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Reader comment on item: [Brandon Mayfield and] Preempt Terrorists, Or Not?
in response to reader comment: original intent of the founders
Submitted by P. Sydney Herbert (United States), Oct 4, 2007 at 18:55
I entirely agree with John Philips. We had a similar problem when we were engaged in the "cold war" with the former Soviet Union, and factions in the USA tried to deprive us of freedom of speech and association.
The question arose then, as now, "How much like the enemy do you have to become to defend yourself?"
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| the 5 reasons linking Mayfield to terror [158 words] | Harry | Oct 23, 2007 11:00 | 112191 | ||
| Not entirely correct... [176 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | j greer | Oct 16, 2007 10:29 | 111598 | ||
| Know Your Enemy [97 words] | All American | Oct 11, 2007 18:37 | 111181 | ||
| Islam and Islamism [110 words] | A.M Delcambre | Oct 8, 2007 08:27 | 110720 | ||
 Islam and Islamism - two sides of the same coin!!!! [123 words] | Jaladhi | Oct 8, 2007 21:50 | 110720 | ||
| Islamism comes from Islam [195 words] | Nessie | Oct 9, 2007 18:00 | 110720 | ||
| Wahabi Islam is spreading in France and Maghreb mosques [60 words] | Egyptian Christian | Oct 10, 2007 07:11 | 110720 | ||
| Islam and Islamism - Logic and Problem [180 words] | Singha | Oct 10, 2007 12:29 | 110720 | ||
| I agree with you Nessie [80 words] | mytwocents | Oct 13, 2007 13:41 | 110720 | ||
| 1 | French islamologist [115 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 30, 2007 00:01 | 110720 | |
| poor Eurabia.. [36 words] | donvan | Oct 31, 2007 14:46 | 110720 | ||
| Our tolerant society [600 words] | Harvey United Kingdom | Oct 7, 2007 07:37 | 110609 | ||
| No doubt.. [103 words] | donvan | Oct 31, 2007 14:40 | 110609 | ||
| Prehaps Brandon Mayfield was the culprit. [246 words] | Lee Mertz | Oct 6, 2007 17:35 | 110550 | ||
| Returning to 9/10? [233 words] | Maurice | Oct 6, 2007 05:15 | 110501 | ||
| The Phony War [450 words] | Harvey | Oct 5, 2007 17:58 | 110436 | ||
| Most Americans and Europeans only know how to enjoy their freedom [494 words] | Ken Besig | Oct 5, 2007 03:52 | 110386 | ||
| masterly comment [33 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Oct 11, 2007 16:24 | 110386 | ||
| Judge Aiken's faulty decision [19 words] | Richard Finn | Oct 4, 2007 21:30 | 110369 | ||
| Pre-empt which terrorist? [1028 words] | Truth-Teller | Oct 4, 2007 19:23 | 110357 | ||
| "Truth"-Teller's Inflated Totals [132 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 5, 2007 21:15 | 110357 | ||
| Reply To Truth Teller [435 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Oct 6, 2007 02:15 | 110357 | ||
| Truth Teller [281 words] | Harvey | Oct 6, 2007 07:06 | 110357 | ||
| Truth Teller Part 2 [122 words] | Harvey | Oct 6, 2007 07:22 | 110357 | ||
| Our dear TT and comparing al-tufah wa al-burtuqan [460 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 6, 2007 08:26 | 110357 | ||
| WHAT THEN SHOULD WE DO? [457 words] | Geno M. | Oct 4, 2007 15:01 | 110340 | ||
| Geno M. [472 words] | shayna | Oct 4, 2007 17:22 | 110340 | ||
| Valid Points. [146 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 4, 2007 23:08 | 110340 | ||
| In Answer To Geno M. [319 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Oct 5, 2007 08:53 | 110340 | ||
| This is an invitation... [60 words] | Garden Lady | Oct 5, 2007 11:41 | 110340 | ||
| "Muslim Affected Personality Disorder" [154 words] | donvan | Oct 5, 2007 16:31 | 110340 | ||
| Islam is as Islam does [223 words] | Geno M. | Oct 5, 2007 17:53 | 110340 | ||
| retaliation - how? [72 words] | G.Vishvas | Oct 4, 2007 14:31 | 110337 | ||
| I think America did not yet undertand the enemy or still underestimate its power. Preemption should be taken to higher levels. [390 words] | Egyptian Christian | Oct 4, 2007 10:27 | 110316 | ||
| Egyptian Christian [475 words] | shayna | Oct 4, 2007 17:58 | 110316 | ||
| How indeed [102 words] | David W. Lincoln | Oct 4, 2007 20:23 | 110316 | ||
| my advice to egyptian christian [182 words] | syed mohammad ali | Oct 5, 2007 05:32 | 110316 | ||
| Peace ... [108 words] | donvan | Oct 5, 2007 17:17 | 110316 | ||
| Our dear Syed al-tablighee and the Copts [583 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 7, 2007 08:28 | 110316 | ||
| shame on you muhammad ali [51 words] | john | Oct 8, 2007 06:08 | 110316 | ||
| 1 | Wannabe Arabs don't want to remenber their own preislamic culture !!! [188 words] | Jaladhi | Oct 8, 2007 22:13 | 110316 | |
| Thank you Jaladhi [40 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 10, 2007 07:27 | 110316 | ||
