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Internment Was Warrented Then and Surveillance is Necessary Now!
Reader comment on item: Why the Japanese Internment Still Matters
Submitted by Dr. Phil Corson (United States), Dec 28, 2004 at 21:35
Malkin in right on with her strategies in this war. Americans have to realize that we are in WW III with militant Islam. Historically, they have never wavered from their goal of Islamicizing the entire world. Patience and tenacity are their strategies and they will, in time win, unless America wakes up to this insidious force under the cloak of religion.Submitting....
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| 5 | Once again, the Right is wrong. [96 words] | High School Diploma | Mar 6, 2010 06:37 | 154023 | |
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| I don't buy this [442 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Irfan Khawaja | Dec 29, 2004 19:31 | 19224 | ||
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| Malkin [22 words] | S.C.Panda | Dec 29, 2004 05:03 | 19202 | ||
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 Internment Was Warrented Then and Surveillance is Necessary Now! [61 words] | Dr. Phil Corson | Dec 28, 2004 21:35 | 19191 | ||
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| Unarguable premise is arguable [45 words] | Lawrence Goldberg | Dec 28, 2004 17:27 | 19183 | ||
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| 1 | Name calling [77 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alvin Ziontz | Dec 28, 2004 13:41 | 19171 | |
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| 2 | Who's Next? [173 words] | Stephen Berman | Dec 28, 2004 09:54 | 19155 | |
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