There are a few events throughout our history where we have dealt with ideological terrorism within our nations borders. A few examples:
Apache & Comanche raids on settlers in the Midwest. (although it was their territory first)
Private Militia raids leading up to and during the Civil war.
The KKK, during reconstruction and up to current times.
Communists movement in the early 1900's, never really got off the ground (or maybe they're just democrat's). lol
Black Panther and similar groups during the civil rights movement, lead to the militarization of Law Enforcement.
Obviously radical Islam from the 1970's to current.
These are just a few of the obvious situations where we have dealt with a form of terrorism that was used against American people. Some of our approaches in dealing with it have worked, some have not. As tragic and horrific as it was, the native American solution worked. Nobody wants to admit this, understandably, however, bands of Apache and Comanche no longer raid our cities, kill our people, rape our women and enslave us. I view what we did to the native Americans as atrocious and irreparable, however, it was in fact necessary to secure this current nation and the security of our citizens.
Now in dealing with smaller groups of people who use terrorism, we have tried the approach of intelligence and law enforcement, and it mostly works, and I'm for continuing to use these tools. But on a grander scale, how effective is it? How many of our people do we allow to die or be grievously wronged, before we say "we need to nip this in the butt once and for all"? How would we do that? What can we look to historically, that has worked on a grand scale, with long lasting effects?
As stated before, I am fully aware of the hypocrisy of taking the position I am, and my stance on the constitution and civil liberties. But unfortunately, I don't see us moving forward until we finally deal with this problem. I don't want my son spending his early adulthood in a fucking sandbox like I did, dealing with the same problem. I don't want my daughters feeling like they need to strap body armor and a gun on, to go watch a concert or sporting event. I don't want to kick this "terrorism" can down the road, for my kids and future grand kids to deal with. The future of my family and friends cannot in my opinion abide political correctness and emotional grandstanding.
And I am open to other idea's that are actual feasible, as in they would actually work. But I really haven't heard/read any, and the sabor rattling talking heads all repeat the same old crap " we need to hit them hard, go on the attack, tighten up our strategy". How about give us, the American people an actual strategic solution to this problem. How about we stop thinking in the present and think 50-75years down the road. Hell I would settle for the next decade.
I'm obviously frustrated and voicing some thoughts/opinion's. My goal isn't to hijack this thread or bombard it with crazy off the wall posts, and I do apologize for the lengthy posts. ;)
. He believes that nothing bad will happen to him or those within his sphere. I firmly believe that he has that part correct. Anything outside the sphere does not concern him. Everyone else are the ones that have problems. Pefhaps in time, he will become more aware of things, but that will not translate into any usable solution. If it worked for the past 7 years, it will work for the next nine. They only worry about what they can't control, and those around them, you know; like a feudal system of thinking.
