At best, trying to combat terrorism with a conventional invasion, especially of the wrong country, is a bit like trying to combat hornets by going around with a baseball bat and hitting everything in sight, including (more by accident than anything else) an occasional hornet's nest. All invading Iraq did (other than creating a helluva mess!) was hand a propaganda victory to al Qaeda.

Can you say "counterproductive?"

I agree with the Phantom. Staying alert and able to notify the authorities is the best thing the man or woman on the street can do. Eyes everywhere. Signing some cockamammie petition hardly seems like an effective countermeasure to suicide bombers and such.

Get a grip!

Don Firth