Posted on 12/20/2005 3:53:22 AM PST by unionblue83
Unlike most Americans, 9/11 made me feel more secure. Finally, the country was focused on issues that had long worried me.
“The FBI is engaged in the largest operation in its history,” I wrote in late 2001, “armed marshals will again be flying on US aircraft, and the immigration service has placed foreign students under increased scrutiny. I feel safer when Islamist organizations are exposed, illicit money channels closed down, and immigration regulations reviewed. The amassing of American forces near Iraq and Afghanistan cheers me. The newfound alarm is healthy, the sense of solidarity heartening, the resolve is encouraging.”
But I agonized whether it would last. “Are Americans truly ready to sacrifice liberties and lives to prosecute seriously the war against militant Islam? I worry about US constancy and purpose.”
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Don't worry , thr American left will not survive the massive world war that coming. problem is, neither will we.
More people should read Publius, "...Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free." --Federalist No. 8
The fears are often well founded, but not always.
The left's number one play in their playbook, for over a century now, is to play on these fears, to destroy other powerful institutions.
Well said.
The left loves big government and authority...they just want it back in their lying hands...lol
To the socialist the primary enemy is always internal.
And I worry that not even a catastrophic act of terror will return a desensitized West to its post-9/11 alarm, solidarity, and resolve. John Kerry’s notion of terrorism as a nuisance similar to prostitution or gambling has taken hold, suggesting that future acts of violence will be shrugged off. And, even if mass murders do wake the public, a next round of alertness will presumably be as ephemeral as the last one.
If there ever was a crisis, it is over. Life is good, dangers are remote, security appears adequate … sleep beckons."
That last paragraph is beautifully written and appears to be frighteningly correct. I only pray that W doesn't doze off until a man (or woman) of Rudy's security stature is sworn into the office.
It's amazing that McCain, for all his aspirations, has seen fit to move in the opposite direction. He is a politician that has hit bottom with thinking Republicans and Conservatives, and has now lustily started digging.
Actually, it does have quite a bit to do with civil liberties.
I'll go along with Bush on domestic spying right after he closes the border. Until then, I don't believe that he is engaged in the "War on Terror" as it's being sold to us.
Perhaps it is young men who are prone to incendiary violence against the institutions of their fathers. But it seems to be all humans who are prone to seeing their own failings in the face of others.
"But it seems to be all humans who are prone to seeing their own failings in the face of others."
Of course, but with the democrats it is 'clinical'. Projection like that needs psychoanalytic help and meds...lol
Unfortunately, most of the shrinks are leftists. If you go to them seeking meds for a lefty, you will likely be the one getting the meds.
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