Originally Posted by
Superguy
Which would mean that other than a bomb or tragedy here and there, the US hasn't had a war fought on its soil since the Civil War. That would make the idiocy here a big overreaction.
Oh, yes. It is a big overreaction. And not even close to being effective security. Though there may be effective counter intelligence going on behind the scenes, what we see is inane, insane, and would be laughable if not for the cost and the inconvenient.
I have no idea how many hundreds of attacks Israel has undergone or has defused. But their is clearly a whole different situation than is America's.