There are many who watch from the sidelines, formulate their own ideas and solutions, isolate their thinking from all other possibilities and then go into action with the thought "why can't everyone else see this"? Yet they have no indepth intelligence data, no input from those in places of high authority and responsibility, no actual experience upon which to base their assumptions and proposals.
In my opinion we are at a crossroads in this country. Unfortunately this junction is not a simple "Y" in the road. It is more like a "leaf rake" in the road and we are at the base of the junction. There are many options, no one path will lead to our success in the fight against terrorism.
There is a military road to consider, a domestic one as well... a path for the individual citizen, one for groups of citizens. One might involve the consideration of private enterprise while another addresses that of the media. Many additional options.
I am a firm believer that "all" illegal foreigners be deported ... why single out those from the mid-east! There must be a return to law and order and that requires not only the use of the bully pulpit of the White House but the commitment of every citizen. One of the PC issues that must be done away with is the lack of care and concern for those around us. We can no longer "not want to be involved". Why? Because our freedom loving republic is at stake.
Think about what we can do as individuals, then act accordingly.
How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time.