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Originally posted by nostatic
well, this is the rub, isn't it? We want our cake (get rid of the terrorists) and to eat it too (our civil liberties). To a certain extent they are mutually exclusive...you want safety (or the appearance thereof), you give up personal freedoms.
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I agree, prior to 9/11, I would have drawn the line the same way as JG, now I would draw it differently....everything now is 20-20 hindsight...
I wish we could get past the blame game and get on with the matter at hand....finishing what we started in Afghanistan and Iraq. the longer they go on, the more lives that will be lost.
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