Has anyone read Michelle Malkin's "The Case For Internment?" What did you think of it?

Question

Right on savagenation.

Answer 1

I have not read it, but I would bet that if (God forbid) one nuke goes off in the US, hundreds of makeshift detention centers will be filled to capacity the next day.

Answer 2

Malkin has defended the internment policies of WWII before - pointing out, for instance, that Germans and Italians (including American citizens) were interred as well, for instance. So I wouldn't be surprised if she drew an analogy between that and the current situation.

The fact is, there probably weren't many - if any - 5th columnists among the American citizens interred durring WWII, and that there are almost certainly 5th columnists ('sleeper cells') in America today, both foreign nationals (legal or illegal) and citizens sympathetic to the cause.

That won't change anything though. Zietgeist is more important than rationality when it comes to policies like this, and the America of the 40s was more concerned with defending itself against a percieved enemy than we are today. Today's America is more concerned with avoiding racism or intollerance of any kind or degree, no matter what the cost.

Answer 3

You should really post a link to the article. I haven't read it, but can imagine her stand.

If you want my candid opinion, I'll give it:

The Koran tells its adherents to set ambush for infidels. It tells them to maim, murder and create mayhem and terror.

That being the case, instead of internment, perhaps muslims should be made an exception from federal, state and local murder laws.

Not to allow them to murder, but that if they are the victim of murder, it's automatically self-defense and all charges set aside.

So long as peace reigns supreme, folks would generally go about their business, but when acts of terrorism are committed, there would be a backlash without the legal repercussions that normally ensue.

Knowing their family and friends would be at risk if they commit terrorism, the "fringies" would be less likely to wage jihad.
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Answer 4

I haven't read it. I might be interested, but Michelle Malkin doesn't impress me all that much.

Answer 5

Far too much of a neo-con so I doubt I could take any book she writes seriously with the inherent amount of bias in it.

Answer 6

she's brilliant, smart and cute. haven't read that book but i catch her column often. the book is likely spot on.

i know like ann coulter she is HATED by the lefties. which means she tells the truth. :-)

Answer 7

No.

I think that she's a talking head chickenhawk that needs to go fight in iraq!