If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.
Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror.
We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.
Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.
My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp in which the most troubled among us can find ways to appropriate one of the easily available weapons in all our communities.
Arguments that we will never stop all shootings by restricting access to such weapons fails to account for our strong and common desire at least to stop many of them - or any of them.
I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.
I can honestly say I've never sold any arms to a repressive foreign regime while reassuring everyone at home that the weapons will be used for nice things.