Of course security is tantamount but so what? That's true for any living thing.
My point was that freedom is a natural desire of human beings. If it is less important than security that doesn't change the argument. Given the choice human beings select the maximum freedom given adequate security. Right now the worlds best security is being provided by the worlds strongest Democracy: The United States of America. That is not a coincidence, it is cause and effect. Maximize freedom and you maximize security.
I meant that in the history of civilization Oriental Despotism is the order of the day. From mesopotamia to Egypt whether Nebuchanezzer or Pharoah or King,,,not until the Greeks was there any semblance of a constructed plurality rule and this didn't last long. Then the Romans founded a Republic which also descended into Imperial rule. I don't think theres another attempt til England and then us. the French went from Monarchical Tyrany to Secular tyranny, bypassing pluralism altogether, jacobin mobs terrorized all who would dissent. the French still don't get it. Thank God that what happened in Europe in the middle late 1800s never happened here. The Left learned the exact opposite lessons as our founding fathers, from the same experience. the longer the GWOT goes on the more I believe that the solution is a massive culling of the herd. To hell with Muslims...their code is not compatible with our way of life. If its us or them and I believe it is that simple, then let us wipe them from the face of the earth before they take us down like the barbarians have done to every other pluralistic Republic in history. Death to Islam.