"Our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change."
~ New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, April 22, 2013
THIS......IS NOT......A GOOD DEFENSE. It is not sustainable if we desire to maintain the liberal freedoms we cherish.
I wonder if New York and the elite writ large will set future trends for interpreting Constitutional Law for the rest of the country? You know, the same way they set fashion trends? I wonder if the definition of freedom will be reduced to fashion choices, menu selection and music preferences? My guess is that in time, the media will shun people as extremists who do not subscribe to our liberties being violated on a regular basis.
I believe the dial will only turn increasingly higher with time....to add pressure that forces these people (libertarians) to be isolated from the mainstream. And for the record, Lindsey Graham and John McCain are not libertarians. They are about 180 degrees off (or so) in their approach, but who's counting ticks on the compass, right?
The video above is a prime example of why the best defense is not letting terms be dictated to you. People suffer as a result. The best defense is a good offense. The video shows what our society will be continually subjected to so long as we remain in our current mode of dealing with threats using a reactionary approach. This cannot go unchecked indefinitely.
We need to be on offense. This offense need not include military occupation, counterinsurgency, or nation building. Let humanitarian organizations do nation building. An offensive strategy does not need to be verbose in its objectives or come flailing with unclear mission statements. It just needs to define the enemy, locate him, and take him out. No bullshit. Just go to MEMRI TV to see an example of target selection out in the open around the world (MEMRI does an amazing service to the world with the translations they provide).
If these enemies happen to be a naturalized American citizens, well, then we have to treat them with the protections afforded to citizens under the Constitution. Not doing so essentially negates liberty for the rest of us. But dammit if we might review our naturalization protocols to deny our enemy from using our liberal society as protection! If we fail to take these steps, you can expect to see empty metro streets on non-holiday workdays, curfews, and even the elderly escorted from their homes for cordon and search operations coming to city near you.
And should you live in a metro area, it is likely that renegade terrorists fleeing from the law and looking for a hideout will find it wherever there is a home not defended by a gun. So instead of the police being alerted to their presence by your shots fired in defense your family, they will be alerted (likely once the terrorists are long gone) when your neighbor screams bloody murder after finding the bodies of your family shot execution-style. Again, this is another example of why offense is better than reacting; reacting only serves to clean up mess after mess. It also is an example of why individual liberty saves the day against the bad guys.
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, shall have neither liberty nor safety."
~ Benjamin Franklin
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