This HAS to be said Date Friday, April 26, 2024 - 04:15 AM PST Topic Rant First let me say this: The distaster that has hit New York and D.C. was a real tragidy for all involved. My heart goes out to them and thiers in this dark time... Now... There is a further sad fact here that has been golssed over by so manypeople. What the HELL are we doing involved in the mess in the middleeast? Why are we supporting Isrial? We speak so boldly of human rightsin America yet we are in a conflict where one nation is being treated muchas the Nazis treated the Jews in WWII and we are supporting it. As muchas it TRULY HARD to say this, I see both sides.... What was done was notright and no matter what could never be thought of as such except by somereally twisted people. However what this country is doing in the middleeast is not right either. Personally I think we should get the hell out andlet them settle thier own mess.... Now WE have been drug into thatwhole mess way farther then we should be and now our country is in a position where we HAVE to act, and act in many ways against what thiscountry was founded on. We have to act against others that mainly areseeking the FREEDOM to stay on the land THEY own. And the right topractice thier religion in freedom.... This to me really SUCKS. Now to top this our US Attorney General comes on the TV and informs thecountry that WE will have to pay for this attack with loss of OUR rights andfreedoms. Looks like the Terrorists won some ground if that is allowed tohappen. He stated among other things that they now will have the rightto phone tap a person, not just a single line. Now think about what thatmeans.... They HAVE the ability to tap ANY phone ANY time and can followa person from phone to phone likely with voice recognition, and tap intoany conversation that pesron is having.... Otherwise that law change wouldmake no difference.... The terrorist attack is just starting if we allow thegovernment use it as a lever to take away our liberity and freedom. Ben Franklin once said "If you give up freedom for safty, you shal havenor shal you deserve EITHER." Words we MUST strive to never forgetespecally in this time of international terror. If they take out freedomthen we ALL have lost..... Again I do not support what was done or those who did it. However we have to guard against condeming a people because ofthe actions of a few..... We ALL know how that feels.... RememberColumbine? This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=149