Call it 'out of control' reaction, and that will probably have some merit -- at least from the average Muslim point of view, but considering we waited months before doing anything substantive about 9/11, you can hardly call rounding up the usual suspects 'out of control'. For many reasons the US can't afford a weak-kneed response this time, and frankly, the only thing Muslims of any stripe respect is overwhelming force. We'd have to make an example of someone...Iran, Syria, for instance. Here, we'd have to think hard about closing mosques, especially where hate rant is common fodder, although that's like cutting off our own nose to spite our face...in terms of spying on likely terrorists.
Presumably, the FBI/Homeland Security has tabs on sleeper cells, perhaps inside informants -- which might foil another attack, but why should Americans die by the hundreds of thousands so Muslims who've done little or nothing to stop murder and hate can continue life as usual? That's ridiculous, and furthermore, such reluctance on the part of the govt. to protect ordinary Americans would probably encourage vigilantism, the very thing we don't want. Martial law would probably be an option. At some point we have to acknowledge we're at war, that this isn't a robbery at a corner Quickie-Mart. Of course, if the Dems control things, we'll refer the whole nasty business to the UN, (if it's still standing).
First off Muslims are serving in our Armed Services with distinction. So to say there are doing nothing is in correct. Muslim communtiies have been cooperating with the FBI. Closing down mosque is not the answer. Again these are Americans. Their religious belief in Islam is not a reason to treat them differently. This isnt a war on ISlam. If muslim American woman and children are put into camps in this day and age well like I said the Second amendment is there for a reason when the Govt gets out of control. Who would be next. Perhaps me because I would protesting it. I wont go so freely
If attacked again, maybe we'd take a leaf from the UK's book vis a vis IRA terrorism. (Just a thought.) There was certainly torture, widespread human rights' violations, etc.. All of which I was sick about, being half Irish. If you happen to catch the BBC on NPR discussing the IRA, you'll hear a tone absent when they discuss Muslim terrorism. In fact, it's a tone strikingly similar to the way the BBC talks about the US.