NOT PREPARED FOR TERRORISM

Neal Nuze ^ | 12/5/05 | Neal Boortz

[NotchJohnson]

NOT PREPARED FOR TERRORISM

The still-useless 9/11 Commission has weighed in on the progress we as a country have made since Islamic terrorists murdered 3,000 innocent people on September 11, 2001. [related: 9/11 Public Discourse Project] Their verdict? Tom Keane, the former chairman of that committee, appeared on Meet The Press yesterday and said that "A lot of the things we need to do really to prevent another 9/11 just simply aren't being done by the president or by the Congress. What we're concerned about now is that these recommendations -- four years, more than four years after 9/11, are still not being done. People are not paying attention to them." Well, he may be right. People may well not be paying attention to the 9/11 Commission recommendations. And just why would that be? Could it possibly be due to the fact that there hasn't been another terrorist attack?

The dangerous truth is that Americans have simply forgotten about 9/11 and have returned to their September 10th complacency. Ironically, it was the Democratic chairman of the commission that nailed that on the head. Lee Hamilton said that another attack will occur...not a question of if, but when. You can take that to the bank. All it will take is a single Islamic extremist toting a dirty bomb into a busy downtown during lunch time or a crowded sporting event and detonating it. Hundreds of thousands of people could be made ill or die.

Maybe the next attack will be another attack on an American airliner. Not from the inside, but from the outside. Did you hear that the pilot of an American Airlines Flight bound for Chicago told controllers last month that a missile had been fired at his aircraft on departure from LAX ... and missed. The pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. Now .. get this. The FBI is saying it might have been a bottle rocket. Yeah ---- that's it. A bottle rocket. Airline pilots are extremely cautious about reporting any strange incidents in flight. They don't like the paperwork. They don't like the whispers that "So-and-so is seeing UFOs." If a pilot says he saw a missile smoke trail by his window, I'm predisposed to believe him. Bottle rocket? No way.

Remember .. it's not if. It's when.

[NotchJohnson]

We have had a bit of luck but we have been very good since 911. I do wonder why there hasn't been another attack since it only takes one lunatic.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

First, get the people most responsible for 911 besides the terrorists themselves off this damned commision.

Then, control the borders.

[Alberta's Child]

This country gave every indication that it was thoroughly unprepared to protect itself from potential terrorist attacks when this ground of @ssholes was named to the 9/11 Commission.

For heaven's sake -- I can't imagine a more lame, incompetent moron than Tom Kean . . . and that's on a good day.

[Alberta's Child]

Sorry -- that should be group, not ground. I have no idea where that came from. LOL.

[Eagle of Liberty]

We have had a bit of luck but we have been very good since 911. I do wonder why there hasn't been another attack since it only takes one lunatic.

I do believe that we have uncovered many terrorist plans, but also remember, Bin Laden and associates realize that they are no longer dealing with Bill Clinton. They know that if we are attacked again right now on our homeland, Bush will not hesitate to act, and he will act with a lot of angry Americans backing him up.

The Islamo-fascists are not entirely stupid and are completely patient. They see what kind of damage the MSM can do and are sitting by idle waiting to see what happens. Will Bush get impeached? Will Saddam be freed? They don't risk attacking us again in our country right now. But, wait and see what happens when Bush gets replaced in 2008, especially if a Dem wins. The first thing the terrorists will do is test his/her nerve.