The constitution of the country, a document which is paid immense lip service throughout the country, and held in high regard throughout the world, lays out very explicit restrictions of what the government can do. And yet all it takes is a handful of terrorists to kill a couple thousands Americans, and that's all it takes to trample it all into the dirt. That is how trivial it is for terrorists to destroy our freedom as it were. Can you imagine what politicians could get away with if the American people were actually destitute? It's more than a bit terrifying.