...then let me add that your standards are skewed.
Following 9-11, I spent two to three days on FR, begging, pleading with people here to demand that we actually declare war, on Islamic Fundamentalism, if need be. My reasons were the same as yours, but also much more. By a declaration of war, the people have a right to expect a clear cut end. There is accountability. There is also a specific time for cessation of any of these "temporary security measures". What did I get for my trouble? A bunch of the same crap that I was shoveling above. No need. Wiley W, he's got it all figured out. All were RNC talking points and ALL turned out to be totally bogus. Remember "the insurance policies won't pay off"? Or who could forget, "well if we declared war then we'd have to treat the prisoners under the geneva convention"? Or the infamous "Who're we going to declare war against."
No, KJ, I've been fighting this battle at least as long as you. It has gotten nowhere. The sheep do not respond to logic or rational thought. My thoughts today were to respond in the way of reductio ad absurdum. That you and others fell for it shows only that we are well and truly gone. Because you know as well as I that there are people, right here on FR, who could have easily posted the same inanities as I did.What I wrote in mockery is daily posted here seriously.