If I Were President on 911

Had I been President ten years ago I would have picked up the red phone to advise Putin that a sub in the Indian Ocean was launching three missiles targeting Mecca, Medina, Kabul and Baghdad. After these targets were struck, I would have gone on TV to advise the world that 911 type attacks would be met with this type of response by the US in every case.

Within days I would have ordered Islam disbanded as a non-religious, terrorist cult. Muslims in the US would either renounce the belief or be deported. No Muslim would ever be allowed in the country ever again. I would have deployed the US military to borders and sealed them against illegal immigration with orders to use lethal force as necessary.

I would have ordered the rubble cleared and the towers rebuilt as quickly as possible using the full resources of the national government. Seized Islamic resources in the US would fund the rebuilding and any expenses related to the attacks. No resources would be made available to KSA, Afghanistan or Iraq to mitigate their losses. US aid would be withdrawn from any nation that made more than an initial complaint.

No US forces would deploy to cavemen country. No nation building activities would occur. No US military casualties or expenses would be endured. In fact, the US would re-evaluate overseas deployments and re-posture US forces to reflect a national defense strategy. We are not the UN's police force.

This approach would have made the world a safer place ten years later and we wouldn't have global Depression that is destroying the West today.