[HitmanLV]

Nope, I'm not Chirac. I am a NYer who lived about 1/3 of a mile from what used to be the WTC.

There just isn't a smart way to secure the construction site for what will be the tallest building in the world for the years it will take to build it. No way - 1000s of people, trucks, supplies, lunchtrucks, etc, coming in and out all day, every day.

The idea that we could secure this construction site from a very dedicated suicide squad isn't a wise one.

Posturing and bravado won't make this building go up and stay up. It might make some people feel good, and that's fine. But I just don't see how the site can be secured. Nor can I see a defense system for the next hijacked plane that decides to take a shortcut through 'Freedom Tower.'

Build a nice, tasteful memorial park. Anything else is avarice. People will die.

This isn't a liberal-conservative issue at all. It's just smart.

[muslims=borg]

These terrorists have like 10 year time horizons so whats the point in waiting. If we are going to do it we might as well start. They already started building a 50 story building across the street. I can't wait for this to start going up, I work there. It will be a great feeling seeing the steel rising.

[Sofa King]

"The idea that we could secure this construction site from a very dedicated suicide squad isn't a wise one."

And this differs from every other target terrorists could choose? Should we just shut down the entire country?

That was the whole idea of taking the war to THEM, remember?