[mercy]

OK. I respect your opinion. A lot. You could be right ... at this moment in time. But what about after the next attack, upon innocent American citizens, or the next? What IF other Islamist nations commit acts of war?

[Sabramerican]

I don't think the danger is from some individuals who may be in the United States.

I think the danger is that we will stop short in prosecuting the war. Sept 11th, happened on the American mainland but all the attacks of the past 30 years (and I include the oil boycott as an attack) continued because no one was made to pay. Great powers should be both respected and feared. When the US is again feared, we will be safe. If the "war" ends in a cave in Afghanistan, the rest of our enemies will laugh...and the countdown to WWIII will continue.