I threw out the question as much for discussion as anything else, but isn't protecting our homeland much more important than actions in Grenada, Panama, the Middle East, or the Balkans?
Now is not the time for throwing out stuff, or for throwing out civil rights for fear of the unintended consequences, but it is a time to retreat to principles.
What, you may ask, is a 'principle'? I don't know but I do know that they must not be compromised! That's how I know a principle when I see it.