If you aren't guilty, what are you afraid of?

Radar · 12-05-2002, 01:39 PM

Attacking our civil rights in the name of security isn't a new idea. It's been done for hundreds if not thousands of years. Our founding fathers knew full well the dangers involved with this ideology.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

I just don't get people who think that in order to stop others from taking our freedom we must allow our government to take it first.

And the worst part is these intrusions on our lives and civil rights don't even provide the security they promise. If we didn't have our military spread out all over the world in a show of offensive force like the Roman Empire trying to bully everyone else for our own imperialistic ends, we wouldn't have as many people wanting to attack us.

If our military was here in America doing their job as a DEFENSIVE force rather than an OFFENSIVE one spread out all over, we'd have almost no worries.

Why do we need a homeland security department? Our military has only one purpose and that's to defend American ships and American soil. Not to be the police of the world, not to settle disputes among other nations, not to defend our allies, not for humanitarian aid missions, and certainly not to overthrow the leaders of other sovereign nations because we don't like them.

If the homeland security department is supposed to defend American soil, what's the military for? Defending the empire?

12-05-2002, 01:39 PM	#4
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Attacking our civil rights in the name of security isn't a new idea. It's been done for hundreds if not thousands of years. Our founding fathers knew full well the dangers involved with this ideology. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin I just don't get people who think that in order to stop others from taking our freedom we must allow our government to take it first. And the worst part is these intrusions on our lives and civil rights don't even provide the security they promise. If we didn't have our military spread out all over the world in a show of offensive force like the Roman Empire trying to bully everyone else for our own imperialistic ends, we wouldn't have as many people wanting to attack us. If our military was here in America doing their job as a DEFENSIVE force rather than an OFFENSIVE one spread out all over, we'd have almost no worries. Why do we need a homeland security department? Our military has only one purpose and that's to defend American ships and American soil. Not to be the police of the world, not to settle disputes among other nations, not to defend our allies, not for humanitarian aid missions, and certainly not to overthrow the leaders of other sovereign nations because we don't like them. If the homeland security department is supposed to defend American soil, what's the military for? Defending the empire?

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