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Originally Posted by Tam9  What's your point here?
How do you think men have become free over the hundreds of years - by doing nothing? |
The greatest danger to our freedom is not Al Qaeda. We have endured far worse losses than anything they could dish out.
The greatest danger to our freedom is not domestic terror or crime. We have dealt with these issues in the past and come out in one piece.
The greatest danger to American freedom is the fear of the American people. Our fear has put innocent folks (demonstrably innocent and noted as such by a military review board, in the case of Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi). Our fear has led us to waste immense resources and thousands of lives in the wrong war. Our fear has made us accept wire-tapping and the suspension of civil rights at the center of our democracy. Al Qaeda, with all its forces rallied into a single effort, could not do as much damage to the principles this country was founded on as we did in our frenzy to stay safe.