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"Dubya wishes it had never happened at all--as do all decent human beings."

Of course, but that doesn't stop the government from using the event for its own purposes. The American people, even conservatives on this forum, are willing to give the federal government a blank check to fight this war wherever it wishes, against whomever it wishes, and for as long as it wishes. That sounds like perpetual war to me.

As soon as this "War on Terrorism" was declared (in the loose, non-Constitutional sense, of course) I suspected we were in for another, bigger and better, dose of statism from the same nice folks who gave us the War on Poverty, and the War on Drugs.

I earnestly hope that Mr. Bush is re-elected because I dread to see what the Democrats will do, internationally, with this new License to Kill. Kosovo will pale in comparison. And the Bush / Ashcroft machinery of "homeland defense" should make for much merriment under the next Clinton-style administration. Yes, indeed. The fun is just beginning.

I agree.

I agree. The fans of Big Government (not all of them liberals) have been openly triumphant, with their "see, we really do need Big Government" crap.

Problem is, given a blank check, the right can be just as vicious as the left...oh sure, the reasons are different, it's not for the children we are taking over your house, it's for national security...or some such, but the end results are the same. When Ashcroft told the US congress that anyone criticizing him was working on behave of the "enemy", that said it all. My mother land went through the same thing...shadowy enemies to justify harsher and harsher government controls until 30 years later and 30 million dead the dictator was finally offed himself. Lets see where the US is in 5 years, it'll be interesting to see.