Posted on 06/01/2004 9:47:14 PM PDT by Robert Lomax
Executive Summary
The nation’s response to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 has taken many forms, from military action to expanded security measures at airports. As important as these measures are, there is probably no more important tool for preventing future attacks on U.S. soil than the nation’s immigration system because the current terrorist threat comes almost exclusively from individuals who arrive from abroad. The purpose of this study is to examine how foreign terrorists have entered and remained in the country in an effort to identify weaknesses in the system that can then lead to meaningful reforms. Rather than just focus on 9/11, we examine terrorism on U.S. soil over the last decade to provide a more complete picture of the threat.
While no immigration system can be completely foolproof, if only some of those involved in a terrorist plot can be stopped by our immigration system, it is possible that whatever conspiracy they are part of could be uncovered. Including the 9/11 hijackers, 48 foreign-born militant Islamic terrorists have been charged, been convicted, pled guilty, or admitted to involvement in terrorism within the United States since 1993. Almost all of these individuals are now thought to be linked to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization. This study focuses on militant Islamic terrorists because the threat they pose dwarfs that from any other terrorists, foreign or domestic. In addition to 9/11, some of the plots examined in the study include the murder of employees outside of CIA headquarters, the first attack on the World Trade Center, a plot to bomb the subway in Brooklyn, plots to bomb New York City landmarks, and the Millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport.
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The guest worker program that Bush proposes is basically an amnesty program that will allow millions to enter illegally.
Bush proposes the exact opposite of what America needs. Ever since he took office he has had no intention of enforcing existing immigration law. Makes one think twice about voting for him again, huh?
Every day that he doesn't enforce the law, it makes it harder for me to want to keep my campaign pledges.
I am seriously considering voting for Peroutka, not because I agree with him on every issue, but because I want the government to repatriate illegal aliens and it just won't listen. If Kerry proposes amnesty and Bush proposes amnesty lite which will become amnesty in five years and ultimately bring in MORE Democratic voters, what kind of a choice is that?
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this. But believe me, it's very difficult for me to even think about bailing out. My parents raised me a faithful Republican, but more than that, they raised me a principled Conservative. If my party refuses to help me further the conservative cause, I simply won't help my party stay in power. It's that simple. If they can't do their part, I can't do mine.
I'll vote for many Republicans for sure (ESPECIALLY Marilyn Musgrave), but I don't know if I can muster up the strength to vote for Bush after his amnesty proposal. I'm trying, but I don't know if I can.
I've come to the same conclusion, and that's why I'm voting for the Constitution Party. Peroutka won't win, but the many votes he will get will hopefully make a statement to both parties that we don't agree with them anymore.
Voting for someone who can't win makes a statement,but NOT the one you imagine it does.
And then,there are the home-grown terrorist wannabes that were born here.
He won't get all that many and the people who do vote for him,will be written off as KOOKS!
He won't.
But as the days go by, I watch myself--despite my efforts--begin to care less and less.
Yes, they sure did. But the amnesty proposal isn't helping one bit--and makes another terrorist attack even MORE likely by encouraging illegal immigration. With more and more aliens spilling across the border unchecked, it'll be easier for the terrorists to slip through; why, after all, risk getting a VISA and potentially being monitored?
And then,there are the home-grown terrorist wannabes that were born here.
Yet another reason to put a moritorium on most or all immigration from the Middle East.
Remember Clinton? Remember that enough people got sucked into crazy Ross"s double talk and Clinton won? Do you want an even WORSE version of Clinton and his horde,in D.C.? Think that President Bush is "bad"/not quite up to snuff? LOOK AT FRENCHY,FLIP FLOP KERRY AND HIS "TEAM" OF CRAZIES!
Care,damn it CARE,before you go off to fringeland!
The CP is AGAINST the WoT,for crying out loud! Read their platform and websites.This isn't some benign group,that is all about sticking with the Constitution. And nobody ever claimed that any president is going to fulfill all your wishes.President Bush is a good,honorable man and a damned good president to boot! What he needs,come November is the largest number of votes and coattails!
Donna Brazil was on O'Reilly tonight.She said that IF the Dems lose this elections....IT'S ALL OVER FOR THE DEMS FOR DECADES.Those are Donna Brazil's words.Come on...let's make this happen and happen in a BIG way!
President Bush is NOT the "enemy";but the damned Dems sure are! Let's crush them and crush them BIG!
Almost everyone on FR,who screams about the borders,means our Southern one,when it is a FACT that it's our Northern border,that terrorist illegals dribble through. And then,there's our coasts,which many illegals pour through,via ship containers;especially the Chinese!
Stop focusing on that none amnesty thing.It is NOT an "amnesty" at all.
At this point... I don't care that no one will listen. I don't care that it'll make no semblence of difference. I don't care that I'll accomplish nothing but the knowledge that I did the one thing I could do in an election like this: speak with my vote, however small and insignificant that voice may be.
One thing my Christian upbringing has instilled in me is an awareness of the nature of my humanity, and thus of my limitations. I can't possibly accomplish everything. The question is, where can I make the most difference? Will helping to get Bush re-elected make more of a difference that my tiny, unheard voice for Peroutka? A month ago, my answer would've been, "HECK YEAH!" (I was even at the Kerry rally right up next to JFK with Bush signs). But as the days go by, I find it harder and harder to say "yes" and really believe it in my heart.
