BIZARRE AND TROUBLING INDEED!
For years now I’ve wondered what motivates “Americans” who oppose any and every effort to keep America safe from more terrorist attacks.
I know the standard defense: “We’re not opposed to keeping America safe! We’re opposed to the subversion of our right to privacy! We’re opposed to government undermining our First Amendment rights to free expression!” Yada, yada,yada.
If anyone reading this believes I’m questioning the patriotism and “American-ness” of Mr. Eisenberg and his fellow travellers then that’s very perceptive since I am, notwithstanding Senator Obama’s recent ploy to undercut the patriotism issue.
I would remind Eisenberg et al. that dead people have no rights and that the United States is at war! Any–I repeat–ANY surveillance, whether it be wiretapping, inspecting mail, or going though the garbage and inspecting the discarded dirty underwear of suspected terrorists, is fine by me if, ultimately, it prevents even one more attack on our soil.
I wonder what Eisenberg and his cohorts are afraid of and what they’re hiding. And please don’t blather about Ben Franklin who wrote, “They who would give up an essential liberty deserve neither liberty or security.” He also wrote, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we will hang separately.” And, Ben didn’t live in a time when a city could be obliterated in seconds.
Is that all alarmist?
I hope so! Someone should wake up Eisenberg and his ilk.