[RS]

"Preemption, frowned upon according to our rights as citizens, seems more and more to be a reasonable response to terrorism."

So your method of preemption regarding the millions of Muslims in this country, many of whom are natural-born citizens is ?

Just how far would your fear push you ?

[ArmyTeach]

If you mean rounding people up and incarcerating them in camps, of course not. But until the shooting stops, individuals of Middle Eastern background - citizens or not - need to stop blubbering and whining about security. We're harassing to death and humiliating grannies with knitting needles, aging senators with hip replacements, and veterans with unit coins but go weak in the knees at the prospect of questioning a Muslim or Arab. Any natural born American or naturalized citizen would understand the need for security if he had the interests of the nation first and foremost.
If you were a policeman in pursuit of a criminal described as blond, male, early twenties, 6'1" wearing a blue windbreaker, why would you not stop and question black grandmothers walking down the street with shopping bags and using a cane? After all, we don't want to be guilty of racial profiling. That presently seems to be our answer to security.