To: EternalVigilance
In America, the people are the state.Oh, boy.
To: Beenliedto
It's called self-government...you ought to read up on it some time...the Declaration and the Constitution would be good places to start.
The primary duties of our elected representatives are to protect those documents and the principles they represent, and to protect the lives and the property of we the people.
If you know there's a madman out there who is bent on killing your family, you take the fight to him first--before he has a chance to strike.
There are worse things than war, sir...and the sooner you recognize that fact, the better.
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