World War 1 ended. The entire premise of free society is that war comes to an end, there is a such a thing as peacetime. Somehow that idea has died, and with it morality and social conscience. Comparing our spat with a few mountain dwelling cavemen on cellphones with a global War to threatened the existence of civilization itself is beyond ignorant. It's criminal intellectual negligence.
You could argue that the US has done a great job protecting us. Hence why you view it as a non threat.
We shouldnt be as naive as the Romans.
Please don't post ideological rants to Hacker News. Whatever your point is intended to be, flamebait drowns it out and has the side effect of wrecking this place.