numist

I didnt whine when they attacked, I called my friends in NY to make sure they were ok. One wasnt. Fine. Ive had a few friends die, and its something we have to live with, cause notwithstanding.
I seriously doubt that I will whine the next time (yes there will be a next time, you think you can be prepared? you got something coming).
I didnt say we could do something to stop them, because no matter what America does to its foreign policy, it will never change the very thing that makes people attack it: its psyche and general attitude to others.
This whole attitude of "we're the best" started in the civil war when America won its first battle against the British AFTER the war had ended, and then proclaimed it as a victory of freedom. America lost that war, Britain could have taken the whole place over again. Why didnt they? There was no way theyd hold onto it for long, so they wisened up and left.
You are not the best. Just like anywhere else, a couple of winners, a whole lot of losers.

You cant stop terrorists, the whole Patriot Act is useless because of that very premise. I would be quite pleased to see all of this new preventative legislation die, including the Office of Homeland Security. They arent changing anything.