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(No link – but I saw this on Fox News this morning. It’s genuine, not a satire. Google it if you don’t believe me)
(Talking head with a vaguely foreign accent): “ . . . . considering a proposal to cut off welfare benefits for those involved in terrorism. Not just the terrorist himself, but their extended families. Parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandparents. In some cases there are multiple generations on assistance.”
Okay – I AM paraphrasing here. But that's pretty much what the man said. It was a split screen. On the left was this talking head. On the right was the debris strewn Belgian airport. Then, all too deliciously, the camera cut back to the Fox hosts and hostess, who took the opportunity to remind us that the 2 airport suicide bombers were, in fact, brothers – and born in Belgium. The one who got away, in the tan jacket? No ID on him yet, but there is a “massive manhunt” under way. Isn’t this – a massive hunt for just one man, the one who got away after Paris – EXACTLY the sort of approach that resulted in preparations for the Airport and Subway bombings to escape notice? I'm just asking, Frenchie.
Back to the welfare for terrorists thing.
On the face of it, “I don’t disagree” with ending their free housing, food stamps, unemployment benefits, public transit tokens, free basic cable, obama phones and whatever else they’re getting. If terrorists on welfare can amass huge caches of machine guns and bomb materials, like those confiscated since Paris, clearly European taxpayers are being forced to pay for their own horrific deaths, no?
But let’s take a deep breath, Europe, and consider the larger picture. You say you have 3 or 4 generations of muslims on welfare? Who don’t integrate into the community? They don’t adopt western values such as religious freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and rights for women? Uh huh. I think this problem is going to take a more serious approach besides ending the freebies AFTER some angry guy blows up an airport, no?
Again, I’m not disagreeing with cutting off the families' welfare. But that’s not going to be enough. Some next door neighbor is going to take them in, and the survivors are going to hit the ground running, immediately planning the next attack.
Trump, do you have any ideas? You do? Please share!
(Trump) “Waterboarding”
Really? That’s it? I heard you were tough on terrorism, but that’s the best you can come up with? People are going to have to stop comparing you to the Nazis.
Let’s set aside for a moment that mock executions are a violation of the Geneva convention. As is asphyxiation, sleep deprivation, and letting the tap run while you brush your teeth, which wastes a gallon of precious fresh water first thing every morning.
We’re either on board with the Geneva convention, or we’re not. In for a dime, in for a dollar. If the US withdraws from the agreement, then we will have no excuse for outrage the next time some captured US soldier is burned alive. Or “sold on the market” if she’s a someone's daughter in a military uniform.
Besides, Obama is about to turn Gitmo back over to the Castro brothers, end the embargo, and release a bunch of imprisoned Cuban spies as a goodwill measure. I assume cuba will get to keep our waterboarding kits, hoods, manacles, etc. They use these in their own prisons, no doubt.
Here’s my idea for getting tough on terrorists. It doesn’t violate the Geneva convention, but it still has a downside: Drone, cruise missile, and plane attacks daily on every significant concentration of ISIS fighters. There will be some collateral damage, and civilian casualties. Just like there was in World War 2, both in Germany and Japan. The idea of embedding yourself amongst civilians to wage war is - itself - war crime.
If someone has a better idea for quickly reducing the headcount and operational capabilities of ISIS, you are free to suggest it in this thread. I’m just saying – cutting off welfare benefits for Nazi sympathizers in America during world war 2 wouldn’t have had an impact. Nor would waterboarding Japanese detainees in FDR's concentration camps.
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