Good for the goose...how about the gander?

One has to wonder...could the same rationale applied by the WSJ regarding speed limits...

We are often told, by nanny-state advocates, that such public goods as safety require a loss of liberty. In the case of speed limits and traffic deaths, that just isn't so.

...be applied to the War on Terror? Does Big Brother offer the same sort of false arguments when reducing liberty that the 'nanny' offered in this case?