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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Yes, at this moment in time Cheney and Bush are not really likable guys. However, there has *not* been a major terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. If a few civil rights get trampled on, or a few rules get broken in order to help protect the US from a furtive enemy, then that may be the small price that needs to be paid.
-Wayne
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I have often been seen brown-nosing Wayne but this won't be one of those days. Losing security and freedom and liberties by denying certain civil rights is not a "small price." It is a victory by the bad guys. World leaders don't play simple games, and Dubya has been easy for Bin laden to defeat. "America" and its values have been tested, and we failed. Dubya failed. The absence of an attack on American soil is an exceedingly thin consolation. Indeed, as long as we continue to choke our own liberties and deny our loyalty to the principle of freedom, Al Queda will likely just watch. If I were them, I would. I'd resume attacks when the erosion of freedom stops. Duyba is playing world politics as though it were professional wrestling. Instead, it is a chess game. Dubya doesn't even know how the pieces move. Cheney does, but he's got another agenda altogether.