rayboyusmc
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The major damage that they can do to US is not physical. Knocking down three towers is not significant physical damage. To the people who died and their families, yes, this is significant. But to the total country the amount of physcial damage they did wasn't even a pin prick.
Where we were hurt was the fear that followed. Plane travel took a hit and people's perceptions of danger ruled over the reality. Perceptions became reality and people froze in their daily activities.
This fear is what I believe this administration has used to get its agenda passed. When the fear alone doesn't work, then they attack your patriotism. Unfortunately until lately, the Dems showed more lemming than courage to stand up. The ones who did, like Cleland and the UnPatriot Act, were smeared with pictures and verbal attacks.
I doubt if it would happen, but if we are ever attacked again, the focus has to be on what little real damage they do and stop the larger psycological damage from taking place. It is about the perceptions we let rule US. The chances of anyone of US getting killed by a terrorist is far smaller than getting run over by a truck.
If we let them force US to live in fear, we lose.
Where we were hurt was the fear that followed. Plane travel took a hit and people's perceptions of danger ruled over the reality. Perceptions became reality and people froze in their daily activities.
This fear is what I believe this administration has used to get its agenda passed. When the fear alone doesn't work, then they attack your patriotism. Unfortunately until lately, the Dems showed more lemming than courage to stand up. The ones who did, like Cleland and the UnPatriot Act, were smeared with pictures and verbal attacks.
I doubt if it would happen, but if we are ever attacked again, the focus has to be on what little real damage they do and stop the larger psycological damage from taking place. It is about the perceptions we let rule US. The chances of anyone of US getting killed by a terrorist is far smaller than getting run over by a truck.
If we let them force US to live in fear, we lose.