I'm with Ian on this one...

Righties claim that lefties are saying and doing anything and everything they can to get back on the hot seat. That's true. Meanwhile, I've heard the same things coming out of the Republican camp for close to a year and a half now.

It's old. We are just as open as we've always been to a terrorist attack. We can't protect everything. And we never will. Like Ian mentioned, terrorism will continue long after we're dead. Sure, it can be stymied somewhat, but it will always continue. And it will always continue here and to Americans abroad as long as their are people who hate us and our ideals and have the means to make it happen.

What has "freeing" Iraq done for us? In America? Not a goddamn thing. The economy is STILL in the shitter, the dollar is fucking worthless compared to where it can/should be, homeless people are still plentiful, etc.. We can't even get our heads out of our ass on such issues as gay marriage (which shouldn't be an issue, IMO), kids falling behind in education, higher education progressively becoming finacially out of reach for a lot of people, I could go on and on..

Snipers in Ohio & DC? THOSE my friends, are terrorists. Osama Bin Laden is a terrorist, as are people who think like him and have the capability to attack us. Those are the threats to our society, not some shitstain in a shithole of a country who could only have a wetdream about doing half the shit Bin Laden has already prepetuated to us.

And to equate the liberation of Iraq to freeing Europe in World War II is about the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on this board. The war in Europe was about stopping a madman not only bent on taking over the world, but with the help of Japan and Italy, was CAPABLE of it. Saddam and Iraq had no such capability, not even close.

It took one country (us) one month to pretty much eradicate any sense of "military" Saddam had. It took pretty much the free world 5+ YEARS to do it in World War II. Saddam's army was and is a joke. So to compare the two is preposterous at best.