Sorry, Danny--I love ya, and I read your Mid-East reports religiously, but I can't follow you there. Sacrifice liberties? I'm willing to die fighting militant Islam, and I'm willing to die fighting government tyranny. And if it has to be one or the other, then I don't much care which it is. As for me, give me liberty or give me death.
Amen.
There is some form of control in all types of worldly government, that's what the term denotes. I'd rather have some temporary restrictions to my liberties rather than the permanent enslavement our enemies have told us overtly (Islamofascists) and have implied through their political platforms (Marxist Democrats) is their common goal. The only difference between these two types of totalitarians is that one side believes in a god.