Believe me, this is not a light decision, nor a thoughtless one. I don't want President Kerry. The question is, do I not want President Kerry as much as I want to stand up for what I believe in (even if I make no visible accomplishment)?
Klintoon legacy bump!
Well, I'm going to get myself killed for saying this, but in a sense, so am I. Fighting a "War on Terror," so to speak, would be a rather humanitarian, interventionist-type cause. What we are really fighting, and what I wish someone would have the spine to ADMIT we are really fighting, is a war against militant Islam (which may ultimately turn out to be the true nature of Islam).
No politician will ever admit that. It's ridiculous to expect any of them to. But it's a nice little fantasy.
President Bush is a good,honorable man and a damned good president to boot!
Hey, I like him personally. And I like a number of the things he's done (cut taxes, ban partial-birth abortion, support the marriage amendment in the face of potential fireworks) and dislike some others (endorse an assault weapons ban, propose an amnesty).
Donna Brazil was on O'Reilly tonight.She said that IF the Dems lose this elections....IT'S ALL OVER FOR THE DEMS FOR DECADES.Those are Donna Brazil's words.Come on...let's make this happen and happen in a BIG way!
Maybe she's right. Maybe she's not. I'm certainly not knowledgable enough to evaluate her statement fairly; all I know is that what I've seen doesn't give me *quite* the same confidence.
There's one more thing. Why have a Republican Party in power if it acts like the Democratic Party on some really important issues? Maybe the other issues are worth it in your opinion, and that's fine. But I can't say for sure if they are to me.
Let's look at this logically;shall we?
If enough people,for whatever reason,vote fringe,instead of for President Bush,Kerery WILL be president?Will that be so terrible? MORE TERRIBLE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE!</>
If President Bush only wins by a little,he's won,but that is NOT really enough.WHY?Because it isn't coattail worthy and not nearly a big enough pointed stick in the eyes of the Dems AND our enemies everywhere.
And,you might just as well stay home...no,I take that back...you would do better,to just stay home,than to cast your vote for a candidate who espouses the insane garbage,that old Pero...whatever his name is and thwe Constitution Party stand for.As a Christian,how can you cast a vote for a candidate who not only is going to lose,but stands for a bunch of things that sounds like it's a KKK meeting speech?
Are YOU perfect? I'm, not.Is President Bush "perfect"? No way! Is a Kerry presidency a nightmare of untold proportions? YOU BET IT IS! Is voting for some crazy guy,just to make some sort of statement,which will NEVER be taken as "making a statement" at all,a pretty bad idea? YES, YES,A HUNDRED TIMES YES!
Look at it this way...voting CP is about the same as pulling the lever for Kerry and then going off into the woods and screaming :" I HAVE PRINCIPLES,BUT I'D RATHER CUT OFF MY NOSE,TO SPITE MY FACE,THAN GET EVEN 50% OF THE THINGS I WANT!"
Answer me this one query..."Was Clinton's first term better,than what a second term for President GHW Bush might have been?"
They must have been reading Freerepublic....we've been saying the same things for ages.
Maybe they should just stop immigration for awhile, until they figure out how to handle it. Wonder if anyone has thought of that?
This is a facinating read, got through over half of it and skimmed the rest. Saved for later.
Maybe that will help a few see why the Democrats are so hell-fire bent on bringing the Bush administration to it's knees over the Iraq war. They are playing a dangerous game now, and they know it!
Come on..........get over this feeling of blah and grow a spine yourself!
We really don't have enough of a majority in the Senate,to do what it is that needs to be done and Frist is just dreadful as Majority Leader!
Is that glass 1/2 full,1/2 empty,or not there at all?
Kerry would hand our sovereignty over to the damned UN and crawl,on hands and knees to France and Germany,to sue for permission to do anything.
Diplomacy,not just damned PC junk,means not saying things as bluntly as you or I would like,but that's how it is.
Second:
Stop focusing on that none amnesty thing.It is NOT an "amnesty" at all.
"Amnesty" is, according to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, "the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals." Now, I realize that dictionaries are more useful in telling how words are used than in telling precisely what they mean, but in this case, the preceding was the only definition given for the word. Such narrow allowable usage probably means that it is not too far off from the actual definition.
Now, let's get the facts. These people entered our country illegally--a crime punishable by detention and deportation. President Bush's proposal would instead allow them legal status. Not the same status they might have gotten had they entered legally, to be sure, but legal status as esentially a reward for the illegal behavior of at least 12 million people--behavior which, by all legal standards, should be punished.
Support the amnesty or don't, but don't tell me that the rewarding rather than the punishing of lawbreakers is not amnesty. As National Review put it, "To suggest [so] is an insult to our intelligence."
There's another thing to consider. In theory, this will not result in 12 million more U.S. citizens (and probably future Democratic voters as well), as they will have to leave the country after three years, right? In practice, it probably will, for a couple of reasons. First, the anchor baby law. Second, the fact that promises to keep amnesties restrained have never been kept. I'm told that several million people fraudulently grabbed the 1986 amnesty, which was MEANT for a few hundred thousand people who had been living and working here illegally. And, of course, the promise to secure the borders and keep illegals out was certainly not kept.
The more we give to illegal aliens, the more foreigners will get the idea that there's no consequences for breaking our laws. That is nothing but bad.
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