Do you feel safer in this country right now? With the way our administration has been failing us pretty much ever step of the way? Who are we hunting down half way across the world that is a real threat it's 5 years later we still haven't found Bin Ladden the "mastermind" behind the attack, or rebuilt the towers which belive it or not is costing us a couple million a day in revenue. We were killing top guys of the "terrorist" groups for a month straight and still haven't put a dent in this major threat..M1-Lightning wrote:
Third world countries/terrorists directly threaten our freedom via hijacking our planes and running them into skyscapers. Sure there are criminals right here on the streets and killers on the loose, but name the last group of 19+ Americans that killed over 2500 Americans on one day. Name the last American that attempted to mass-murder hundreds of American civilians like that. And remember that Timothy Mcviegh targetted the government, not civilians. If you don't think that 2500 dead Americans in a couple of hours is significant enough to send our military around the world to chase down their organization and kill them, then please provide us with a number that will determine the need to do so.
Third world countries/terrorists threaten our civil liberties in an indirect manner. They bring bombs on planes *poof* we now search each bag for bombs... one less civil liberty to enjoy.
Searching bags is not a violation of a civil liberty because Airlines are privately owned, but wire tapping without a warrent is..