Originally Posted by Old NFO
The question is- Do you want to FIX the problems, or continue to dance around the edges and point fingers when something happens? I know the cost would be unreasonable, that doesn't mean I can't hope it would happen.
Which problems are you hoping to fix with a program that would decimiate civil liberties and our way of live, and that you agree we can't afford?
We lose over 40,000 people to car accidents and 18,000 people to murders each year. If you want to save lives, that's where it's at - not bus bombings.
If we are really concerned about terrorism, however, we should start doing something about nuclear terrorism. That's something that has the potential to kill hundreds of thousands and injure millions, plus cause $1 trillion + in damage. The Soviets built about 120 portable nuclear bombs (the "suitcase type) - they've accounted for ~40. There are 80+ more that could be anywhere right now. There's also enough loose nuclear material floating around to make 250,000 nuclear bombs. But we're doing almost nothing about it. This is the real kind of terrorism that we need to be worried about - not bankrupting the country to make people take their shoes off before they get on a bus or subway, for little or no increase in security.