A Question without an Answer - Terrorism: It used to be so easy. We had a country that we were at odds with and we knew who they were. It didn't matter who the country was, take your pick. At different times in our history it has been lots of countries. But the fact remained that it was a country. Then 9/11 changed everything. Now there were people who were not with a country but wanted to destroy us, or actually anyone who didn't believe like them (and apparently even some who believed like them). They didn't wear uniforms so it made it so much harder.
But like so many "protected" groups, we were told not to profile. We were told that we were being racists because we looked at certain ethnicities as potential terrorists. So today when I read that a group of terrorists were arrested in Canada I was hoping to find that my inner racism (and yes, it is developing) would be proved wrong. I wanted to read that the names of the terrorists were Jose and Angelo, or Gunther and Frederick, or even Chen and Wo. So was I shocked when I read that those arrested were named Ahmad and Shareef. Ahmad has a degree in health sciences and Shareef works for the Canadian Atomic Energy. Wow, that is a bad combination!
So the question is how do we stop this? London broke up a terrorist ring this week, Canada did the same. This is not something that is going away. We can't attack a country, we are in all the ones that originally supported 9/11 and look where that has gotten us. We can't deport the illegals because the Democrats get all upset at us infringing on their rights (although the Constitution doesn't provide rights to aliens). Even this weekend's arrests in Canada showed that doesn't always work, some of those arrested have been in country for over 20 years. So what's the solution?
But like so many "protected" groups, we were told not to profile. We were told that we were being racists because we looked at certain ethnicities as potential terrorists. So today when I read that a group of terrorists were arrested in Canada I was hoping to find that my inner racism (and yes, it is developing) would be proved wrong. I wanted to read that the names of the terrorists were Jose and Angelo, or Gunther and Frederick, or even Chen and Wo. So was I shocked when I read that those arrested were named Ahmad and Shareef. Ahmad has a degree in health sciences and Shareef works for the Canadian Atomic Energy. Wow, that is a bad combination!
So the question is how do we stop this? London broke up a terrorist ring this week, Canada did the same. This is not something that is going away. We can't attack a country, we are in all the ones that originally supported 9/11 and look where that has gotten us. We can't deport the illegals because the Democrats get all upset at us infringing on their rights (although the Constitution doesn't provide rights to aliens). Even this weekend's arrests in Canada showed that doesn't always work, some of those arrested have been in country for over 20 years. So what's the solution?

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