Is England'? That movie clearly portrays how the racially-motivated skinheads treated the foreign races (by showing their misdemeanors towards the Pakistanis). I was somewhat perturbed by the scene where the skinhead kids robbed the Pakistanis groceries shop, cursing them every time they met, and chasing the Pakistanis when they were playing football. That was sooo rude and outrageous.

The Neo-nazi proposed that"the nation was the highest creation of a “race”, and “great nations” were the creation of homogeneous populations of “great races” working together. A master race (the Whites_ could therefore, according to the Nazi doctrine, easily strengthen itself by eliminating parasitic races from its homeland."

As opposed to such belief, Obama proposed the idea that "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there's the United States of America." His idea of racial unity had been well-accepted by the Americans.

Well, the world is suffering from the financial turmoil today, and US as a driven force plays a vital role. Obama had clearly shown that he offered the best chance of restoring the United States' self-confidence, and even the Economist endorsed Obama for the presidency. This serves a merit towards Obama to grasp for the victory.

If things go according to prediction, the United States would have the first Black president to boot. The dream of Martin Lurther King Jr will become true.