Issue Position: Islamic Terrorism

Issue Position

Islamo-fascism and other forms of terrorism must be stopped. Our first priority as a nation is self-preservation. We must eradicate those who wish to destroy us and our way of life. We must use every military, diplomatic, economic and political resource at our disposal to defeat this threat. We support aggressive surveillance to monitor the communications of suspected terrorists without the necessity of obtaining prior warrants. We support immunity for communications companies which assist the United States in intercepting calls from foreign nationals who may be engaged in terrorist activities. We do not believe that this in any way diminishes the civil rights of average Americans. We hold the civil rights of Americans sacred, but minimal impact and inconvenience is a worthy trade off to save American lives in a time of war. While opposed to torture, we also supports aggressive interrogation techniques against terrorists for the limited purpose of obtaining information to prevent attacks and save American lives.

ENHANCED INTERROGATION IS NOT TORTURE. We do not believe that making terrorist prisoners uncomfortable with sleep deprivation, loud music, bright lights or water-boarding constitute torture. We define torture as beating, cutting, maiming, breaking bones or causing permanent or long-term physical or mental harm to a prisoner. For the safety of our citizenry, there should be a moratorium on immigration from all countries deemed to support terrorism.

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