Islamic terror and the centralization of American power

Randall Parker writes:

I see the promotion of national security issues to an exaggerated degree as harmful to the Republic. Not every potential fear amounts to much. Commentators who see dangers everywhere help to make the Presidency even stronger and much stronger than it needs to be.

If we simply kept the Muslims out of the United States our risk of terrorist attacks would decline dramatically. We wouldn’t need to spend as much time thinking about threats emanating from the rest of the world. The resulting decline in fear would cause a big redistribution of power away from the center. That would be very healthy for the Republic.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at June 21, 2007 08:26 PM | Send