France buries Islamic radicals

[Cowperson]

Armed with some of the strictest anti-terrorism laws and policies in Europe, the French government has aggressively targeted Islamic radicals and other people deemed a potential terrorist threat. While other Western countries debate the proper balance between security and individual rights, France has experienced scant public dissent over tactics that would be controversial, if not illegal, in the United States and some other countries.

Four prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the USA returned to France, were arrested and have disappeared.

Should countries like ours emulate France?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6386157/

Cowperson

[arsenal]

Never thought I would say this but... if more countries adopted what France has done, it would be a major blow to global terrorism. But you walk a thin line between security and personal freedoms. I guess it comes down to which you think is more important.

I thought this was a rather interesting statement from the article

The nation pursues such policies at a time when France has become well known in the world for criticizing the United States for holding suspected terrorists at Guantanamo without normal judicial protections.

More hypocracy(sp?) from France?