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I refer you to my previous post where I state that what I WOULD do was invade Afghanistan and Iraq, crack down on Lybia and Syria, kick the hell out of Iran; and promote democratic revolution in Lebanon, and reform in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; and stop supporting Pakistan. When the Middle East is free and prosperous they will have their own lives to live and wont be convinced by two bit petty tyrants (who we foolishly support, defend, or both) that their problems are all because WE are free and prosperous.

We give money to Egypt, then the Egyptian press, controlled by the government, says that all the Egyptians problems are because of the "little Satan" of Israel, and the "Big Satan" of the USA. That load of cr#p will no longer be washed down with relish by an educated people with a free press and free elections.

Freedom is the answer. Not less freedom in the USA.

As far as domestic security I am not above racial/religious profiling; as long as the assumption of innocence is maintained and we don't just round up and intern Muslims like we did the Japanese in WWII.

I would rather those assholes kill another 30,000 Americans, me included, than abandon even one of our Constitutional freedoms.

"I would rather those assholes kill another 30,000 Americans, me included, than abandon even one of our Constitutional freedoms."

What you're failing to consider, in my opinion, is that an attack on that scale or greater is actually an objective of the organization or organizations fielded by radical Islamists. Should an attack on such an horrific scale actually occur, do you honestly think that these freedoms will remain in place? Why do we extend the rights and privileges of citizenship to noncitizens anyway? That's a partial solution right there, or so it would seem to me.

The internal problem, if not addressed now, will lead to far more draconian restrictions upon freedom in the future, in the event of another large-scale terrorist attack; martial law would be a distinct possibility. An extended period of military government would also be likely. Seems like a rock and a hard place, as I said. Do minimal things now to prevent a repeat, or do much more onerous things later, in the aftermath. Do you really prefer the latter? I don't.