Defense and the National Interest

You could simply refuse to be terrorized.  Send this to your elected officials:
I am not afraid of terrorism, and I want you to stop being afraid on my behalf. Please start scaling back the official government war on terror. Please replace it with a smaller, more focused anti-terrorist police effort in keeping with the rule [...]

SWJ’s Dave Dilegge takes on Ralph Peters (Go Dave!)
As Dave notes, the urge to solve political and social problems with brute force runs deep. Near the end, Dave quotes Steve Metz of the US Army War College [-- see correction in the first comment, below]:
As always, I’m green with envy over Ralph’s way with [...]