[Andrés]

Samurai, so you're saying I'm the one who should mind my own damn business.
That financial aid is payback of the money you're taking from us.

And of course that your ideology of civil freedom is ok, (BTW that's not something exclusive of the US as you're implying) but your ideology of maintaining your illusion of safety by fear is not.

Of course US government has the right and the duty to ensure its people safety.
They should concentrate in preventing terrorist attacks, and in bringing those responsible to justice, not bombing innocents.
But again, the US is not the police of the world.
Fear of a US retaliation is not what maintains "peace" in the world.

The fact that the US is passing through an economic golden era does not mean they are morally superior to others.

I think that the chose of target in 9-11 was clear enough. It was not the military, not the government, not the innocent civilians (just a little collateral damage), the WTC was canter and symbol of the large neo-imperialistic corporations.
That's what they consider their enemy is, what they see as imperialistic companies ravaging their people and the country that supports them.

Imperialism means your colonies fund you, not the other way!

This is not even a question if your feeling of safety is worth the weight of lives of millions of lives in your consciousness.
Even if everything is this war goes nicely, you manage to kill Saddam, innocent Iraquis casualties are as little as possible, and you help install a new government.
What then?
Will the world be a safer place? Will the US be any safer? Will there be fewer terrorists willing to attack the US?

Oh and I've noticed my ranking has dropped, all I have to say about that is that I couldn't care less.