As I said Esam hamdi is about as much an American as I'm Japanese! Ashcroft's "scheme" is a Solomon like decision made with all the facts which were conveniently left out of Turley's Op Ed ! I lived in Europe for 3 years but that does not make me a European! Nor am I British for having lived in London for 3 years. Ashcroft knows what he is doing. And those who look closely know he is no threat to our Constitutional Rights.
Did you forget Ashcroft will not hold his post for life? Do you think that those powers will be rescinded when he leaves? Do you think?
Of course he isn't. This is knee jerk, jump on the band wagon.
I knew Ashcroft was no threat to my rights when he came out and said he believed the Second Amendment meant just what it said. People have the right to keep and bear arms and it has nothing to to with the national guard as those who truly want to take our rights to own a gun away from us, keep saying. Of course some people have short term memory.
Anyone who thinks there won't be more terrorist attacks are living in la la land. They will try again and those who will carry out a terrorist threat are not going to come to the USA. They are already here.
He may not be a threat. But those who come after GWB MAY be a major threat.
Better to protest now than to submit to the camps later.
Let's not forget what our grandparents learned in WW2.
FReegards