[TomasUSMC]

Expanded but still with a need to vote on it every year to keep it going.

I still believe President Bush screwed this whole thing up when on Sept11, he did not, Declare War on Syria, Iran and Iraq,( Since they were the top three countries that the State Department had on their terrorist sponsoring list.) declare Martial Law and put US on total WW2 style war footing including draft, give Damascus Tehran and Bagdad 96 hours to evacuate then Nuke one, ..... and oh yeah -CONTROL OUR BORDER IN A TIME OF WAR.

And when Syria and Iran and Iraq had unconditionally surrendered, established new governments that included freedom of Religion - or been utterly destroyed, then we could have lifted Martial Law.

No need for Patriot this or that, I or II.

[Durus]

Why declare martial law and a draft? What purpose would either one of those two things serve?

Does the idea of a police state fill you with warm feelings of security?

[billbears]

I still believe President Bush screwed this whole thing up when on Sept11, he did not, Declare War on Syria, Iran and Iraq,( Since they were the top three countries that the State Department had on their terrorist sponsoring list.)

Sponsoring terrorists perhaps that were involved in attacks on other nation states, which is none of our business. And why would a 'conservative' such as yourself all the sudden take the word of the State Department as gospel? I remember a year or two ago, the State Department was right up there next to Satan as most hated and couldn't be trusted for anything.

And yet our administration took the word of the CIA and other intelligence agencies to attack a pretty much defenseless nation state on the threat of invisible WMDs. Any condemnation of those groups?