Quote from bungrider:
This will definitely prove to be one of those times in history where we look back and can't believe how we succumbed to such mass fear and hysteria. I think that many Germans had a similar revelation sometime around 1946.
I think some people should think very long and hard about what they're saying, and remember how part of the reason we're acting like it's OK to invade Iraq is because of the state-sponsored torture that regularly goes on there, and the deliberate lack of civil rights afforded to the citizens by their government. As Americans, we like to believe that it is the responsibility of the government to protect its constituents, and we also like to believe that the State should NOT be permitted to skirt the Constitution when it believes that the end justifies the means.
The reason we have both morals and a U.S. Constitution (not to mention trading systems) is not so they can be changed willy-nilly when we decide that it's "OK" to do so, but because these dogmas are supposed to represent who we are and what we stand for. If our leaders lack the character to uphold these sacred beliefs and institutions, then it is up to us to do so.