[Carry_Okie]

Now the War on Terror has completely lost focus.

Yup, exactly as I warned you, and it may get a LOT worse. If, in the middle of this, China allies with Russian gangs to pop open our prisons, cuts loose a bioterror attack, blows the Panama Canal, abets an attack from Mexico, and hits some major infrastructure (such as gas pipelines or electrical power sources to pump water), we're in big trouble.

Without power we cannot refrigerate. Without pumps we cannot grow food. Our entire agricultural apparatus is in danger of shutdown due to environmental regulation. Where will an urban population get its food and water? Where will they run? Who will take care of them? How would such services be located near population centers?

Guess where the structural solutions lie?

[annalex]

If you are implying that the structural solutions are in civil defense, then that is not sufficient. Look how they cannot catch a single rifleman (well, maybe a few of them). We have to fight our wars, treat them seriously, and take them to the enemy's territory whenever possible, and not run away from the imperialist label. It doesn't mean we should fight every foreign war, or look for one when there isn't any.