| dhimmi my ancestor never be hindu's i have my old family tree [109 words] | syed mohammad ali | Oct 10, 2007 13:04 | 110316 | ||
| forgive me if I've got this wrong [84 words] | bos | Oct 13, 2007 03:41 | 110316 | ||
| surprising mohammed ali [176 words] | steve blackmore | Oct 13, 2007 12:54 | 110316 | ||
| More gems from our dear Syed [312 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 13, 2007 17:12 | 110316 | ||
| Syed and Steve [327 words] | Don | Oct 13, 2007 23:19 | 110316 | ||
| response to syed mohammad ali [61 words] | Yoven | Oct 15, 2007 14:20 | 110316 | ||
| mr steve you stay in muslim country [82 words] | syed mohammad ali | Oct 16, 2007 13:18 | 110316 | ||
| We could anticipate ! [240 words] | A.M Delcambre | Oct 4, 2007 06:10 | 110308 | ||
| Madam Delcambre [263 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 11, 2007 23:18 | 110308 | ||
| Under my microscope ! [223 words] | A.M. Delcambre | Oct 12, 2007 18:53 | 110308 | ||
| Well said [109 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 13, 2007 08:11 | 110308 | ||
| Flying With Turkeys [214 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 4, 2007 04:09 | 110301 | ||
| Remembering Grandmothers, and Lovingly Modifying Their Admonitions to Meet the Times. [407 words] | mariana | Oct 5, 2007 17:25 | 110301 | ||
| Very good question, Mariana [110 words] | jennifer solis | Nov 13, 2007 14:27 | 110301 | ||
| For Jennifer: On the NYT & WaPo... And Their Blessed EPIPHANY This Week! [422 words] | Mariana | Dec 3, 2007 19:40 | 110301 | ||
| original intent of the founders [148 words] | John Philips | Oct 4, 2007 03:01 | 110297 | ||
 We are not an ethnic group or race... [58 words] | P. Sydney Herbert | Oct 4, 2007 18:55 | 110297 | ||
| Mosques, Worship Centers Or Origins Of Violence ? [232 words] | clarence paul puckett | Oct 4, 2007 23:13 | 110297 | ||
| Bush's actions have always shown him to be soft on the sponsors of terrorism [407 words] | Rachel Garber, Philadelphia | Oct 3, 2007 21:07 | 110272 | ||
| The Left is winning (Preempt Terrorists or Not) [147 words] | Mike | Oct 3, 2007 20:49 | 110271 | ||
| Mike [43 words] | shayna | Oct 4, 2007 18:03 | 110271 | ||
| left lolling in legal limbo [909 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Oct 3, 2007 18:19 | 110243 | ||
| Love of American Freedoms Lost for the Lack of Their Defense [254 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 3, 2007 17:52 | 110242 | ||
| Two threads [66 words] | David W. Lincoln | Oct 3, 2007 16:27 | 110236 | ||
| Preempt Terrorists [187 words] | M.D. Anthony | Oct 3, 2007 15:50 | 110231 | ||
| Patriot Act. [285 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 3, 2007 14:27 | 110222 | ||
| Proactive instead of Preempt... [301 words] | Aamir | Oct 3, 2007 14:08 | 110221 | ||
| Depends on the crime [136 words] | SS | Oct 3, 2007 16:55 | 110221 | ||
| Judge [105 words] | Donald W. Bales | Oct 3, 2007 14:07 | 110220 | ||
| As You said.... [332 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 4, 2007 02:29 | 110220 | ||
| What ever will be will be [517 words] | SS | Oct 3, 2007 14:06 | 110219 | ||
| Martial Law, SS? [126 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 3, 2007 14:45 | 110219 | ||
| True - but you cannot prove what has not happened [124 words] | SS | Oct 3, 2007 16:15 | 110219 | ||
| True SS about CAIR's Islamist metastasis [139 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 4, 2007 16:05 | 110219 | ||
| SS, I think you're too optimistic [86 words] | Charles Martel | Oct 4, 2007 17:38 | 110219 | ||
| Bush-whacked! [696 words] | john w mcginley | Oct 3, 2007 13:23 | 110214 | ||
| Prevention is better than cure? [976 words] | Truth-Teller | Oct 3, 2007 11:00 | 110201 | ||
| Truth-Teller [484 words] | shayna | Oct 3, 2007 15:32 | 110201 | ||
| Shayna: Satan is good to Islamic Fundamentalists like Truth Teller. [329 words] | Ynnatchkah | Oct 3, 2007 19:13 | 110201 | ||
| Goodby U.K. [190 words] | Blame the Big mean U.S.A. | Oct 3, 2007 23:49 | 110201 | ||
| The Banality Of Evil And The Last Hurrah [150 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Oct 4, 2007 09:25 | 110201 | ||
| Seamus MacNemi [146 words] | shayna | Oct 4, 2007 16:39 | 110201 | ||
| Hate Destroys The Hater [53 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Oct 5, 2007 10:10 | 110201 | ||
| I hope you are right Seamus [226 words] | Blame the Big mean U.S.A. | Oct 5, 2007 21:29 | 110201 | ||
| Impressive, Shayna [21 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 6, 2007 23:44 | 110201 |
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