I wouldn't disagree with you at all under peaceful circumstances. But when you have a religious sect that declares war on the U.S., anybody, American or not, that supports that enemy and it's evil ways, should be stripped of their Constitutional rights, and treated as a traitor and a war criminal and shipped to gitmo. I wouldn't be opposed to shipping them to Iraq either, those guys may be poor military fighters but you let them have an enemy to take down to the basement for "questioning", and they come back with all the intel! Originally Posted by nwarounderThe problem--as I pointed out several times now--is how do you tell a priori which ones are "supporters"? If someone says "I feel sorry for the Afghani civilians who are suffering.", is that enough to put them away? Every Muslim who goes to any mosque? Anyone who speaks Arabic at home, or associates with other Muslims at work (you would have to arrest damn near every cab driver in the US)? Yes--if you don't want to turn the country into a paranoid police state and declare martial law al la during the Civil War--then yes, you need the thought police.
What is YOUR definition of "support"?
Once someone does do something that clearly supports ISIS, etc., then I agree with doing something, but until then I think you are talking a far more dangerous threat to our way of life by running completely roughshod over the constitution. Read Hitler's arguments in his rise to power. Read Julius Caesar as he killed the Roman Republic for its own good. The Shogunate in medieval Japan. Odd, after declaring "temporary" martial law they all decided they liked the power and "temporary" lasted a very long time.
