We know Germany was working on the Bomb before the Allies, so I think it's safe to say that, had the war followed a different path, it could have easily resulte

We know Germany was working on the Bomb before the Allies, so I think it's safe to say that, had the war followed a different path, it could have easily resulted in an existential threat to North America. Regardless, I'm not so much interested in the definition of war, as I am in the question of what kind of war justifies limits on civil liberties. WWII did; Afghanistan does not. Regardless of whether military action is undertaken against a nation-state or non-state actor, it is the threat to society that I feel should dictate the degree to which civil liberties are sacrificed for military advantage.