If there is, for example, a "biological 9-11" which kills another five or ten thousand (or many more) Americans, and the trail to the killers leads through the mosques and cultural centers (again) then all bets will be off.
You're right. They should just leave, and those that don't volunteer should be visited by INS and strongly encouraged to go back from whence they've come. People are showing great restraint right now, by and large...but another hit like 9-11 and all hell is likely to break loose.
If there is, for example, a "biological 9-11" which kills another five or ten thousand (or many more) Americans, and the trail to the killers leads through the mosques and cultural centers (again) then all bets will be off.
I think your estimate of the deaths in a biological attack are low by 2 or 3 orders of magnitude. A simultaneous anthrax attack in ten cities would kill 20 to 30 million. Think about it: this could be done by ten people who are already in the country and who bought their crop dusters five years ago and have them safely stored in hangars, ready to go. This is very serious, and very dicey. |