Reply #25: That is the whole point of the idea of the "War on terrorism" [View All]

[truedelphi]

To make everyone everywhere unable to assume any individual rights.

Our military is taught that the War on Drugs exists because the drug problem is such a threat to the health of this nation that anyone using drugs may be considered terrorist. (This doctrine was put into effect even in the mid eighties. Under "Just Say No" Ronnie and Nancy Reagan.)

In one ten year period alone, over 400 households ** had their doors busted in, and SWAT team members invade their homes. Illegally. The SWAT teams were at the wrong address, or were at the address that a snitch made up as part of a plea bargain.

For whatever reason, SWAT teams don't actually investigate to see if the information they have is correct. They wait till 4 Am and then smash in the doors, and then throw a percussion flare in, and many times that fare causes the entire dwelling to catch on fire. So imagine someone's ninety year old Granma, at home alone, and her front door is smashed open. She runs to see what is happening, or maybe she hides in the closet - how in the world is a person to know that this is their own Government's people coming in? If she doesn't have a heart attack, she may live to see her entire dwelling and possessed burned "accidentally" to the ground.

In any case, many people have their dogs shot, in front of their eyes, while people in heavy duty combat gear move in and throw everyone to the floor - toddlers included!

And if it turns out later that "Gee we are sorry - we thought the perp lived at 3560 Aspen Drive and only now do we realize they lived at 3650 - too bad we killed your dogs, and gave your elderly mom a heart attack.!

But all this is okay because drugs = terrorism, and terrorism = the right of the militarized police to do whatever they want with few controls over them.

** The statistics are hard to find. The researcher who accumulated the facts about the 400 cases knows that he was only able to arrive at those by searching through newspapers. SO any instances of these things happening and being reported in newspapers he didn't read, or of cases that went unreported remain uncounted.