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Originally Posted by finnbow
The cost of 9/11:
We created a vast security bureaucracy, encompassing some 1,200 government organizations, 1,900 private companies and 854,000 people with security clearances, according to a Washington Post investigation last year. We launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We organized counterterrorism operations in such far-flung places as the Philippines and Yemen, and we changed the culture of our military. We sharpened our focus on al-Qaeda and imitators. We spent, according to one estimate, some $3 trillion.
All this from the party of small government and fiscal responsibility.  
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Yes, and they're also the party of strong defense and tight national security who believe that "he who trades liberty for security deserves neither".
Dave
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Last edited by BlueStreak; 09-03-2011 at 02:40 PM.
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