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Should the US Raise Security Threat to the Nation at its Highest Level for Sept 2014?

Should the US Raise Security Threat to the Nation at its Highest Level for Sept 2014?


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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?
 
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Oh, and don't forget your reasons as to why or why not.....this message brought to you by, ForgetMeNots.
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If there is no credible threat, there is no need. The world is not more screwed up than usual.

I'm pretty sure most such steps are mere security theater anyway.
 
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I'll be flying on 9-11, but admit I'm a little apprehensive. Not about my flight, but about our country experiencing some sort of attack on that day. Let's just hope the terrorists remain as ineffective as our president. Neither of them seem to be able to find their own butts with both hands.

I wouldn't mind a higher state of security this year. Then again, that might result in a full body pat down by a butch TSA agent. I could do without that.
 
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I'll be flying on 9-11, but admit I'm a little apprehensive. Not about my flight, but about our country experiencing some sort of attack on that day. Let's just hope the terrorists remain as ineffective as our president. Neither of them seem to be able to find their own butts with both hands.

I wouldn't mind a higher state of security this year. Then again, that might result in a full body pat down by a butch TSA agent. I could do without that.

Is that a Yes or a no SMW?
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Don't forget to make a choice. ;)
 
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If there is no credible threat, there is no need. The world is not more screwed up than usual.

I'm pretty sure most such steps are mere security theater anyway.

That's what was said in 2012 and we lost a US Ambassador.....Its a simple matter and on that Day. All our Diplomats will stay on lockdown in hot areas if the level is raised to its highest.
 
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If this is a poll, MMC, I can't see it (on my phone). I'll vote when I get on the PC... later. ;)
 
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If this is a poll, MMC, I can't see it (on my phone). I'll vote when I get on the PC... later. ;)

Yeah it is.....but I guess we wont be raising the Threat level. Which the Z Man......will be releasing his usual video with AQ's message for this year. Last couple years it has come out 3 days prior to the day.


U.S. does not plan to raise threat level

The United States does not expect to follow the United Kingdom in raising its terror alert level because of concerns over Islamic militants. “As it relates to the United States’ national terror alert system, I don’t anticipate at this point that there’s a plan to change that level,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily briefing Friday.

Johnson said that his department “is mindful of the potential for homegrown violent extremism inspired by radical ideology overseas, and, both through law enforcement and community outreach, we are taking steps to counter that potential threat.” .....snip~

Read more here: U.S. does not plan to raise threat level - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com
 
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As long as golf courses aren't being threatened, this president isn't engaged.

Unfortunately we have no leader. :(
 
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Here are 2 law makers from both sides of the Aisle saying something about ISIL.....and their threats.


Lawmakers: Islamic State group wants to hit US.....

Cities in the United States and Western Europe are being eyed as Islamic State militants' future targets and President Barack Obama needs to take action, two U.S. lawmakers are warning. Without offering specifics on any threats or suggestions on how to confront them, the leaders of the Senate and House intelligence committees on Sunday prodded the White House to work to prevent the Islamic State extremists from launching attacks on U.S. soil. The bipartisan pair of lawmakers shared a dire warning against the Islamic State group, which now has control of vast swaths of Syria and Iraq, has killed civilians from that region and beheaded American journalist James Foley

"This is a group of people who are extraordinarily dangerous," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who leads the Senate intelligence panel. "And they'll kill with abandon." The pair of lawmakers, who have access to some of the nation's most sensitive secrets and receive regular detailed briefings from the nation's spy agencies, offered dire predictions of an attack on the United States or its European allies if the militants are not confronted. "They have announced that they don't intend to stop," Feinstein said. "They have announced that they will come after us if they can, that they will, quote, 'spill our blood.'".....snip~

Lawmakers: Islamic State group wants to hit US
 
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As long as golf courses aren't being threatened, this president isn't engaged.

Unfortunately we have no leader. :(

He had better keep his fingers crossed.....and hope another US Ambassador doesn't get killed or taken hostage. If it does happen.....he will be finished.
 
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If there's a legitimate threat, yes. Doing so merely as a symbolic gesture wouldn't be something I'd support.
 
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President Obama is the only politician that has NOT been on vacation during August.
Including 435 House, 100 Senate and 9 SCOTUS .
 
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President Obama is the only politician that has NOT been on vacation during August.
Including 435 House, 100 Senate and 9 SCOTUS .

