In this way Islam is similar to Shinto, the Japanese national nature cult, which was the guiding spirit behind their imperialist policies during World War Two. Was each individual Japanese an evil imperialist, panting for the death of Western Christians? No. My aunt wasn't, and she's as Japanese as sushi. Unfortunately for peace-loving, Shinto-following Japanese of that era, the government of Japan was ideologically committed to the doctrone of hachio ichigo, "Bringing the eight corners of the Earth under one roof" -- in other words, global Japanese dominance. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, there was no way to separate the "good" Japanese From the "Bad" ones; we had to kill them indiscriminately and keep killing them until their government was incapable of making war. This we did, using tanks and guns, and firebombs and atomic weapons. We also detained and imprisoned the Japanese-American population of our own West Coast -- not out of hatred, but out of a real fear that certain of them may have been enemy agents. Was this just? Was this fair? Was this constitutional? No -- but it was seen at the time as being necessary and prudet, and who are we to dispute that judgement in hindsight? Once the Japanese attacked us, we did not waste time trying to build a coalition, we did not waste a tear on the unjust imprisonment of the Nisei, nor did we invite leaders of the American Shinto community to the White House to celebrate any of Japan's nature festivals in the interest of fighting bigotry. We sank their fleet (including many unarmed freighters full of civilians), wiped out their island garrisons (slaughtering many innocent civilians in the process), and dropped two atom bombs and innumerable firebombs on their cities, incinerating hundreds of thousands of them, the majoroty of which were innocent civilians. This done, we then took their surrender, occupied their country, stamped out those religious and cultural traditions inimical to our own, and installed a government at bayonet-point that would act according to our liking. Did we kill, maim, and injure a lot of innocent Shinto-following Japanese in the process? Yes. Was it the right thing to do? Yes. The Japanese are better off for having lost the war, and we are better off not being dominated by the Shinto culture if Japan.
Was every German a supporter or the Final Solution? No. But we bombed them anyway, because we had no choice. Was every Russian a committed Communist? No. But we aimed ten thousand nuclear warheads at them, because we had no choice. Is every Muslim a terrorist? No. But we have to assume all of them are potential enemies, because we have no choice. The alternative is to wait until the other shoe drops, and we lose a city or three to a bomb or virus attack spread by an "innocent" Muslim who slipped thriugh the cracks.
As for Lamonte: no, I don't want him hurt or killed. As I said, he's probably a great guy. But odds are the imam at his local mosque isn't. And his imam's boss in Arabia certainly isn't. We can't simply sit around waiting for orders to travel ftom Wahhabi HQ to your neighbrhood mosque to Lamonte; if Lamonte's imam tells him he has to go blow up a schoolbus or open a canister of smallpox virus in the subway in the name of Allah, even a good guy like Lamonte is going to have a hard time saying "No".
So instead of hurting good guys like Lamonte, we should simply keep an eye on them. Every mosque in America should be bugged, watched, infiltrated, and forced to submit a list of its membership to the Homeland Security department. In the event of a terrorist attack, the Muslim population of a given area should immediately be questioned and their whereabouts and doings determined. Muslims who are proven to be spreading anti-American doctrines or encouraging other Muslims to "join the struggle against the godless West" should be arrested, tried under the sedition/treason laws already on the books, and (if convicted) imprisoned or executed. All students in the United States who are citizens of other countries should be required to register at their local police station and check in there every week. And it goes without saying that all foreigners in the United States without proper documentation should be deported at once.
Lamonte isn't the problem Lamonte's religion is the problem. Islam is a trheat to us and our way of life, and if we won't recognize that threat we deserve the fate that awaits us.