Reply #20: I'm familiar with Operation "Return to Sender"...... [View All]

[PaDem]

a few months ago somewhere in the Northeastern United States dozens of hard working, tax paying Indonesians were rounded up in an Operation Return to Sender sweep. Most of these men had wives and young children in the United States. Some were shipped out of the country, some were detained for weeks or months. None of those rounded up were criminals or threats to their communities. This pile of garbage initiative is one way the federal government is trying to instill confidence in the public. Essentially the idea is to visibly round up brown people under the guise that they are threats to the public well-being, or worse, terrorists. The vast majority of these people are neither, just hard working folks trying to get by and support their families. They have been scapegoated and provide the administration with visible evidence that they are doing "everything in our power" to keep us safe.

This initiative is in large part thanks to John Ashcroft. Sometime after 9/11, every male from Arab/Muslim nations between the ages of 16-55 or so had to "register" with the federal government. The result was a handy national database that could be used to help Bush and his cronies prove that they are keeping those of us that don't know any better safe.