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Re: Should the US Raise Security Threat to the Nation at its Highest Level for Sept 2
A wise man once said "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." We already are at a much higher level of readiness than when Benghazi was attacked, or when the embassies were attacked during the Bush administration (though not on the 9/11 anniversary) which resulted in a much higher death toll. If we allow such fear of attacks by terrorists to drive us to ever-higher "states of readiness", then we are allowing the terrorists to play us like puppets on strings. And when does it go too far? When does "state of readiness" because of fear of terrorist attacks become indistinguishable from "police state"?
Well.....Sept has arrived. We are down to 10 more days until the Anniversary of 911. We have asked others to up their security and watch for those who have Passports with their Airports. We have had to evacuate our Embassies in Iraq and Libya. We have AQAP threatening and taunting us in their New Magazine. Then we have ISIL who has threatened to come after us if we didn't stop the airstrikes on them. We continued and now they are vocal and probing us.
Last year BO did not set the Nation at the highest level. He didn't do so in 2012 and We lost an Ambassador in Libya. With the way things have been with our relations overseas. Should we take any chances this year? What say ye?
A wise man once said "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." We already are at a much higher level of readiness than when Benghazi was attacked, or when the embassies were attacked during the Bush administration (though not on the 9/11 anniversary) which resulted in a much higher death toll. If we allow such fear of attacks by terrorists to drive us to ever-higher "states of readiness", then we are allowing the terrorists to play us like puppets on strings. And when does it go too far? When does "state of readiness" because of fear of terrorist attacks become indistinguishable from "police state"?