by Ivan Eland

Independent Institute

08/17/04

One might ask how the 'Home of the Free and the Land of the Brave' -- a model of political and economic freedom geographically removed from most centers of conflict -- has put its citizens in mortal danger by becoming so generally despised. The answer is simple. Although the U.S. government repeatedly warns its citizens of imminent terrorist attacks and takes draconian measures -- both at home and abroad -- in the name of 'national security,' it really does not have many incentives to actually make those citizens safer...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1343


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