Well, yes. Hence why I made the post—to attempt (in good faith) to overcome americans' inherent unwillingness to discuss topics of substance. Here's how I inte

Well, yes. Hence why I made the post—to attempt (in good faith) to overcome americans' inherent unwillingness to discuss topics of substance. Here's how I interpret "national security": the goal of protecting against literally any kind of threat to the material comforts of average americans. Otherwise we would have sacrificed a lot of global trade in the last two decades to protect us against retribution a la 9/11. As it stands that threat has only increased. What sort of threat do you think is worth eroding values to protect against?