The cost of anti-terrorism just got higher.

According to this story, police are finding that when we buy cheap knock-offs or pirated goods we may be funding terrorist groups.

Okay, I'm behind this. No more buying DVDs from Malaysia. (I wonder if Grokster will argue that file-sharing is defeating terrorism because downloading is taking money away from the knock-off/pirated copy sellers.)

But will America put its money where its mouth is? I doubt it.

We saw this line of thinking in play back in the 1970s when American unions and factories begged consumers to "buy American" or risk losing jobs. Consumers spoke with their wallets and now most of our factories are overseas, and the Japanese took over the electronics industry and part of the auto industry. Oops. It's funny how we can all pretty much agree what's best for us, but then not follow through because it just costs too much...