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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's advisers will remove religious terms such as "Islamic extremism" from the central document outlining the U.S. national security strategy and will use the rewritten document to emphasize that the United States does not view Muslim nations through the lens of terror, counterterrorism officials said.
The change is a significant shift in the National Security Strategy, a document that previously outlined the Bush Doctrine of preventative war and currently states: "The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the
Originally posted by semperfortis
I am torn on this.
In many ways, the more cooperation we nurture from the rest of the world, to include Islamic Countries, the better; on the other hand, we can never forget the threat or the damage done in the name of religious fervor.
Becoming a better world citizen is one thing, but opening us up to more terror attacks is definitely not the way to go and I hope this is not what happens as a result of this move.
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Originally posted by semperfortis
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Under the new system, passengers on flights from all countries could be subject to special screening before boarding if they have personal characteristics that match the latest intelligence information about potential attackers, the official said.
"We believe it is a much more effective system," that is "tailored to optimize our ability to interdict would-be terrorists," said the senior official, who described the plan in return for anonymity.
Even U.S. citizens travelling to the United States from abroad who matched the characteristics would be subject to special screening, the official said. Administration officials said the system would not amount to improper profiling because by relying on specific and frequently updated intelligence and broadening the number of countries covered beyond the current 14 provided for greater fairness than the current system.