The Logical Outcome of the "War on Terror"

Putin's latest draconian measures point to outcomes that lots of authoritarians in this country would like. I am not saying that a putsch is in the air but the "conservatives" that run the US these days are not conservative in the least. They will employ radical anti-democratic means because they distrust the people and open societies. Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, et al are more sophisticated than Putin but in the back of their minds they wish they had the kind of power Putin has grabbed.