Anyone who requires proof to substantiate this comment obviously hasn't been paying enough attention during the past week. It may well be that our airport security is lax, but these terrorists have circumvented the ultimate in security measures- the vigilance of those whose lives they put in danger on the jets that became their weapons.
we will be asked to sacrifice our freedoms, but will be no safer from terrorist actions-- especially terrorist[sic] that display the adaptibility, patience and savage will that these hijackers did.
Where there is a will, there is a way. These terrorists have proven that. Anyone who is willing to spend ten years in "deep cover" planning an attack won't be deterred by a simple curtail of their internet privelages.
you're right- I didn't know the half of it! Now how many millions are we gonna waste busting and incarcerating small-time US drug dealers/addicts when we ourselves let the juice loose?
I think one thing this attack has shown us is that there will always be loopholes. We spent years (and billions) considering missile defense shields, Star Warz, and all sorts of other protective measures intended to be effective against a straightforward military attack. All of these were, of course, useless when terrorists decided to expoit the backdoors and windows of our system and attack from the inside. I think it's a good idea to make some changes (in airports, anyway) to prevent further carnage, but it's foolish to think that anything we do will stop people who want to hurt us as bad as the terrorists who hit the WTC did. If there's a will, there's a way around all of this. If they can't communicate via the web, they will find some other way.
If there is a problem with our intelligence, it just might be in part because we're blowing dough, manpower, and time on our futile "Drug War" efforts. We can't even keep cocaine and MDMA out of this country, let alone stop meth labs from multiplying. So why not give up and devote agents and funding to REAL problems that we might be able to SOLVE?
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Anyone who requires proof to substantiate this comment obviously hasn't been paying enough attention during the past week. It may well be that our airport security is lax, but these terrorists have circumvented the ultimate in security measures- the vigilance of those whose lives they put in danger on the jets that became their weapons.
we will be asked to sacrifice our freedoms, but will be no safer from terrorist actions-- especially terrorist[sic] that display the adaptibility, patience and savage will that these hijackers did.
Where there is a will, there is a way. These terrorists have proven that. Anyone who is willing to spend ten years in "deep cover" planning an attack won't be deterred by a simple curtail of their internet privelages.
you're right- I didn't know the half of it! Now how many millions are we gonna waste busting and incarcerating small-time US drug dealers/addicts when we ourselves let the juice loose?
I think one thing this attack has shown us is that there will always be loopholes. We spent years (and billions) considering missile defense shields, Star Warz, and all sorts of other protective measures intended to be effective against a straightforward military attack. All of these were, of course, useless when terrorists decided to expoit the backdoors and windows of our system and attack from the inside. I think it's a good idea to make some changes (in airports, anyway) to prevent further carnage, but it's foolish to think that anything we do will stop people who want to hurt us as bad as the terrorists who hit the WTC did. If there's a will, there's a way around all of this. If they can't communicate via the web, they will find some other way.
If there is a problem with our intelligence, it just might be in part because we're blowing dough, manpower, and time on our futile "Drug War" efforts. We can't even keep cocaine and MDMA out of this country, let alone stop meth labs from multiplying. So why not give up and devote agents and funding to REAL problems that we might be able to SOLVE?