Their Claim is that an Enemy Exists
by Joe Cobb
Know thy enemy, know thyself. Words of wisdom.
Terrorists are not just criminals, they are conspiracy criminals. The label “organized crime��? is out of style. Now the conspiracy criminals are called “El Quaida.��?
RICO is insufficient. Now the government wants war powers and Homeland Security police to control things, like immigration.
Typically, there is some conservative “bait��? in the government’s strategy, so Latinos are spotlighted (although most illegal immigrants are not Latinos and arrive by airplane; they come with legal tourist or student visas and just don’t go home).
Who are the crime victims here? Surely illegal immigration is a victimless crime?
Today as I write, it is September 11, the anniversary of an infamous tragedy. We know the victims and we mourn with their families. We rage at the violation of the victims’ right to life and shudder at how some of them died, by jumping or burning to death.
But revenge is not the solution. Prevention is the solution. It must never happen again. How can this be done?
First, more police and control over the American people are not the way to go. We cannot give up our freedom in the name of protecting our freedom. That is madness.
Second, we must understand why anyone, anywhere would want to do mass murder in the United States. In 1995, Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people in Oklahoma City and we are not sure why he did it. He was mad; he was against something. He was a mass murderer.
The Clinton Justice Department killed 80 people, 21 of them children, in Waco in 1993 because a nutty religious guy had a cult with some weapons, and children. He believed he was a messiah, so Janet Reno killed him and 79 others. Who was mad then? Why wasn’t she forced to resign, like Alberto Gonzales? She was a mass murderer.
But before they can take away our freedom, they should have to prove to us an “Enemy” exists, not just a mafia or criminal conspiracy.
There is (and never has been) any “War” on terror or drugs or poverty. There has only been a gigantic growth in the police state and welfare bureacracy - including the loss of common rights.