With a slingshot, no less.

America the mighty. Well, maybe not so mighty when it comes to dealing with terrorists. As I see it, terrorists have taunted the USA. Pecked away. Made our people and government officials over-react to the taunts. Even to the point of waging wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Which may eventually bankrupt the nation. And the wars have cost more American lives than the terrorists have taken with their murderous assaults. In a sense, we have committed acts as immoral and atrocious as those of terrorists. Yes, we've taken many innocent lives. So-called collateral damage. The war in Afghanistan has been waged for 9 years, and counting. And there seems to be no end to it. If I were a terrorist, I'd be rubbing my hands in glee. With all this wasteful spending by my enemy. Funny, isn't it? We Americans are defeating ourselves. While Osama bin Laden watches from the safety of his ringside seat in a cave in Pakistan. Of course, we should have recognized bin Laden and the terrorists as criminals. Right from the start. Not soldiers. Not combatants. But the equivalent of low-life gangsters. And we should have waged an international police action to bring 'em all to justice. To go to war over this crap was utter nonsense. It glorified the terrorists. Stupid. But it started with our most stupid president ever. The nincompoop, George Bush. And it's all continued to escalate. Even under the new Democratic administration. And even with widespread public support. Yes, we Americans are as stupid as our leaders. We have to be. Look at the evidence. We allowed Bush to steal the first election. And then we elected him to a second term. And now that we have an intelligent man as president, many of us mistakenly label him a socialist. And some of us even resent that he's black. Not white. Yes, we're racists. Just what some of the terrorists call us. And they're right on that score. Little wonder that we are a nation on the decline. We are no longer the leader of the free world. We are too stupid to lead. Instead, we have been duped. By the terrorists. A case of mighty Goliath being felled by David. With a slingshot, no less. --Jim Broede