[Physicist]

I think another mistake people are making is thinking that most ARabs in this country are Muslim, when in fact, most are Christian or secularists.

Right. But that hasn't stopped a frightening number of Freepers from suggesting internment camps for Arab Americans.

So I say, monitor those you suspect closely, expel non-citizens who even give the slightest reason for suspicion, and arrest and assassinate operatives worldwide.

Thank you for talking sense. We can defend our lives and our Constitution at the same time by doing as you suggest.

(If I have to choose between the two, however, I will defend the Constitution.)

[Chuckster]

(If I have to choose between the two, however, I will defend the Constitution.)

I took the oath four times.

The way I see it, there is a lot more than just lives at stake. Our whole way of life, our belief system and our liberty are at risk.

It seems to me that the only prudent thing to do is to close our borders, deport all non-US citizen muslims and closely watch those that are citizens. I cannot advocate rounding up US citizens to put them in concentration camps. Better to keep an eye on them without interfering with thier lives and let law enforcement and the courts deal with them if they cross the line. Sedition and treason are crimes.

[Sabertooth]

"But that hasn't stopped a frightening number of Freepers from suggesting internment camps for Arab Americans."

Frankly, your straw man arguments are growing wearisome. You're the only one here talking about a general action or internment against American Citizens, whatever their ethnic heritage.

There is NO Consitutional provision requiring us to allow Arab non-citizens to remain in America. None.

We have a fifth column of sleeper terrorists in this country, they are hiding in plain sight, and they are overwhelmingly Arab. Do you deny that?

And if not, then what do you propose to do about it?

[VOA]

You're talking about millions of American citizens. How are you going to "defoliate"
that "forest"?

Before the last couple of weeks, I was in the "open mind" mode about whether Islam,
in general, is a peaceable or war-like religion.
Things I've heard over the past couple of weeks has me swinging into the "Islam is
a war doctrine" category.
I work with lots of law-abiding, peaceable Muslims. But when ever I hear some Muslim
cleric or Muslim caller on a talk show with an interviewer willing to scratch
the surface, I hear VERY uncomfortable answers.
E.g., a very nice Muslim lady on the Dennis Prager Show this week went on at length
about how terrorism "in all it's forms" had been denounced in her mosque
after 9-11-01.
But Prager actually interviews people and he asked her about the fatwah on Salman
Rushdie. "Totally justified" said the nice, call, reasonable Islamic lady.

I'm sorry to say it, but I think our country, among the 6 to 10 million Muslims might have
"who knows what percentage" of people that would think that way.

You are right to ask how we should deal with this sort of mindframe in fellow citizens.
I'm afraid that we might witness one of those "unintended consequences" if there
is another sizeable attack on US citizens.
We will find that our kindly immigration policy that let these folks seek refuge will
backfire when some of these folks can't help but back their oppressed brothers.
I just pray it doesn't come to retributions like spontaneous beatings and worse if such a thing happens.