Defense Strategy Priorities
                   Editorial by Jeff Goolsby, Editor

      The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, which presumably was ordered by serial killer mass murderer Osama bin Laden, has changed military defense needs.  We need to rearrange our spending priorities and spend the "victimless crime" money on our military defense against terrorist activities.  These terrorist activities can include poison gas, germ warfare, auto and truck bombs, Eric Rudolph type brief case bombs, plus other types of terrorist activities not yet identified, in addition to hijacking planes and using them as guided missiles.  The terrorist groups have radically changed the need for an entirely different national defense strategy.
      These changes also cause a need to change our way of life and our law structure otherwise.  Today, our laws are designed to make lawyers richer and protect criminals.  If the police make even the slightest slip in obtaining evidence against murderers, terrorist, or any other crime, the criminal or terrorist murderer goes free and nothing is done to protect the victims.  We have criminal protection laws but we do not have victim protection laws.  I have a set of proposals in my book, Is This POLITICS & JUDICIAL CORRUPTION In Henry County, that would eliminate these problems and put the criminals and terrorist in prison or execution as appropriate.  It is urgent that we change our laws immediately because if we catch a terrorist, there is a good likelihood that he will go free without punishment.
      It is necessary that we maintain our current national defense facilities, but we need to modify our defense system to include these other dangers.  Our military is our national defense, therefore, guarding us from terrorist attacks in airplanes, large buildings, large gatherings, etc., should be and is their responsibility, which is paid for with our Federal income tax.  We have enough Army and Marine personnel that are already trained in hand-to-hand combat who could guard, incognito in civilian clothes, against terrorist on airplanes starting tomorrow.  This could be done as I detailed in my recent editorial, Change in National Defense Strategy currently in our Editorial Archive, with little or no extra cost beyond our current military expense..
      Today we are spending multiple billions of dollars on victimless crime investigations, prosecution, incarceration, etc.  If any harm is done by these "Victimless Crimes", the harm is usually only to the people who participate in activities involved in these victimless crimes, not the public at large.  It makes no sense to incarcerate or take property from people who have not harmed, threatened, or damaged anyone other than themselves.  The act of taking property from or incarcerating people who have not harmed or damaged anyone is a crime itself and a constitutional violation.
      These laws that are being violated with victimless crimes are in reality religious rules that have been incorporated into our laws in violation of our separation of church and state.  In the event anyone participating in these "victimless crimes" actually harms someone, they should be dealt with for the harm rather than the current system.  If anyone is stupid enough to participate in the victimless crime activities and harm themselves, it is their business only and not something we should pay for with billions of our income tax dollars as is the case with our current system.
      Our constitution requires that we maintain a separation of church and state.  We should not have laws that require people to conduct themselves according to any particular religious rules.  we should repeal the laws that are in conflict with our constitution, including the money now being spent enforcing the religious laws, then use that same money and personnel for national defense against terrorism.
      According to news reports, approximately 75% of our prison inmates are in prison due to drug related charges and convictions.  If we decriminalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling, the billions of dollars we are now spending to investigate, arrest, prosecute, and incarcerate for these victimless crimes, could then be used to protect all American citizens from terrorist murderers.
      It should be up to the churches, synagogues, mosques, etc., to guide their members so that they do not violate the church rules.  Everyone in the United States should have the right to adopt any religious beliefs, or no religious belief, according to their own wishes but should not be allowed to try to force others to comply with their religious rules.

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