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First of all, the quote was from Michelle Malkin, and I do agree with her.

Definition:des·per·ate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dspr-t)
adj.
Having lost all hope; despairing.
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair: the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
Reckless or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal.
Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort: a desperate attempt to save the family business.
Nearly hopeless; critical: a desperate illness; a desperate situation.
Suffering or driven by great need or distress: desperate for recognition.
Extremely intense: felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

And:

Desperation

n 1: a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute" [syn: despair] 2: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

You asked: Do you think we are currently in "desperation" in the US?

According to the above definitions, and the MSM opinions: Probably; in my opinion: Possibly.

Let's look at what our country is faced with:

1. An enemy who attacked us without provocation, in our own land.

2. An enemy that has a ruthless reputation and is proud of using homicide bombers to kill and maim everyone they consider an enemy.

3. An enemy who has no conscience about killing the innocent.

4. An enemy who does not play by any rules, save those found in the Koran. Said rules encourage lying and destroying whomever is considered an infidel (that would be us, the US).

5. An enemy who willingly murders their own people in the name of their God, to further the Jihadist cause.

Looking at this list, do you not think Americans have a right to be scared or worried about this enemy?

During the Cold War you could pretty much substitute "Commie" for enemy in most cases, exceot they did not sucker punch us like 9/11, nor did they use homicide bombers, but Americans, "True Loyal Americans" hated them as much as many Americans, "True Loyal Americans", hate the Islamofascists today.

BOTH groups sought to take over America, to "bury" us, to destroy our way of life. We sought to destroy, to end the Communist way of life, but we NEVER sought to do the same to Muslims. Those charges were fabricated by the Islamofascists.

Americans have every right to have a feeling of desperation, since the enemy looks like us, dresses like us, and generally fits in, but Americans don't like seeing the stereotype either: ant traditional dress, beards, turbans (even though they are of the Sikh variety, not the Muslim type).

Every time the MSM reports on the "problems" in Iraq, or asks "Is this a NEW Vietnam?", or suggests that we are "losing" the war on terror because of inadequate security, people, common, ordinary, everyday folks, get a little more desperate, and those in "targeted" areas are at a higher level of desperation, etc. Not everyone can feel as secure as you do (what's your secret?).

Now the other word:

disparate

adj 1: fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas" 2: including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Right or wrong, Muslims will not be looked at equally, or with any trust, as long as the msm keeps showing the pix of terrorism around the world on a daily basis; most harmful to the Islamic "cause" was the Beslan massacre, you DON'T shoot children in the back...FOR ANY REASON!

Being shot in the back means you are running away (take note Sen. sKerry), and not a threat. Beslan destroyed any hope of trust returning, and made a lot of people not care how any Muslim was/is treated.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, I'm saying that's just how it is right now.