Mmmmkay.....and what does that have to do with the price of Tea in China?
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Cmon now Nimby. Should we raise the threat level or not.
 
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Above both of our pay grades.
That's why we have Pentagon people drawing up plans.

And at no time should the President ever divulge intel to the untrustworthy GOP again, though he will continue to, and continue to get burned.
I'm sure Putin shares his intel with his congress. Just sayin .
Mmmmkay.....and what does that have to do with the price of Tea in China?
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Cmon now Nimby. Should we raise the threat level or not.
 
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Above both of our pay grades.
That's why we have Pentagon people drawing up plans.

And at no time should the President ever divulge intel to the untrustworthy GOP again, though he will continue to, and continue to get burned.
I'm sure Putin shares his intel with his congress. Just sayin .



All of that says nothing about raising the threat level.....its a simple question. If BO doesn't want to do it. Then all Americans should do so for themselves.

To be aware.....is to be alive. Just sayin!
 
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He had better keep his fingers crossed.....
and hope another US Ambassador doesn't get killed or taken hostage. If it does happen
The GOP would simply begin a new round of kangaroo courts, costing the taxpayers tens of millions.
Just as GOP candidate Rand Paul does daily on HRC, running to the left of George McGovern .
 
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All of that says nothing about raising the threat level.....its a simple question. If BO doesn't want to do it. Then all Americans should do so for themselves.

To be aware.....is to be alive. Just sayin!
alarmist--more election running scared !!
 
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This past week border states were put on high alert. Others are already claiming these people are already here. ISIS is a group of folks with passports that could easily get into this country on any flight. The Saudis warned a week or so ago the attack was imminent and just a month away. So to state there is no real threat at this time is pretty Pollyanna in my opinion. And when you have a prez make a statement that he has no real strategy at this time hardly gives one confidence.
 
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alarmist--more election running scared !!

Say what.....try again!
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alarmist--more election running scared !!

It's survival first, and elections later. One is a requirement for the other.
 
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It's survival first, and elections later. One is a requirement for the other.

Yeah HB.....also AQAP was telling us an attack is Imminent in their New Magazine. Mocking us as to 911 when.



A new English-language Al Qaeda magazine features a how-to article on making car bombs and suggests terror targets in the United States, including casinos in Las Vegas, oil tankers and military colleges, and implies that an attack is imminent. “The timeline concludes with the date 201?’ and blank spaces and question marks for the photo and information of the next attack -- implying that it is coming soon,” said MEMRI Executive Director Steve Stalinsky. There is a suggested list of targets for lone-wolf, or individually executed, terror attacks, including New York's Times Square, casinos and night clubs in Las Vegas, oil tankers and trains, the Georgia Military College, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and General Atomics defense contractor in San Diego.....snip~

New Al Qaeda Magazine Hints an Attack on US Is Imminent - Leah Barkoukis

http://www.debatepolitics.com/war-terror/203333-new-al-qaeda-magazine-hints-attack-us-imminent.html
 
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Yeah HB.....also AQAP was telling us an attack is Imminent in their New Magazine. Mocking us as to 911 when.



A new English-language Al Qaeda magazine features a how-to article on making car bombs and suggests terror targets in the United States, including casinos in Las Vegas, oil tankers and military colleges, and implies that an attack is imminent. “The timeline concludes with the date 201?’ and blank spaces and question marks for the photo and information of the next attack -- implying that it is coming soon,” said MEMRI Executive Director Steve Stalinsky. There is a suggested list of targets for lone-wolf, or individually executed, terror attacks, including New York's Times Square, casinos and night clubs in Las Vegas, oil tankers and trains, the Georgia Military College, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and General Atomics defense contractor in San Diego.....snip~

New Al Qaeda Magazine Hints an Attack on US Is Imminent - Leah Barkoukis

http://www.debatepolitics.com/war-terror/203333-new-al-qaeda-magazine-hints-attack-us-imminent.html

Thanks. Nothing to be alarmed about. Obama will make a decision on 9/12/14.
 
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I just took a look at the date of this thread. It says September 1, 2014.

2014. Not 2002. It's been over a decade, and some people still haven't learned their lesson?

My response to the OP is, HELL no. Stop taking away my liberty in the name of "security."
 
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Thanks. Nothing to be alarmed about. Obama will make a decision on 9/12/14.

Yeah, his WH spokesperson already said they wouldn't be raising the threat level. But that was before Feinstein came out with what she said.
 
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