[9h1d9j809s]

There is no private communication during a war. This is normal and it makes sense.

We are not in a war, no matter what some say.

(The article actually implies this, but I wanted to clarify for those not reading the article completely.)

[AndrewKemendo]

>We are not in a war, no matter what some say

I guess it depends on your perspective.

Maybe you aren't, but hundreds of my good friends are, at the behest of the president that, assuming you are a US Citizen, you had a part in electing (also, assuming you are a part of society).

So the people who actually fund and execute wars think "we" are at war. I would say that should pretty much settle it.

[mpyne]

well...... the military and the 'national security apparatus' is at war, that much is for certain. Certainly Congress's authorized budgets seem to agree with the idea.

But the nation itself is not at war, if that makes sense. So any changes in the day-to-day routine for the average citizen (or the governors of the average citizen) should not be evaluated as if the whole nation is on a war footing.

[Zircom]

>at the behest of the president that, assuming you are a US Citizen of voting age, you had a part in electing...

Fixed that for you.