It gives me great pleasure to announce that Arch Arthur, Major, USAF (Ret.) is now an official member of the Old War Dogs pack. Your friendly neighborhood webmaster still has a lot of work to do on Arch's bio and Arch needs some time to play with TypePad before he starts posting his own work but in the mean time he's asked me to post this for him:
The Next Attack
We all know that islamic terrorists attacked the United States on September 11th 2001. The aim of these radical muslims was, and still is, to destroy our way of life and substitute theirs. They offer us three alternatives – submit to islam, become enslaved or die. Everyone wanted to know why no one connected the dots.
Al Qaeda has pledged to attack the US again. They have the resources, the desire and the ability. Most intelligence services publicly admit that it is a question of “when”, not “if”.
What should we do today to prevent future attacks?
Should we pursue terrorists into their base camps and sanctuaries? Kill them? Apply diplomatic, economic or military measures to dissuade their sponsors?
Should we capture and interrogate their leaders to prevent an attack? Without lawyers or Miranda rights? Cohesively? Use water boards? Sleep deprivation? Music? Women?
Should we listen to international telephone conversations to and from known terrorists or terrorist supporters? Monitor their electronic funds transfers?
Should we tighten our visa policies to require that students actually enroll and attend classes? Screen them for links to radical organizations? Enforce the duration of their stay?
Should we restrict border crossing? Arrest and deport or imprison illegal immigrants?
Should we identify for surveillance certain demographic groups such as muslim men between 19 and 45? Interview them in depth?
Should we treat illegal combatants and war criminals differently than we would legal combatants?
Should we free our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines from rules of engagement that threaten their lives? Rules that punish them for mistakes under fire?
Should we issue national identification cards to every citizen?
Should we hold our mainstream media to report only truth as truth?
Should we hold terrorist support groups accountable for their actions? CAIR? La Raza? What about the ACLU? Amnesty International? Human Rights Watch? Code Pink?
Should we hold our public officials who have sworn to “protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies – foreign and domestic” accountable to their oath? Rate their performance? Voting record?
Until the next attack comes, every day is September 10th, 2001. What should we do?
