Are Americans willing to trade their freedoms for a false sense of security?
Thisis the crucial question that must be answered before a successfulstruggle for liberty can be fought and won. If it is shown that themajority of Americans will readily trade their freedoms for a fakecarnal security then the cause has already been lost.
Let us just examine a few of the events of the last two months to see where America sits on the major issues of our day.
Recently, we were made aware of the attempt to bring down a transatlantic flight by the ‘underwear bomber’. Whilethe facts remain unclear about the events surrounding the attemptedbombing, what is clear is the attempt to use the event as a catalystfor further draconian security measures. This includes proposals forand in some cases imposition of mandatory body scanning for allpassengers. In fact, the Netherlands announced that they will body scanall passengers as a result of the incident. In the US, the cry fromneo-con Republicans has been to adopt just such a policy here. Inaddition, the TSA seized the opportunity to try to turn the airplaneinto a virtual prison camp. What is most troubling about the whole event is the seeming willingnessof Americans to accept the official story without questioning and tosubmit themselves to any measure deemed necessary by our “benevolent”government. Now that President Obama is in power, the civil libertiesfire that once was burning bright among some on the left has nowsmoldered, leaving few to oppose the new liberal/Neo-con fascism.