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Originally Posted by dobbles
At first it was the erosion of freedoms and the increase in the police state due to the Patriot Act. More recently, the continued use of fear in politics has allowed the polarization of this country to really take hold. We have turned on not only those that are different, but even on each other.
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Largely agree.
We've spent a whole lot of money and thousands of soldiers have died (and who knows how many Afghan and Iraqi civilians), and we don't have much to show for it.
Sure, Bin Laden is dead, and many "No. 2" Al Qaeda leaders are too, but has the cost been worth it?
I say no.