Without freedom from repression & terror (read security), there would be no liberty at all. The islamic terrorists want to destroy our security, and by doing so, destroy our liberty. Those of you who lament so fervently against Bush's actions- what should his admisistration have done? You propose that we should pretend it didn't happen? Force everyone to abide by Sharia law & become Muslim? Let the extremists violate our socieity, destroy our economy & our way of life? These are the only things that might appease them, for they abhor the very liberty that we seek to preserve.