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Title: Do We Need To Bring Back Internment Camps?
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Published: Jul 28, 2015
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2015-07-28 08:39:34 by Ada
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Views: 155
Comments: 7
Last week, Retired General Wesley Clark, who was NATO commander during the US bombing of Serbia, proposed that “disloyal Americans” be sent to internment camps for the “duration of the conflict.” Discussing the recent military base shootings in Chattanooga, TN, in which five US service members were killed, Clark recalled the internment of American citizens during World War II who were merely suspected of having Nazi sympathies. He said: “back then we didn’t say ‘that was freedom of speech,’ we put him in a camp.” He called for the government to identify people most likely to be radicalized so we can “cut this off at the beginning.” That sounds like “pre-crime”! Gen. Clark ran for president in 2004 and it’s probably a good thing he didn’t win considering what seems to be his disregard for the Constitution. Unfortunately in the current presidential race Donald Trump even one-upped Clark, stating recently that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is a traitor and should be treated like one, implying that the government should kill him. These statements and others like them most likely reflect the frustration felt in Washington over a 15 year war on terror where there has been no victory and where we actually seem worse off than when we started. The real problem is they will argue and bicker over changing tactics but their interventionist strategy remains the same. Retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, who was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency during the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, told al-Jazeera this week that US drones create more terrorists than they kill. He said: “The more weapons we give, the more bombs we drop, that just … fuels the conflict.” Still Washington pursues the same strategy while expecting different results. It is probably almost inevitable that the warhawks will turn their anger inward, toward Americans who are sick of the endless and costly wars. The US loss of the Vietnam war is still blamed by many on the protesters at home rather than on the foolishness of the war based on a lie in the first place. Let’s hope these threats from Clark and Trump are not a trial balloon leading to a clampdown on our liberties. There are a few reasons we should be concerned. Last week the US House passed a bill that would allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally cancel an American citizen’s passport if he determines that person has “aided” or “abetted” a terrorist organization. And as of this writing, the Senate is debating a highway funding bill that would allow the Secretary of State to cancel the passport of any American who owes too much money to the IRS. Canceling a passport means removing the right to travel, which is a kind of virtual internment camp. The person would find his movements restricted, either being prevented from leaving or entering the United States. Neither of these measures involves any due process or possibility of appeal, and the government’s evidence supporting the action can be kept secret. We should demand an end to these foolish wars that even the experts admit are making matters worse. Of course we need a strong defense, but we should not provoke the hatred of others through drones, bombs, or pushing regime change overseas. And we must protect our civil liberties here at home from government elites who increasingly view us as the enemy.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
We NEED just ONE interment camp. Fill it with CORRUPT POLITICIANS. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
Know your enemy worldtruth.tv/in-the-shadow-of-hermes/
As if we commoners would have any say whatsoever as to who is interred. It is best not to wish for anything that could potentially be used against you. John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: Democrats don't mind war as long as they can have big government. Republicans don't mind big government as long as they can have war. It is best not to wish for anything that could potentially be used against you. ============================================ There are already hundreds of them scattered around the country. Do you have any preferences? U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
One with nice climate and good food, if I got to choose my preference.
John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: Democrats don't mind war as long as they can have big government. Republicans don't mind big government as long as they can have war. ================================================= The senate and congressional seats are all taken up. And nobody really wants to go to Phoenix or San Antonio this time of year. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
What we need is a Treblinka in Texas -- since it was only a transit camp to boot Jues out of the country.
#2. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#1)
#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#1)
Marxism: steal everything
Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed
Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate
Austrians: don't steal
'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century
#4. To: PnbC (#3)
As if we commoners would have any say whatsoever as to who is interred.
#5. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#4)
Marxism: steal everything
Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed
Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate
Austrians: don't steal
'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century
#6. To: PnbC (#5)
One with nice climate and good food, if I got to choose my preference.
#7. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#6)
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