tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post5743382689943272628..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Islam Apologetics Out of Boston UniversityGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-41280238128019039002015-08-28T13:20:40.259-07:002015-08-28T13:20:40.259-07:00Ali should have said "confinement" as pu...<i>Ali should have said "confinement" as punishment for crime-not enslavement.</i><br /><br />Not true Gary. The 13th amendment bans involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Prison systems make extensive use of that loophole. In fact, for decades the southern states maintained a large slave labor pool contracted out to private growers by vigorously enforcing various small vice laws according to the big boys' need for cheap labor at any given point in time. Then there's UNICOR.<br /><br />The rhetoric about U.S. responsibility for ISIS is a bit overdone. The truth is very simple. We barged into a situation thinking it would be wine and roses after three weeks, and created the vacuum that allowed ISIS to emerge.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.com