Posted on 07/10/2007 8:52:58 AM PDT by Republicain
For years, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has been trying to jack up German domestic security in the face of a growing terror threat to the country. These days, the rest of the country seem to be listening.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has divided Germany with his suggestions on how to deal with terrorism. The discussion on how best to combat the danger of terror attacks in Germany has almost reached the status of a ritual: Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble calls for security forces to be granted greater leeway in investigating and going after suspected terrorists; the opposition cries foul and indignantly accuses Schäuble of disregarding the German constitution; Schäuble weathers the media storm; and a couple months later he starts the process all over again.
This weekend was no different. In an interview with SPIEGEL magazine (more...) published Monday, Schäuble suggested that Germany should take a close look at what the country's constitution might have to say about targeted killings of terror suspects. He also indicated an interest in preventative imprisonment of terror suspects.
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I saw this on France 2 TV and could not believe it. The effete French newscasters were having trouble believing it, too. This guy takes no prisoners. If he prevails, they will be rid of their Islamic terrorism problem in six months. Civil liberties aside, it is reassuring to see that at least one Western leader understands the seriousness of the problem.
Finally, a European product that should be imported!
Not a bad idea, IMO.
Think of it as the Hal Holbrook side of Magnum Force or Operation Phoenix, and all of the court costs that would be saved. These people are about the violent overthrow of their host countries, and are not merely criminal-for-profit.
This is simply not possible. Throughout history, Germans have been a peaceful and loving people. Whenever I think of Germans and their history, I get mental images of bunny rabbits and butterflies.
Ah,the Germans are finally returning to the traditional way of dealing with their problems.
I have never seen the danger of assassinations as more dangerous than other forms of warfare.
It is just more honest.
Perhaps that is what makes it dangerous.
In Mein Kampf, Hitler predicted that he would prevail against the establishment because he was willing to use unlimited terror and they weren’t.
This is the riddle of civilization.
We would be wise to follow Hitler’s words too.
Ironic that Schäuble, himself the victim of an attempted assassination (which left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down), should support assassinating suspected terrorists!
Radical Islam is at war with the west. How many times do we have to hear the rage in their voices? They are simply taking advantage of the West’s democratic systems to spread their message of hate. They are not holding back in their attempts to organize plots that would kill as many westerners as possible. All around the world they are striking. How do we fight this war?....Wait until they strike and kill hundreds here? It is an idea whose time has come. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck....kill the damn thing!
Schäuble is one of the few Euro politicians that we would recognize as conservative. When I lived in Germany many years ago, I was watching a debate in the German parlement about lowering taxes. Schäuble wheeled himself to the podium to start his speech, and began with the words, "As the great American President Ronald Reagan used to say,..." and went on to argue the benefits of low taxation. I thought, "Wow, they don't even say this stuff in OUR congress anymore!" (This was when Newt was speaker.)
The U.S. has pursued some targeted killings of terrorists abroad. This has been done in places like the Gulf States and Africa. Freepers will remember stories about drones firing missiles at cars full of terrorists in such places, and I’m sure there were many more such stories that went untold.
I believe we also backed the Ethiopians in their campaign against the terrorists in the Horn of Africa.
Doing it domestically is much more questionable, since domestically you have the option of arresting them and putting them away.
But, yes, we are actively involved in a war with these people, a war of their making. These are not just potential terrorists, they are terrorists actively going about their business of trying to kill us. We just don’t fully admit it.
a) Can think
b) Has balls
Will the oblivious herd hear him? No.
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