There's always a danger with someone abusing the intent of a Federal power. The whole Clinton administration was a complete study in this type of pathology. But there's times when you need the technology and superior equipment of the military when solving terrorism - and if this ain't terrorism, I don't know what is. And some indications are that this might be right down the alley of good ol' fashioned battle with an official enemy, except on our civilian streets.
There's no reason to believe that this is the no-turning-back signal point where the military takes over surveillance and law enforcement, any more than when the National Guard came out during the LA riots - a very welcome presence. I just wish they'd thought ahead and brought bullets the first time they arrived - but that's another story.
So you think the military should have been called in when "Son of Sam" was doing his thang? How about when there's a serial rapist? Is that terrorism too?
The Clinton administration is a case study in abuse of Federal power and the Constitution, as are most administrations since Independence and notably the Civil War. Please realize that my family includes European, African and American Indian components.
But there's times when you need the technology and superior equipment of the military when solving terrorism - and if this ain't terrorism, I don't know what is. And some indications are that this might be right down the alley of good ol' fashioned battle with an official enemy, except on our civilian streets.
Terrorists are criminals, not nations attacking the U.S. and declaring War on them is just like declaring War on Poverty or War on Drugs. Wars that will never end that serve only to grow the state and reduce our freedom.
There's no reason to believe that this is the no-turning-back signal point where the military takes over surveillance and law enforcement,
This is a signal that the government is once again trying to expand power and subvert the law. This must not stand.