So he wants to give up his liberty for a bit of perceived safety? Whoa. He apparently has learned nothing from history.
He thinks that our problems nowadays are worse than before. And because he's been "over there" he knows more than us.
I bit my tongue and informed him the war on terror DID NOT begin on 9/11. I may have mentioned something about being in the war on terror while he was still ****ting his diapers.