| The solution doesn't lie in locking up anyone who says something we don't like. It's in finding out if he's justifitied in what he says.
That may sound difficult, but it's the only way to actually solve a bigger problem. How much extra publicity have his rants gotten because we locked him up? How many more people might be incited to violence because of our solution?
The easy route is simply to say "he hates the United States" as the Assistant Attorney said. The effective way is to take a no bs assessment of what our actions in foreign countries mean.
As long as middle eastern regimes treat their people like garbage we shouldn't be enabling them by purchasing their oil. It's like the sons of an evil 7-11 owner attacking the customers for doing business with their parents.
It's scary when people in our own country are so ignorant that they can be brought to a standing applause over some meaningless jingoistic catch-phrase like "Over There", when the reality of our envolvement in the ME both legit and illigitimate ensure crazed suicide bombers will come "Over Here".
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