Today, though the major news sources are not yet reporting it as such, there was a terrorist attack on US soil.
In Kansas there was an attack of terror in a US church, not unlike what happens often in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and throughout the Middle East.
And this is what needs to be done.
- The murderer needs to be charged as a terrorist.
- The murderers family and friends and contacts and community (including his church and clubs) need to be investigated and interviewed in order to see who else is involved with this terrorist act.
- All who knew and helped need to be charged when conspiracy and aiding a terrorist act.
One man going to jail will not have nearly the same effect as having 20 people go to jail.
That is the absolute minimum.
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Other great ideas seen at this site include:
Have the President promise 2 doctors to replace any doctor killed. Show everyone that we will not bow to terror. That if you cut us once, we grow back twice as strong.
Another poster had the wise thought of replacing this doctor, and any other doctor killed by terrorist attack, with military doctors. Killing a military office is seen almost universally as a horrid event.
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What could also be added: More controversial of course, and likely won't, maybe even shouldn't be done...
Have the terrorist moved to Guantánamo Bay to be held with the other terrorist.
YES, this is not the right thing, and will only be for a short time. But I could see it being a well planned move to close Guantánamo Bay. Basically the terrorist is moved to Guantánamo Bay, a statement is given: "We think it is past time for Guantánamo Bay to be closed, but we have not been given the funds to properly, to correctly close Guantánamo Bay. So as long as it is there and housing terrorist threats to our great country, we will be placing all terrorist there, including this cowardly murderer who committed an act of terror against the United States of America." The right wing will go nuts, but it could help close GB.
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Even more drastic...We could act similar to how Israel reacts to terrorist threats.
We could bulldoze the terrorist's house.
We could start a policy of "Kill one of us, We kill 10 of you."
Of course those last two should not, will not be allowed.
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But that is why this is truely a terror attack. It has the ability to start us on a horrible track of violence and hate.
Think of it, because somebody thinks this doctor was wrong he kills a physician, a US citizen on US soil. The murderer has not had his rights taken away, has not had to give up anything. And yet he kills.
Now image the right to choose is taken away. Suddenly 50% of the country has no say in what happens to their body. They DO have something taken away. Image the firestorm after that.
And that is what we have to fight against, to stop, that firestorm.
This is a terror attack because it could rip this country apart. And it should be known for what it is...
A cowardly act, an act against this great country, An act of terror.
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ps....I agree with both President Clinton and President Obama...Abortion should be Safe, Legal and Rare. We should work insanely hard to make sure every child is a wanted child, that there are as few abortions as possible. With education, love, research to perfect birth control (even at near 99% effective, modern birth control failure of 1% is too high).
At the same time, as a father of two beautiful daughters, as the husband of a wonderful wife, as the son of an amazing mother, I will not let the strong and great women of this country be thought of, turned into second class citizens that do not have control over their own bodies.