FOX News Guest: 'Strip Search All 18-28-Year-Old Muslim Men At Airports' (VIDEO)

On Fox News Saturday, guest Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney (retired) offered a radical solution for improving national security. "We have to use profiling," he said, "And I mean be very serious and harsh about the profiling." Then McInerney proposed the United States should strip search all 18-28 year old Muslim men at airports.

"If you are an 18-28-year-old Muslim man then you should be strip searched. And if we don't do that there's a very high probability we're going to lose an airline."

"That's a bit strong though," the FOX News anchor replied, and suggested that racial profiling was a controversial subject. "That's just not going to go over, not in this country," she told McInerney.

"I agree, that's the problem." McInerney said.

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Comments

[RODERICK098]

09:50 PM on 01/20/2010

Interesting age group he choses. Many closeted rethugs would be pleased. So if the bomber is 15 or 29 he gets through? Great thinking.

[muslimgal]

07:09 PM on 01/19/2010

"...and Israel has been very successful"

The guy in that video is such a hypocrite.

a.) the only thing Israel has been successful in is killing innocent civillians (including children), claiming they were "millitants." They have done nothing to actually improve their security, and I certainly am apalled to see that this man is using Israel as a role model for peace and security.

b.) in the beginning he outright said he wants to racially profile, then later he says he's not saying he wants to racially profile. typical, ignorant, racist fool. and he thinks he's so smart.

c.) the lady's right about how racial profiling would probably lead to more violence and NOT peace. strip-searching every middle-eastern-looking man would not advocate peace. and on that note, how exactly were they planning on knowing they are muslim? just by looking at them? the stupidity of some people is just sad... they need to grow up and get out of their tiny towns, talk to REAL Muslim people, and learn that (most of us) we are not enemies! I hate feeling hated when I never did anything.


sincerely,

-- Proud, Muslim, Arab, AND American-born

[JerryAguy]

09:05 AM on 01/10/2010

That seems more reasonable than harassing the average American, but it's not PC so it won't happen. Where is MSNBC's page on this website if were going to look at news thats slanted they win hands down.

[muslimgal]

08:24 PM on 01/19/2010

What do you mean "average American." Are Muslims not considered average americans?

[FHTB]

05:36 AM on 01/06/2010

Al Queda are not going to rely just on young Muslims to venture forth and blow up planes or become suicide bombers in hotels or on trains or buses in New York, London, Mumbai or Moscow. They will change their recruitment profile on a dime.

[WontonTiger]

12:28 PM on 01/05/2010

We can't strip search every male Muslim at the airport, it's just not practical. However, to say that profiling isn't necessary, is similar to tying one hand behind your back during a boxing match. It's shortsighted to condemn profiling when the the "terrorists" are highly likely to be of Middle Eastern, Muslim decent.

It hasn't devolved to the state that we were at during WWII, so please don't jump to conclusions. If you're Muslim, and want to avoid these issues, I would consider another method of travel.

[BlackJAC]

02:29 PM on 01/05/2010

Show us your birth certificate, gop.

[muslimgal]

05:36 PM on 01/19/2010

"another method of travel"? Are you kidding me? What exactly do you expect us to do? Swim across the ocean? You're trying to ban Muslims from flying in airplanes? What kind of "logic" is that? All you're doing is isolating muslims and middle easterners even more, and trying to keep from visiting our families or just traveling for leisure. And guess what? It won't make you any safer! I have just as much a right to travel without being harassed as you do, so shut your mouth and get your head out of your a** because your mentality is seriously effed up.



sincerely,

--a (Proud) MUSLIM

[lvdragonlady]

11:40 AM on 01/05/2010

Sounds like he is assuming you can look at someone and tell if they are of 'said' religion.
The GOP are so far back in the woods the probably still think the civil war is going on.

[ArkayMI]

01:07 PM on 01/05/2010

No. He wants them to be asked. "Are you a muslim?" is about as good as asking "Are you planning to blow up this plane?" Also, most of these guys hoave no clue. Muslim is not a race it is a religion. Richard Reid, the show bomber was a white UK citizen and we had our own US Taliba, the lily white John Walker Lindh.

[JohnIII]

11:29 AM on 01/05/2010

While I don't think strip-searching every Muslim man is a great idea, we should certainly act on reasonable intelligence and make it harder to get US Visas.

[muslimgal]

05:40 PM on 01/19/2010

Guess what? I'm a Muslim and I WAS born in America, and am an American citizen. Shocker, isn't it? Guess what else? Muslims live ALL over the world. They don't come from just one country. So what the heck are you going on about making it harder to get visas?

[Fenarkleman]

10:51 AM on 01/05/2010

I think this guy has a fantasy about being strip searched and probed himself. But, hey, let's go along with it. And let's not forget the economic terrorism imposed on millions of Americans. So let's go with this guy's "logic." Let's strip search every jowly white male who hopes to be a corporate CEO. After all, most of your malfeasance among U.S. corporations have been committed by white males with jowls. So let's go for it!

[chedet]

10:05 AM on 01/05/2010

How does a muslim look like? Osama bin Laden can easily dress up in a rabii suit and look like a jew.

[GWGblue]

08:08 AM on 01/05/2010

that is a great idea...how naive are the people who would disagree?...we know the make/description of those whose goal is to destroy our airliners!!! It is completely logical that all travelers fitting the general description of "a terrorist" should be strip searched. When 80 year old grandmothers start bombing planes then we can target them too...in the meantime, if you fit our current awareness of a "terrorist bomber" then we should have a closer look...

[BlackJAC]

08:43 AM on 01/05/2010

Did John Walker Lindh fit the general description of "a terrorist?" Did Timothy McVeigh? Did the guy who shot up the Holocaust Museum or the Las Vegas federal building?

It's so nice to know that you gops want to leave a major gap in the net for the vapebaits to exploit.

[Thabit]

01:17 AM on 01/05/2010

ok..........Who will the TSA hire to do all these strip searches ......Gay men or straight women? Straight men wont check close enough to get the job done ......especially when you look at how many searches that will take . And to top it off liek another poster said they will change to women bombers the younger men and then older men . Strip the wrong Saudi and we will be back to $4 a gal gas again

[FHTB]

05:41 AM on 01/06/2010

First of all, if a straight guy can't do a strip search, then he doesn't need to be at the job...he'd have to get over his distaste for patting down another man...bigtime...no sympathy for someone's homophobia...sorry.

That being said, targeting any group will not work for long because Al Queda would adjust who it wishes to recruit in a heartbeat...

[SouthPrairie]

12:59 AM on 01/05/2010

I am appalled by the bigotry and spewing of these unenlightened McCarthy types. Puh-thetic!

[Cye]

09:26 PM on 01/04/2010

Wow! The man's a genius!! Lets just strip search all Muslim males!!! Brilliant.

That will keep America safe: antagonising the entire Muslim population of America and those who travel to the US from abroad. Good plan.

If Bush were still in power, I'm sure this man would be given some kind of medal.

[LiberalSocioCapitalist]

08:32 PM on 01/04/2010

wow *speechless* if he knows what he said and mean it am very scared for america if this is what our leaders think!

[quindy]

07:38 PM on 01/04/2010

Richard Reed, the shoe bomber, did not have Muslim name, and traveled on British passport. How is this strip search of Muslims going to prevent future attacks?