J-HALEY wrote:Wow Kramer, how soon we forget 9/11 Eh? you seem to have forgotten what 9/11 really cost us.
Not at all, I know EXACTLY what it cost us. I was there the day after, I saw with my own eyes. It was horrifying and I wish I could forget some of the things I saw.
J-HALEY wrote:We have all but given up freedom so that we can be protected from those "terrorists". Our citizens, grandmothers in depends and little children get a humiliating strip search
I've been pretty vocal in the past that *I* never agreed with our response, which includes not only the military response, but those things you mention above. The founders were pretty explicit in their beliefs that those freedoms were sacred,
especially during times of perceived threats, foreign or domestic.
J-HALEY wrote:and folks like you and Jimmy cynically insist they are not a threat? 9/11 showed just how easily terrorist can attack us on our own soil and you suggest its no big deal? We haven't been attacked at that level since December 7th 1941 and its no big deal REALLY?
Of COURSE it's a big deal! Our problem is that everyone chose to just react- blindly, to the incident, as if it was an isolated incident that just magically came out of nowhere. Still to this day, people refuse to acknowledge the roots of the problem, what led up, and ultimately caused it to become a reality.
It was allowed to happen by several key figures in the FAA, CIA and FBI - all being asleep at the switch. We knew all along that they wanted to blow up the towers, as evidenced by the failed attempt during the clinton administration. Our government was more than aware of the "threat" and did so little to stop it that you can only deduce that they allowed it to happen, if by means of stupidity alone.
At the time of the attacks, the job I had necessitated me flying all over north america. The security in airports was good enough, IF the single security guards at the terminal EXITS weren't always asleep at their stations... I noticed that and complained to airport officials several times prior to 9-11. Anyone could just walk into the terminal through the EXIT, avoiding all luggage and personal detection. My complaints weren't even taken seriously.
But in light of it all, I had to travel two weeks after 9-11. Seated on the plane was a "middle-eastern-looking" guy wearing a turban .. do you think ANY of us took our eyes off him for a moment? Do you think if he, and even if 5 others with him, all pulled out box-cutters, that we, the other passengers, wouldn't have pummeled them all to death on the spot?
Nope, that dude would have been lucky to survive had he shown even the slightest intent to be disruptive.
Right then and there, I knew- The american people are the KEY to ensuring terrorism doesn't happen here again. Sure, we can't stop every possible attempt, but we can sure as hell stop most. We can do it more effectively than the government (reporting suspicious activity vs. government spying on everyone), and cheaper. Yes, we need the CIA, FAA, and FBI to do their jobs and monitor domestic and foreign threats, and react to them, but it's obvious that they won't catch them all.. and no amount of domestic spying, or overseas wars will remotely change that.
They TOOK our freedoms, as much as we just gave them up, though a well orchestrated campaign of fear and propaganda. I was NEVER on board with any of our responses, as I knew that day on the plane. WE won't ever let a plane get hijacked again in this country. Even if that means me forcing that terrorist to unload his entire clip into me so that he wouldn't be able to unload it into the pilot. I'm sure everyone else on the plane would have got in line behind me to give the same.
If it came down to it, we would crash the plane to save the target, as proven by the passengers of flight 93 when they realized what the reality of the situation was.
J-HALEY wrote:I am flabbergasted by your treasonist thought process sometimes! I am sorry this post sounds so harsh but thats how I feel and I'm sure I ain't the only one! I agree about closing the border because as I have been saying since the day after 9/11 the next terrorist group will have access via the southern border! IMO it is your way of thinking that is going to allow for more attacks on our freedoms! 
I think I just thoroughly debunked that statement.