I guarantee that had we done so, we would have suffered many more attacks in the interim - as those Muslim citizens who have been quietly tipping off the FBI to future plots would have just said "Forget it - those bastards threw my cousin Hamid into a dungeon."
Why are so many FReepers anxious for America to act like the bad guy? The momentary spasm of ego-pleasure at watching the Arabs get rounded up would absolutely not have been worth the consequences that would have followed. I have plenty of bones to pick with GWB, but at least he gets that part of the equation.
You and Bush need to wake up and smell the coffee...unless your on the side of the so-called moderate Islam.
and there IS NO moderate Islam.