Aw, c'mon, Mia, tell us what you REALLY think. Al this pussyfooting round the situation only puzzles the other side (namely, the liberal Democrats) and elicits no meaningful response from them.
They think THEY are the patriots, because they destroy all our (wrongly-held) beliefs before the Islamofascists have the opportunity, creating a sort of scorched-earth that the Jihadists would not even WANT.
News flash. The Jihadists live in a part of the world that, for the most part, is ALREADY "scorched earth". Even the worst aspect of America is vastly better than anything they have known in their lives.
Let's hope the Bush camp stops pulling its punches.