Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Victor Davis Hanson on Fighting Terror

The title is "If the Problem Is Muslim Terror, Then What?" Hanson outlines an actually minimal program:
From a national security standpoint, the prevention of another September 11 thus seems straightforward—in theory. Suspend most legal immigration from Middle Eastern countries known to subsidize or tolerate terrorism. Review all current visas and search out and deport violators. Continue to audit carefully the arrivals of Middle Eastern nationals. Tighten the Canadian and Mexican borders. Extend existing statutes on inflammatory speech and hate crimes to include radical Islamic doctrines that routinely denigrate Americans, Jews, homosexuals, and women. Hand down long sentences to those convicted of promulgating Islamic hatred and plotting terrorism, with special attention given to Saudi-sponsored charities, madrassas, and mosques. Renew the Patriot Act, and create a public culture that associates radical Islamicism with fascism.
We live, of course, in a country in which all of this is unlikely to be implemented. The question should really be, what if we implement all of these things and it still isn't enough? What then?

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