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"Say what you want about GWB -- history will record he kept us safe by leading with a radical domestic plan (Patriot Act, Gitmo, warrantless seaches, eavesdropping, banking, ect, ect) and an even more radical foreign policy: the Bush Doctrine. The advance of democracy".

The strategy of those pitted against us has unfortunately worked. Once the 9/11 plan had been exiecuted and some skirmishes employed all that had to be done was to wait and watch us destroy ourselves. There is no need for our enemy to do much more than have patience. The best we can do IMO is to create an acceptable stalemate and use a tourniquit to stop the hemorrhage.