Reply #14: You are right [View All]

[TallahasseeGrannie]

that terrorism is real and we are hated.

I guess we will never entirely know when the threat is real. And think about that. THAT, all by itself, is one reason to get the rascals out of there. They figured out after all the adulation post 911 that this could be one way to keep us begging for protection. Keep us cowed and scared and we'll agree to anything. How ironic that they are using the terrorists very weapon: terror. But I think we are becoming hardened to it.

Now, when the next huge event hits maybe that will change, but I don't know. I think we are rapidly becoming desensitized, both by the actual 911 event, and the war casualties, and all the hurricane casualties.

Life is precious, but perhaps freedom (ours, not Iraq's!) and liberty are more precious.