#22, well, it's the spirit of DEFENSE ... of which the current Western public is staggeringly ignorant. Remember, we Orwellianly called the Department of War another name just to make it look good. The REAL pathological problem here isn't defense, but in the public not understanding the difference indicated.
I find it amusing in the extreme that Americans themselves demand that the Neo-Cronies attack the Middle East in some sort of retarded reaction to 911, but the borders are left wide open INTENTIONALLY since it makes the corporations and yuppies more money or brings them more convenience. Hypocrisy, much?
The real watering of the tree of liberty with blood must happen here at home. That phrase always referred to NATIVE blood, since the Republic was always feared to fall to internal subversion. The Neo-Liberals (essentially, the corporations) and the Neo-Conservatives have essentially subverted the Republic into being an Empire, and for such a crime they all deserve to die ... die, at the hands of the citizens they've routinely wronged. Maybe once the average American jackhole gets poor enough from being raped by those elitist classes, he'll finally wake up to his responsibility, and OVERTHROW.