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Is the country at war or not?
No, it is not. There has been no declaration of war, therefore there is not state of war. There are low-scale conflicts here and there.

War does not set aside the Constitution. War is waged to protect the Constitution. One cannot protect an instrument by disregarding it.

Even though we have not formally voted in Congress to declare war, there is a reason: we are not fighting against a country but a bunch of cowards who hide among women and children like little dogs afraid of the thunder, who revel in the death of their children and teach them to die instead of live, and who are instructed to lie to their enemies to take a tactical advantage over them. The radical Islamofacist you coddle today will cuddle up next to you with a suicide vest tomorrow.
You better wake up and start waging war to defend the Constitution because radical Islamofacists will burn it where it lies if they take over. Which by the way, could be within our lifetimes if you, the Democrats in Congress, and the kook fringe running the Democratic party continue on the same course at the same pace you are today.

You better wake up and start waging war to defend the Constitution because radical Islamofacists will burn it where it lies if they take over.

I am doing just that. There are domestic enemies of the Constitution. Anyone who advocates setting it aside for any reason is one of those.

I did mistakingly assume that the Supreme Court had made this ruling.

There are plenty of tools already in place to fight terrorism. One does not have to set aside the Constitution or other laws of the land to protect the same. Common sense, if it prevailed, would suffice in most cases. It defies common sense to leave the southern border porous when it would be so easy for terrorists to infiltrate through there. It defies common sense to stop profiling people when they board airplanes. Many things done or not done by the government defy common sense.

As for me being a Democrat .... have you ever wondered how the terms "liberal" and "conservative" were established? It seems that a conservative is one who would preserve the Constitution and our way of life. I have noticed that GWB doesn't do this. He defies many rulings of this nature, and allows our way of life to be trampled by the horde from Mexico. I just don't see how you mistake Bush as being particularly pro-American or pro-Constitution. GWB is a globalist.

...could be within our lifetimes...

I am more concerned that the left-vs-right, Democrat-vs-Republican, us-vs-them mentality of American politics will destroy this Nation long before any outside influence. I am concerned that "political correctness" and general government stupidity will render this Nation into serious degradation.

I am concerned that our way of life will be fractured into multiculturalism by unmonitored invasion across the southern border. I am concerned that outsourcing for selfish greed will collapse this country into third world status.

In short, terrorism is one of the least most important problems facing America. I do fear that the America I grew up in will not last much longer.