however, our national policy is not aimed at killing certain people because of their religion or their race or their country of origin....all things that the mad Islamists can claim...
I understand. But we kill people over $150 pairs of shoes. And for wearing the wrong colored hats. And lots of other silly stuff that I probably don't need to mention.
And it is the national policy of our country to punish with daily anal rape any person who does not submit "information returns" to the goverment each year telling them how much money passed through their hands.
The point is that every country is, for the most part, f***ked up in some way shape or form. I'm not sure how many muslims really want to kill every U.S. citizen. Is it the whole country, certain groups, a government policy ....
We have groups here that hate black people, we have groups that don't like any number of ethnic groups. Our government doesn't particularly like North Koreans, yet how many of us really hate the North Korean people and want to see them all shot? Maybe 5% or less. But the perception of the N. Korean people over there is probably that everyone in the US wants them dead.
I understand that we have to devote some time to extremists, but we can't obsess over them to the point that our daily lives become overly-effected.
If you were to ask me, i'd say the terrorists won the 9/11 battle. What with all the new policies and government powers basically stretching the Bill of Rights to the limit, having everyone in the county mention "9/11" every single day and looking over their shoulder constantly.
I bet the OBL team probably figures it wasn't bad for a day's work. For them it was a success, if only because we made it one.