I know I went a bit wild in the pit yesterday and I caught myself doing so. But I have another idea that I think is better but it still throws out some vigilante(sp) type justice.
What if we just started hunting down and killing ALL suspected terrorist? I mean if they are a suspected terrorist they can’t be such a wonderful person in the first can they? Anyway, like I said start killing them with snipers, walk up hits, poison etc, in other words any way possible until are list of suspected terrorist is down to zero.
Sure maybe some of them had nothing to do with this but who cares they are terrorist and deserve to DIE!
So what do ya’ll think? Good idea or another whacked out one? At least you got admit it is more pinpointed toward the people that actually did this. And we would probably get a good majority of them with this plan.
Yeah, Bill, but there’s that word, “suspected.” Do you want to be guilty of killing an innocent man because he was suspected of being a terrorist? You have to have credible evidence, preferably presented in a court of law.
More or less what Israel did to the terrorist from Munich in 1972.
I personally don’t have a problem with it, as long as they are not US citizens with Constitutional protections.
I agree gobear that would be the most ideal way. But we have been pushed into war now and in war don’t things change a little I mean look how many innocent people died yesterday.
But to be fair what if we change that from “suspected” to “known” terrorist and just take all of them out. It sure would put a damper in the recruiting of future terrorist wouldn’t it.
In otherwords put a message out…if you are a terrorist, you are not going to be tolerated we are just going to put a bullet in your head and for you funeral we are going to throw your body in a dumpster.
Hmmm, possibly a justifiable course of action, but we would have to be pretty sure that they really were terrorists, we wouldn’t want to go bumping someone off because somebody who had a grudge against them planted a copy of the anarchist’s cookbook in their car, then tipped off the authorities.
?authority: You are possibly a greater danger than the outside terrorism. Last time I read the US Constitution, the words “only applies to US citizens” did not appear.
Yeah, I think we should suspend common sense in the face of a tragedy. What a great idea.
Bill, why don’t you leave the solution to people who have a clue. We can’t have vigilante mobs running around targetting anyone who looks like they might be thinking about being an Arab.
I think another reason this would work is you would have US and probably almost world approval on this if you did it quickly. So what do you think I should do? Email this idea to my congressman or what?
umm… From a certain point of view, George Washington was a terrorist. So were the rest of the founding fathers and everybody involved in the Boston Tea Party.
No sexywriter I am not saying anybody should started whacking terrorist. I am saying the CIA, the FBI, SEALS or other govt agencies with the resources and know how should carry this out very carefully.
B) It pretty much flies in the face of all of our laws and ethics. ‘Innocent until proven guilty’, etc.
C) If we did, where would we stop? How would we define ‘known terrorist’ vs. ‘suspected terrorist’? How many layers deep would we be willing to go? Should people who knew they were terrorists but were afraid to snitch 'em out get whacked, too?
D) How would we find them? It’s not so easy to send hit men or assasination squads into the middle of Libya or Afghanistan or wherever.
But on the other hand, tho:
E) We are all but officially at war, in which case anything goes. We certainly would have popped Hitler, Goering or Rommel if we’d got the chance in WWII: all’s fair in war. So it may very well come to that-I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a bounty put out on known terrorists.
Monty
“We the people of the United States…” are the first seven words of the Constitution, we do not guarantee or insure the rights of noncitizens nor have we ever.
are you all insane? i know i’m probably being way out of line here, but i can’t believe that anyone could be crazy enough to even consider these proposals… you’re talking worse than any actions taken during war time, and advancing into 1984 territory. like, bullet to the head of any dissidents. off to room 101 for you, we think you might be a terrorist! it’s a tragedy, it’s awful, but what you’re suggesting is mass murder on a huge scale, and this time it’s state-sanctioned and with no powerful opposition at all.
i never thought i’d say this, but it’s times like this that i feel safe that george dubya is running your country.
This is getting pretty rough, guys. I’m all in favor of a cloak-and-dagger intel war with all terrorists. Who’s seen movie with Travolta and Hugh Jackman?
Also, we aren’t just talking about slipping quietly into other countries and offing guys in allyways: Pretty much the whole world has said they will help us with their own intel folks to find these people.
Maybe I wasn’t clear in my fist post, what Bill is suggesting is exactly what Israel did to the terrorist from the 1972 Olympics in Munich… they hunted them down one at a time and killed them. No it wasn’t pretty, it my not have been politically correct, but those individuals NEVER hurt Israel or its people again, plus it sent a message that was hard to miss.
Unless I totally misunderstood the OP, we’re not talking about a witch hunt in the US. If there are any terrorists still in the US connected to the Trade Center attacks, we certainly couldn’t trample the Constitution underfoot. The FBI/CIA would be able to apprehend them in conventional fashion.
In foreign countries, however, specifically nations providing assistance or shelter to known terrorists, it’s a different story, and that’s what I thought the OP meant. It’s certainly what I meant. If every known terrorist in Iraq, Libya, whatever were gunned down or blown up in the space of a week, that would be all well and good in the course of a war.
Oh God … you mean, you were being serious in the OP?!
I thought you were just being sarcastic! When you said things like: “I mean if they are a suspected terrorist they can’t be such a wonderful person in the first can they?”, I was sure you were trying to show us what a bad idea this would be! Good Lord!
Yea tracer I was serious. Deperate times call for desperate measures. Remember these people kill women and children with no thought don’t feel too sorry for them.