[fogarty]

"...keep an eye out for the Enemy. He is not US."

What you forget is that an 'enemy' can be defined to whatever the ruling, er, elected administration happens to want it to be.

I have no doubt that an 'enemy of the state' in the eyes of a second clinton administration would include pro-life protestors, gun-owners, and any church that preaches homosexuality is a sin.

And here is the ultimate irony - the very tools a Republican administration has put into being will be the very shackles a future administration will use to their advantage and continue shredding the US Constitution.

[Recovering_Democrat]

You're creating a wonderful, wonderful straw man. And you're ripping him into shreds, exactly how straw men are created. The problem, though, is that you're not dealing with reality when it comes to American history.

Your fears, which I grant are honest, seem to be unable to accept the truth about war and how America conducts it, to wit: civil liberties are sometimes restricted--and then they are restored. Every, every, every time this has happened in America, because the citizenry and the officials alike recognize what is done in emergency is done for the good of all. There should be no difference here.

[mysterio]

And here is the ultimate irony - the very tools a Republican administration has put into being will be the very shackles a future administration will use to their advantage and continue shredding the US Constitution.

What's ironic about that? Lately, the Republicans have caught up with and nearly surpassed the democrats in ignoring and gutting the Constitution. Hearing Democrats talk about civil liberty is what's ironic. And hearing Republicans defend these unAmerican policies and proposals. No thanks. I'll no longer be sending either party my vote.