[leadpenny]

I disagree. After 9-11 the only ones who were asked to support the war were those in the military and their families. The rest of America put flags on their cars and told to go shopping. Had we mobilized manpower and industry as we did in WWII, needed at the time or not, the country wouldn't be as divided as it is today.

[LibLieSlayer]

While I agree that we were not put on a War footing as in WWII (and I also agree that it was a mistake not to do so for psychological reasons, if nothing else), Americans were asked to continue being Americans... to continue to work and grow the economy so that we could rise from the Stock Market crash etc. and to NOT let rag-head terrorists destroy the American way of life. I am certain that if we were fighting a Nation-State, it would have been handled differently.

Many Americans (myself included) have performed many volunteer activities to help and support our Military families. I donate to eight support groups on a regular basis. It seems volunteering to fight and individuals helping in other ways by volunteering to do what each person can, is the American way to deal with War today. Seems to be working for everyone but the three anti-American groups that I mentioned. What we need is a good purge of rats and other infectious vermin. Americans by-and-large did exactly what we were asked to do after 9/11. leftists, dims and malcontents did not. There are far too many malcontents, dims and leftists here on FR these days (not inferring you).

LLS