You know, the "war on terra" In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
For the record the Patriot Act and numerous other now-implemented draconian American policies were drafted and chomping at the bit before 9/11.
There is less of a real terrorism problem in the US than there is a "muslim" problem in Paris. Sure, USA Today might have you believe that the US is overrun with terrorists but it also would have you believe that every resident of a Paris suburb is a dirty, unemployed angry Muslim holy warrior.