The "War on Terrah", like the war on drugs, will never be won. As one security analyst said: "If we build a higher wall, the terrorists will just bring a taller ladder."

We as a nation need to determine how much we are willing to spend and how much of our liberties we are willing to surrender in what will turn out to be a vain attempt to stop the next terrorist attack.

How many young people died last year from cardiac events while participating in a sport? I think the number approaches 7,000. How many people died in terrorists attacks in the U.S. last year? 0.

The apologists will say that it's because of all the money that we have thrown at security that's prevented another attack. I say "Prove it."

In the meantime, we know the number of young people who have died during athletic activities; we know the number of babies who have died due to preventable prematurity; we know the number of old folks who have died due to inadequate health care coverage; we know the number of hospital patients who die each year due to hospital-acquired staph infections - let's go to war against these known problems, not some hypothetical terrorists.

I'd love to see a well-known and respected somebody - I don't know who - present that kind of information to the citizenry who will then decide where their priorities lie.

Yeah, I live in a dream world.