[rightwingintelligentsia]

I'm not a historian by any stretch of the imagination, but I can't recall any time in the 1780s that the U.S. surrendered to terrorists.

I can't either. Here, try this on for size:

Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates (by Christopher Hitchens)

[Allegra]

Let me make sure I understand you.

You're saying that because something vaguely similar happened over 200 years ago, it's OK to surrender to the terrorists in 2007?

Sad.

Really sad.