Ken Nelson

Uhmmm… no thanks. You stay there.

Jeffrey Goldberg asks Bruce Schneir, his security guru, that question… I’m sympathetic to the answer:

I want President Obama to get on national television and project indomitability. I want him to dial back the hyperbole, and remind us that our society can’t be terrorized. I want him to roll back all the fear-based post-9/11 security measures.  We’d do much better by leveraging the inherent strengths of our modern democracies and the natural advantages we have over the terrorists: our adaptability and survivability, our international network of laws and law enforcement, and the freedoms and liberties that make our society so enviable. The way we live is open enough to make terrorists rare; we are observant enough to prevent most of the terrorist plots that exist, and indomitable enough to survive the even fewer terrorist plots that actually succeed. We don’t need to pretend otherwise.

I agree. BUT I’d put in place very stringent immigration and entry restrictions from Muslim countries.  Terrorists plotting from afar can be handled as he says above. A large, internal, Muslim population, providing haven and a place to hide wouldn’t be a good idea.

We CAN and SHOULD deny entry and immigration to cultures and individuals that put us at risk.  Muslims certainly fall into the “dangerous” category.  Individually they may be fine people, but in mass, their culture represents a danger to America.