WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF

Mark Kleiman quotes RAND terrorism and security advisor Brian Jenkins and suggests this is the tone Democrats should take. He's absolutely right.

As the United States faces a new array of threats that arose at the end of the Cold War and were so stunningly clarified on September 11, 2001, Americans are again summoned to demonstrate courage, to draw on deep traditions of determination in the face of risk, to show self-reliance and resiliency. There has been too much fear-mongering since 9/11. We are not a nation of victims cowering under the kitchen table. We cannot expect protection against all risk. Too many Americans have died defending liberty for us to easily surrender it now to terror.

Tags: terrorism, Democrats