Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and the rest of the leadership of al Qaeda have won the war they set out to fight.
Al Qaeda, a small terrorist organization that should be completely incapable of presenting any genuine threat to the fundamental welfare of the United States, has always understood that it could still win a great victory by creating a climate of irrational fear and rampant hysteria inside the most powerful nation the world has ever known. Al Qaeda’s leaders gambled that a single spectacular terrorist incident would trigger a massive and long-lasting overreaction on the part of the U.S. government, and that the nation would be plunged into a state of culturally sanctioned panic, which would cause us to betray many of our most basic values in the illusory pursuit of a world in which we were “safe” from “the terrorists.” In short, if al Qaeda really does “hate us for our freedoms,” then its ultimate triumph has been its ability to get us to act as if, in many instances, we have come to hate those freedoms as well.
And Obama, being the Worst President Ever in the History of the United States has caved on civilian trials for the terraists. It really is going to take many generations to repair the damage that Obama has done.
And to think.. it all started with a bad design decision. If somebody just had the foresight to recognize that making airliner doors safe from forced entry would prevent hijacking, none of this would have happened. Today, it's a no brainer, but I would be fascinated to know what the thinking was prior to 9/11.
The result, of course, is to make American society a much meaner place. I guess it's always been a place where you have to carve out your piece, even if it's at the expense of somebody else, but now.... it really is cut throat. It is extraordinarily important to have a lot more money than most everyone else.
As a society, we're not going to get more generous and concerned with each other's welfare. We're not going to care about entire families that are unable to survive. We're not going to care about the legions of old people that have nothing.
... which, of course, is why the Asian societies are going to be the next great empire. America will be a great place if you can afford it. Japan will be a better place if you can't... assuming, of course, the nation doesn't end up one giant glow stick.
Funny how people still aren't being "reasonable" about that... isn't it? Damn anti-nuke hippies making up stories again! lol
But beyond all that, the disgusting displays of cowardice, cynicism, and frank hysteria that have dominated the political process since 9/11 are ultimately a reflection on we the people, who have failed to demand better from our so-called leaders. And that failure has handed al Qaeda a victory it could have otherwise never won.
Somebody who gets it.. right? "Disgusting" is a good word for it. It describes my attitude towards my fellow Americans very well. Most really are cowards.. especially the Keyboard Commandos of the Loon Brigade.
Stupid fucking cowards.
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As is usual, the comments to the story are the best part. They validate everything the author was talking about, and the Loons are too stupid to realize it.
I'll bet Paul Campos never served "our" country...AND it is people like him in the media that 'have a voice' and have caused this drawn out delema...The terroists would have video taped the beheading on day two and saved billions of dollars...
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