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Strategies & Market Trends : Galapagos Islands
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To: bramble88 who wrote (7193)10/15/2002 8:44:48 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie  Read Replies (2) of 57110
 
an important issue....I am a libertarian (small L), so generally object to anything that gives the gov't more power over the U.S. citizens.

Using military assets for homegrown crime is not ok with me.

But if the evil canadians decided to stretch their imperialistic claws toward the U.S. and made an incusion on U.S. soil, I would expect the U.S. armed forces to operate on our soil. But only against the evil invading canadians.

If this sniper is a foreign national who belongs to a group that declared war on the U.S. (as Bin Laden has), that is where I consider it kosher for the military to get involved.

However, without definitive identification of the sniper(s) as foreign nationals waging war on the U.S., I think that it sets a very dangerous precedent. Once the gov't encroaches on our rights and their limitations, they are very reluctant to discontinue the activity.

*to our Canadian friends, just kidding.

Long live Terence and Philip
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