[kristolisacommie]

i'll agree with dean that it hasn't made america safer. tom ridge seems to concur. if we were safer, wouldn't the beloved risk level have moved down instead of up.

[inyurhed]

What is it that you people don't get? Moving the risk level up is just another part of making sure we stay safer. For those fo you agreeing with Dean, your views are completely one dimensional. There is a complete package at work here. And if you want to go that route, fine. Have we been attacked here at home since 9/11? No? Though not. Every step we take makes America a little safer, INCLUDING capturing Saddam Hussein! That does not insure that there will never be another attack. We know they are continuing to try. Until they are ALL eliminated, there will always be danger. However, to elimiate all of them, you have to start with one.........then another.......and another........etc.......etc......get the idea?

[luvbach1]

...if we were safer, wouldn't the beloved risk level have moved down instead of up.

Who said the terror risk is a constant? Of course it is subject to fluctuations, depending intelligence on the actions of the terrorists, especially how close they are to attempting a major attack. The long-term threat level could be less, but that does not preclude near-term threats of attack as reflected in the dynamic color code.