Sage Advice on War on Terror

Fire of Liberty

The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby has a wonderful column on Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) no-nonsense approach towards the government keeping tabs on folks who are suspected as being possible terrorists and preachers of hate. Here's a peek:

''People who are in settings — mosques, for instance — that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror," Romney said. ''Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on? Are we seeing who's coming in, who's coming out? Are we eavesdropping, carrying out surveillance on those individuals that are coming from places that sponsor domestic terror?"

Well, no kidding. After 9/11, after the Madrid and London transit massacres, it is hard to imagine anyone objecting to Romney's statement of the obvious. But object they did. The ACLU accused the governor of proposing ''another giant stride toward a police state." The Council on American Islamic Relations, shamelessly distorting Romney's words, said it was aghast that any governor would ''suggest blanket wiretapping of houses of worship." Groups from the leftist fringe staged a protest outside Romney's office.

But if they expected to browbeat him into an apology, they were disappointed.

''This thing is just common sense," he told reporters. ''Surely we have to recognize that some of this has gone on in mosques in the past . . . . There have been places of extremism where certain teachers have been identified as having been involved in . . . terrorist attacks. Let's not pretend that's not the case."

I'd have to say that I like a Governor like Romney expressing such common sense even though he knows he'll be lambasted by the liberal and special interest groups who make up the sea of blue in Massachusetts. I just wish that Senator Kennedy and Kerry would say the same but then again that might be too much to ask from these darlings of the left. No matter, I look forward to more of Romney's candid but sage advice on the problems confronting this nation as he plays his cards for an 08 Presidential run. If not for Prez, he would make a good VP. What do you think of Allen/Romney in 08 or my favorite Cheney/Romney 08?