MD,

I totally understand what you are saying and agree with it about 99%. The only thing I would disagree with is that I believe policy is working. Is it perfect? Nope. But I also believe nothing man-made ever could be.

Some people think this is too simplistic a gauge, but I think of it as Occam's Razor - have we been attacked here in the U.S. since 9/11?

Again, I don't think the President's perfect or done a 100% job, but you can't argue with the results. It's easy to "Monday morning quarterback" things, but I truly believe if he wasn't the president these last 5/6 years, we'd be a whole lot worse off.

I completely agree that determining the "line" that we shouldn't cross in attempting to root out/stop terrorism (here and abroad) is a tough one. We all want it stopped (or ideally, prevented before initiation), but no one wants to give up any freedom. Totally understand and agree. I'm certainly no expert, so I can't sit here and say I've got the answer. I just trust in the system, and the checks and balances. It's served us well for the last 230, and I expect it will continue to do so.

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