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2005-05-19 Down Under

A.S.I.O Wants More Power To Combat Terrorism

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 For once, I have to disagree with a, doubtless worthy and tireless, fighter against terrorism. One of the Pillars of Western Civilization identified by Dr. Hanson is civilian review. It takes many forms, such as elected officials reviewing the military and police forces, as well as voters reviewing the performance of their elected officials.

There is nothing inherently wrong or fatal in requiring a periodic REVIEW of these power4s. What would be fatal would be a REMOVAL of these powers based on liberal delusions that the THREAT requiring that these powers be granted has evaporated, and so they are no longer necessary. The war on terror is unlike a real war, since we, the citizenry, would be able to judge for ourselves that the war is over based on criteria that can be easily verified (has the enemy signed the surrender? Have all their combatants turned over their arms? Do we have their wartime leadership in custody?). Not so with the war on terror, making voter review difficult to perform.

Here's my beef: We are familiar with the blind distrust leftists have of Western civilization governments, and their blind naivete and blind TRUST of NON-Western or Western Leftist advocates. They may merit our blind distrust, but that would be a mistake. It would be an equally large mistake to blindly TRUST our governments, officials, police, armed forces, whatever to the point that we don't want to take the time to perform a proper review of what they do. I am not calling for trust or mistrust: I am calling for an INFORMED, not BLIND, trust and mistrust. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, and based on previous performance, the best advice Comes from the Gipper: "Trust but verify". Assume good intentions and good behavior until proven otherwise, but DO make the effort to perform a review!

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-05-19 10:42|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-05-19 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 what Ptah said.

Posted by Gregorii Spembolov 2005-05-19 12:46|| 2005-05-19 12:46|| Front Page Top

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