Knee jerk protective measures which compromise our Constitution is one of the biggest dangers we face in these times, I believe.
We will have saved ourselves ... only to have lost ourselves.
I've a client who is a Muslim ... a dearer man I have yet to meet ... he has steadfastly continued to wear his turbin ... even into East Baltimore ... and pins an America flag on his lapel .... courage ...
As Truman once said ... Freedom isn't cheap .... still, he understands completely the concerns of the many ... so his war is on many fronts ... this is not fair ... but it is so ... and he will have to deal with it.... expecting only those protective measures which the Constitution now allows .... no more and no less ...
Such is how this war will be rightly won ....
Much food for thought here. Especially the last five words. Unfortuneately the case has become that certain protected ones get a lot more and America gets a lot less.
It depends on what "ourselves" means. The America which is the America of the past decade or so is ended like it or not. Liberal, politically-correct, squishy America is destroyed, it may not realize it yet but that America cannot win this war. If America is to survive, it will be the former version or even something else.
How does the deportation of Middle East nationals that are here as "guests" in ANY WAY "compromise" our Constitution? Answer: IT DOESN'T. The U.S. Government under it's immigration laws and powers can deport anyone at any time for reasons of national security and a whole host of other reasons. Why do you libertarians continue to mischaracterize this issue by saying it’s unconstitutional? I suggest in the spirit of honesty that you just admit that you and other libertarians are willing to run the risk of more and greater acts of terrorism in this country at the hands of “visiting” Muslim terrorists rather than hurt the feelings of the Muslim population at large. You might as well admit it because YOU KNOW our government's right to deport is NOT a constitutional matter. Stop spreading the Big Lie and be candid for once.