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"Better to mitigate the difficulty now, than wait for it to become much worse in the future."

And even if we do it now, it will come with heavy cost. Perhaps more than the average man on the street would be willing to pay for life, liberty, and the pursuit of peace and happiness -- which we will lose anyway unless we all close ranks and start taking care of business.

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We must fight this war like the true war that it is. This must be communicated effectively to the American people, and then we must mobilize for war in that fashion.

Make no mistake, if our leaders cannot or will not communicate this in no uncertain terms to the American people, sooner or later, our enemies will and they will do so in in such a manner that the communications medium will be, in all probablility, tens of thousands of American citizens dead.

Then, once that is done, we must fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere, in such a manner that communicates it to our enemies and any town, city, localities, nations, parties, etc. that support them, in such a way that they cannot possibly mistake it. You seek to destroy the United States and our liberty and way of life, and it is you and all you hold dear that will be destroyed and laid low until you sue,uncoditionally, for peace and our mercy.

Then we support our allies, like Israel, in the same vane.

If we do that, and establish and support the resulting free governments in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere, maybe, just maybe, we can avoid this turning into a world war that draws in our other enemies in Asia, South America, AFrica, the Carribean, etc. Otherwise, we will end up having to fight the same type of war, with much more chance for loss, in all of those areas at once.

Domestically, as regards our borders, our manufacturing base, our energy, our agricultural base, etc., we must take the same tact. That is, protecting them, developing self sufficiency in them, marshalling them, and gearing up to apply them in a true fullly-mobilized war environment.

It is too late, IMHO, to pretend or try and shield or hide from the American people the true extent of what is happening, or to avoid significant cost. Rather, we can communicate to them the extent and seriousness of the situation as a Reagan would have donbe, and enlist their help, sacrifice, and support in the hopes of avoiding a much worse set of circumstances.

Just my opinion.