"Roger Long" wrote in message
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No one can take freedom from a country as great as this one but we are
free to give it up.

Interesting timing for your post. I, of course, wholeheartedly agree with
everything you've said. All bin Laden and his folks did was to knock down a
couple of buildings. It's our own government, and our own citizens for that
matter, who have done the bulk of the damage. Just as you properly point
out.

And then, just today I read this article providing a more in-depth summary
of the new bin Laden video recording:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6387377/

In it, bin Laden basically says "it's easy to manipulate the US government
into destroying itself and its own country" and then describes the many ways
that he and his group has done so. Sadly, he is actually correct.

The only question now is, will our government and citizenship wake up and
smell the coffee? Or will they do the typical "human nature" thing and just
dig in harder, refusing the accept that there might actually be some truth
in what bin Laden says, when he discusses how easily the US citizens are
fooled into sacrificing their own rights and economic well-being?

I'm trying to be optimistic, but frankly...it's difficult.

Pete