"Unfortunately, many Americans, like other people in history, don't want to face the disquieting truth about the dark and ominous direction in which their nation is currently headed. They simply wish to bury their heads in the sand and not analyze too closely the logical implications of the president's and the Pentagon's position. They don't want to face that we are now traveling in uncharted waters with respect to dictatorship."

See: Jacob Hornberger article (2006-09)