I reluctantly voted for the Bush Administration to return to office last year because I was worried about terrorism. I don’t like that the Bush Administration weakens the separation between church and state, and I don’t like that their domestic spending exceeds that of the Clinton Administration and rivals LBJ. I voted for Bush anyway, because of terrorism. What am I getting for my vote? The same kind of foreign policy I could have expected from a Democratic administration, with the added problem of being unable to do anything about Iraq. I don’t regret my vote, because I did want to send a message to terrorists that I supported my government using military responses to known terrorist threats. But it doesn’t look like this government, nor any to follow in the coming years, is going to really do anything about Iran or North Korea or any other dangerous terrorist training camp that the U.N. refers to as a ”nation.” At least, not until something really, really big happens.
– Dr Hurd, ”Dealing With” Terrorism