IMO, the reason why we have had no 'serious' terrorists attack in the US since 9/11, has absolutely nothing to do with the 'acclaimed' success of the Patriot Act.
The Islamists got a quick reality check when the US response was too make an offer that Pakistan couldn't refuse, smash the Taliban in Afghanistan, neutralize Lybia, and tear down the rulers in Iraq.
They must wonder what the response would be if anything major was perpetrated in the US. If and should we lighten up, then IMO another major terrorist act will happen.
Our biggest problem are the sellout Democrats and ostrich Republicans.
"Our biggest problem are the sellout Democrats and ostrich Republicans."
Don't forget the traitors like Jane Fonda and the other peaceniks, or the increasingly politicized pacifist Christian main stream churhces like the methodists et al.
I think the reason we have not yet been attacked agains is because we are no longer as easy a target as before, because we disrupted their organization, and becasue we are further form the Islamic heartleand than Western Europe.
But I know they are plotting while we speak, and it is only a matter of time before we are hit again, perhaps in an even more hideous fashion.
The only real solution is to get the Elephant out of the living room. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all the terrorists are Muslims and hte non-terrorist Muslims either support these people clandestinely, or at the very least sympathize with them.
We must make a choice between abanoning one of the premises of our society or watch the entire system collapse. I opt for the former by removing the Elephant in the Living Room.