My argument isn't that we "give them a shortage" of motivation. My question is, "why is it so hard to believe that we have enemies out there (Al Qaeda, et. al.) who want to destroy us?"

And, I've heard of this theory that the terror levels go up around "election" time. That's all fine and good. But, there was no terror-level system pre-2001. And, these so-called "scare tactics" you all claim the Bush Administration uses have NOTHING, NOTHING to do with the train bombs that went off in Spain and Japan. They had NOTHING to do with embassies being bombed in Africa. So, it begs the question. How far are you willing to take these conspiracy theories?

Come on bro.