What more is there to be said about the terrorist attack in New York City yesterday that hasn’t already been said? Terrorist attacks are clearly retail as well as wholesale, something law enforcement has no means of stopping that aren’t draconian.
That’s exactly what the French, at even graver risk of such retail terrorist attacks than we are, have done. They have imposed what appears to be a permanent state of emergency and certainly appear to be moving inexorably towards becoming a police state. Égalité, oui. Liberté, non.
The most obvious response for the United States is also the longest overdue: we should abolish the diversity visa program. It has served its purpose and outlived its rationale. Now it poses risks that weren’t imagined when it was enacted into law. How much benefit do the citizens of the United States derive from randomly selected Uzbeki immigrants? Is it greater than the risk posed by randomly selected Uzbeki immigrants?
I also wonder if the murderer’s wife has been taken into custody. It is not credible to me that she didn’t know what her husband was preparing to do. If she isn’t in custody and hasn’t flown already, expect her to flee. That’s been the pattern.
