IS ‘THE SIEGE’ A PREVIEW OF HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DEAL WITH ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN THE HOMELAND?

Would a President Donald Trump turn loose the Army to put down a Muslim terrorist threat to the homeland as depicted in the 1998 movie, The Siege

The other night I watched The Siege, a 1998 movie starring Denzel Washington as an FBI Agent.

The movie is about a number of Muslim terrorist bombings in New York City. When the FBI and local authorities are unable to capture the terrorists, the President declares martial law and turns loose the Army under the command of a hotshot general (Bruce Willis). The army rounds up all young Muslim men in New York and detains them in a sports stadium. And the general resorts to torturing a suspect for information before summarily executing him.

Trump has often said he will deal harshly with terrorists and resort to torture if necessary. In his speech to the Republican National Convention last night he promised to stop Islamic terrorism.

So is The Siege a preview of how President Trump will deal with Islamic terrorism in the homeland? Farfetched? Hmmm, I wonder ….. maybe not.