The notion of "living in fear" is something that Americans
will have to get used to, IF they want their civil liberties preserved.
The move by Busy/Cheney & Co to deprive Americans of their rights in the name of "getting tough" on terrorists...is completely misplaced.
In truth, life is unpredictable... But if there are "bad guys" out there the government should go after them just as they do with murderers, rapists and drug dealers...
Somehow prior to 911 we "managed" to capture felons WITHOUT giving up our constitutional rights...and the same can be done with Osama & Co.
Where the Bush administration went HORRIBLY wrong was by phrasing 911 as a "war."
Wars are against nation states. Wars have opposing armies...with generals and uniforms.
What Osama requires is POLICE ACTION... Historically something similar happen with the Barbary Pirates...that's when the marines when to the "shores of Tripoli" to clean out the lawlessness in that region...
Something like that is needed with Osama.
Clearly, Dubya's notion that an "invasion" was necessary has only created more problems! And big ones...since Iraq and Saddam, while perhaps "evil," where FAR REMOVED from Osama & Co.
Indeed Dubya's mistaken War has helped Osama in more ways than ever dreamed possible! For example, Dubya has "empowered" the Iranians, and their Iraqi fundamentalist Shia co-religionists!
And Dubya has make a "hero" out of Osama to most of the Muslim world...
What the world needs is better tracking of radicals, and more cooperation between government policing agencies...
NOT MORE "REGIME CHANGE" WHICH ONLY RADICALIZES MUSLIMS MORE AND MORE AGAINST THE WEST!
The US government "should be" able to walk and chew gum at the same time...although with Dubya everything is "problematic...!"
We can fight crime, domestically organized or foreign based, and preserve civil rights...
The fight against criminal Islamists should not impair American's civil rights...and Dubya's recent illegal "Nixonian" dragnet against ALL Americans must be stopped immediately...
Congress should get busy on this before the election...
