Posted on 09/25/2003 10:13:31 AM PDT by quidnunc
The Nisei performed honorably, loyally and bravely, but they were assigned combat roles in Africa and Europe, not the Pacific.
Recent events seem to demonstrate a need for a return to a more prudent policy.
In a more enlightened age, a high court ruled that islam was illegal in the U.S. and "religion" in the American Constitution and other official documents refered to Christianity, not those who follow an "imposter such as Mahommet" or anyone who bloddies a chicken over an alter.
Too bad we have given away the country to a "religious" free-for-all in the name of political correctness.
We don't. Is that concise enough for you?
So we just don't bother trying to prevent the jihadists from working their will on us as they conceal themselves within the American ummah, right?
What in the world are yoiu babbling about?
Nobody's advocating internment or mass-expulsion of all Muslim non-citizens.
What is being advocated is increased awareness that a not-inconsiderable number of Muslims living in America consider their primary allegience to be to Islam and not to the United States, and that these Fifth Columnists constitute a real and present danger.
This fact is incontravertibele, having been borne out time and time again.
No, not at all. Preventing our enemies from attacking us is generally a good idea. Do we do that by casting a wary eye on ALL Muslims? I would argue no.
Start with excluding non-citizens from countries that support terrorism. Proceed onto extensive background checks for the lowliest Muslim enlistee, with red flags for those who have studied Islam in the Middle East, or who are or have been associated with radical Islamic organizations and/or mosques.
Transfer certification of Islamic chaplains to moderate groups who have no history of ties to terrorist groups. Discourage the current recruitment techniques openly admitted by Islamic chaplains, and stop giving them soapboxes in the name of "tolerance."
In short, take the lessons learned from these cases and shore up our defenses, instead of hiding behind the same political correctness that gave us 9/11.
Stupidest thing I"ve ever head of in my life.
I repeat, how in the name of hell are we going to determine which are which if we don't look at them all with a gimlet eye?
The Justice Dept. is consistantly rooting out terrorists and their supporters who had previously been considered moderate Muslims loyal to the U.S.
Al Qaeda held classes instructing their operatives how to blend into their host countries' societies without attracting attention.
Notice if you will that nobody is saying "Death to all the heathens in the name of holy Christendom!"
Muslims — Muslims, not Jews or Hindus or animists, but MUSLIMS — killed almost 3,000 Americans on 9/11 and another 800 or so in the two decades prior to that to the general approval of the Muslim world.
They have not shown themselves to be worthy of the benefit of the doubt.
Again, we don't and can't unless we do exactly what you apparently describe. It is patently and obviously unfair. If you disagree, fine.
They were also all male. Do we start casting a wary eye on all males now, too?
I'm not arguing that people who claimed to be Muslim carried out 9/11; that is obvious. What I'm arguing is that not all Muslims are radicals and terrorists, and therefore, not all Muslims should be looked upon such. That's all.
I think what you're seeing on this thread is hyperbole born of frustration. No sooner is an American muslim arrested -- military or not -- than we are treated to a flood of "he's innocent!" "it's racism!" or specious diatribes about the first amendment. This started way before 9/11 (think cold-blooded killer H. Rap Brown, among others), fostered by the race-baiting liberal media and politicans who put campaign funds before country.
Incredibly, two years post-9/11 we're seeing the same apologies and spin from academia, media and politicians, and many of us who didn't know a turban from an abayah before 9/11 have had to fast-track some learning about Islam, and with the flood of books printed in the past two years, and the continual stream of vitriolic diatribes and bloodshed emanating from the Muslim world, it's not been a pleasant learning experience. What we've learned is more "sickening" and "frightening" than any comments on this thread.
There's a massive problem facing the western world, and no amount of wishful thinking is going to solve it. If America doesn't start taking some prudent, un-pc steps to protect itself soon, we can kiss our future good-bye.
Fair to whom, the Muslims or to the people whom their batshit-crazy, jihadist fellow religionists are trying to kill?
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