Giving Up Essential Liberty for an Illusion of Safety

Americans will never forget September 11, 2001. We watched in horror as commercial airliners were flown into the twin towers and the pentagon. The government has used our horror and our fear, and since that day, government has enacted the Patriot Act II http://w2.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/patriot-act-II-analysis.php , it has empowered the federal government and the office of president in a way that would make Hitler and Stalin proud, and made the declaration of martial law as easy as the stroke of a pen, HSPD-20, NSPD-51
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/04/ED5OUPQJ7.DTL
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55825
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Representatives-Were-Threa-by-Patrick-Henningsen-081004-301.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77860 ; and to top it off concentration camps have been built and prepared to enhance and compliment these laws.
Along with these fascist laws, I have seen pictures on the internet of thousands of plastic coffins http://www.infowars.com/?p=3462 , what exactly is their purpose?
http://www.fdrs.org/global_tyranny.html
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=Quotes#Hubbard
http://burningbabylon.wordpress.com/category/quotes/
The United States government has since that time invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, and just recently the military have entered into both Pakistan and Syria and attacked their people, they have threatened Russia, and are surrounding them with a missile defense system, in nations like Poland and Georgia.
How exactly does one declare war against terrorists? It is not as if they are a country, they are individuals dispersed in different sovereign countries. Yes, they may have groups, be a part of a group, they may even have a common religion. This is all beside the point. Did governments sponsor terrorists? We are told that the Taliban and Saddam Hussein did. I have to ask; who put these in power? Well the United States government did. Now we have gone to war and removed both from power. Is the war on terror over? Not at all, and according to the powers that be it will never be. Realistically, this can never be a real war, and it is a fantasy that all terrorists can be removed from the world. What it does mean is perpetual war and aggression against sovereign nations and innocent civilians, who might happen to have a terrorist within their borders. Now we didn’t like when a small group of terrorists flew planes into our buildings, and killed innocent civilians. Has anyone considered how these nations might feel and react to such violence perpetrated against them? It can only breed more violence, more acts of terrorism.
Now that we have sent drones into two more separate and sovereign countries (Syria and Pakistan), gone in and killed their innocent civilians, along with a possible terrorist, one must ask; how is this different than our own 9-11? I think these countries are justified in being more than a little angry at us. Now, as we are surrounding Russia in a missile shield, I can only wonder how the United States would respond to our coast lines being surrounded by Russian nuclear submarines.
The United States government is running around like a bully on the playground, but this isn’t a game, and we aren’t children, people are dying and people are being denied their rights. Nazi Germany had plenty of excuses for their invasions of sovereign nations as well. What is the US government going to come up with next? The thought police; maybe so, actually there are laws and laws being considered that would do just that. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HR_1955)
I do not recognize this America. What happened to individual rights, liberty? In the name of terrorism they have been trampled under foot.
I remember when I first read Adam Smith; “The Wealth of Nations” I learned much about war, armies, and government. War and standing armies, are costly and are never advantageous, it is always a drain, even victorious they can never benefit or repay the cost. The Iraq war is costing the American people, 341.4 million dollars a day. It is non productive, it is a depletion on capital, and productive labor.
This particular war on terror is more costly than that however, and more costly than any war we have ever fought before, it is in fact costing us our liberty. It is destroying our country, our constitution and the Rule of Law, with every law that is passed that contradicts and violates the constitution which is the rule of law. Unlike a war between sovereign nations it is not defined by borders, it cannot be pinpointed to a specific place. This is a war against individuals and therefore it is a war against you. The laws that are being passed violate the rights of individuals. Don’t tell me “they are keeping us safe”. This is foolishness. Hitler once said something like; “Isn’t it good the masses don’t think.” I would tell you to go read a book, the writing of the founders, history, but that might be too taxing for you. Just click here for a few quotes from the founders on the dangers of government and tyranny.
Wake up! You are marching along like children behind the Pied Piper. Hear me! Unstop your ears! Government is not your friend! Government is a destructive force, it is fire; and it is all consuming. When laws are being passed that violate the rule of law, government has grown too big, too powerful, it is no longer a servant of the people, it has become an enslaver of the people. It has become a tyrant. Think about this; I beg you. Liberty is noble, it is virtuous, it is worthy, why exchange it for the degradation of chains and slavery?