[Zviadist]

Sorry, J.J. This is a "new kind of war." The government does whatever it wants and you just shut up and pay your taxes. Any questions will be considered unpatriotic -- after all, if you are not with us you are with THEM (and they are everywhere, maybe even under your bed) -- and you will be charged accordingly. In short, it's a brave new world, J.J., and in the name of a global war against an idea instead of a specific enemy, we now have totalitarianism on our own shores. Get used to it, because it is going to be around for a while.

[Movemout]

Totalitarian? Not yet, but we seem to be drifting in that direction. It is a different kind of war for sure. But JJ Johnson's point of view is one that I have reiterated a number of times on FR. Any government approach that doesn't use the capabilities of the human beings who live in the USA is shortsighted and wasteful.