Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
The backlash of 9-11 was like Christmas to the conservative
military-industrial complex and their puppet congress-critters.
All the
things they have wanted over the years like more defense spending,
less
rights for citizens and the ability to run stormtrooper like raids on
citizens and eavesdrop on attorney/client converasations came true
the
morning after.
I call it the American public running scared.
Cybe R. Wizard
You must admit, though, that defense was cut *way back* during the
Clinton administration. Not only that, but he deployed the military
more in 8 years than something like the previous five or 10 presidents
put together.