Re: Removal of jewish settlers from there homes
Kaleem,
I am with you buddy, the kids are everything. However, overstating the case helps no one. I agree that the talking heads love to stir the pot. The larger media in my opinion is much worse. We are fixated by thing that go boom. Every bloody bomb that goes off in Iraq reinforces how brutal our opponents are. Facing an opponent who apparently has no sense of morality, with video beheadings reinforces the feeling that we are fighting barbarians.
But people are not stupid. The occasional loud mouthed idiot speaks loudly for both of us. Most rational people are able to parse out that there is a microscopic group of idiots who wants to kill us. The problem is that there are very few ways of detecting those people. At this point in time, I am convinced that our Government can protect us against "the big ones". Eliminating Saddam, who was the most likely source of WMDs, and the recent London bombings convinces me that Al-Qaedda does not pack much of a punch these days. Unless we really miss the boat, they will be a nuissance, but today they are not capable of effecting our economy, which was the real victim of 9/11. To some degree we have to normalize the ongoing threat of Al Qaedda. But a new attack could always turn back the clock.
The real risk to you and your family would have been if there was a second and third attack after 9/11. I think we are past that risk at this point.