But again my question:
Do people in America live in fear for a terrorist attack everyday?
Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
But again my question:
Do people in America live in fear for a terrorist attack everyday?
Abandon all hope.
Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
Check out the footage of that Obama jet circling over, I would say it sits pretty deep. I was amazed (and somewhat disgusted) of how scared they were, they were actually running from the safety of the park to the potential nightmare that is being between high buildings with lots and lots of glass, no way that jet could have hit them they were perfectly safe.
Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
Yes, because terrorists would rather target some trees than multi million dollar buildings.
Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
I mean, one terrorist attack crippled America and its psyche.
How many terrorist attacks post 9/11 have there been?
Did you know more people have died of basic illnesses than the lives lost at 9/11 ? Where is the War against Bad Healthcare?
There have been more traffic accidents and lives lost there, where is the War against Traffic? Are you going to invade a General Motors warehouse for revenge?
It's silly.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
Don't be too hard on them. We euroweenies have endured terrorist attacks for decades. Us usual the US has a good deal of catching up to do.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
The moral is to the physical as three to one -- that is the primary "force multiplier" for any terrorist assault. The "it really CAN happen here" thing has had a significant impact (not crippling, but measurable) on the national psyche.Originally Posted by Beskar
None in the USA. Whatever the manifold flaws of the Bush 43 administration, they were able to improve security and short-punch a number of would-be attempts. Trampled on our rights a bit getting there, but not without impact.
Different issues. None of them feature an active human agent seeking to cause harm. You imply that government efforts to stop terrorism are mis-spent. I disagree. The problems you cite are problems that we address in an ongoing manner, as we should.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
No. Just the sheeple that bought into the fear sold by the news companies for ratings and by the government for our rights.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
He must have been watching Fox again...
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
Not really, no. Oh sure you hear about it on all the big news networks but for the most part, life goes on.
Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
In Iowa...?
Nope.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
No. This is more a situation where a cop decides he makes the rules. See the police abuses thread.
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Re: Wow... are all americans so obsessed with terrorism?
No.
What really makes me laugh is how many people die each year from preventable diseases and treatable diseases, and then you consider how much we spend on fighting terrorism, which has claimed less lives per year than lightning bolts, if I remember correctly.
The war on terrorism has claimed far more lives than terrorism itself. And what's even more amusing is that almost every day, some nutjob holds people hostage at gunpoint in a bank or at their place of work, and that's basically the same thing as terrorism and it happens more often, but no one is really afraid of that.
Since they probably can't nuke us and they can't crash planes into stuff anymore, I really have to wonder why people are so afraid.
Personally I am more afraid of dying in my sleep due to carbon monoxide poisoning, but I think they have detectors for that. Maybe we should spend that money on making sure every single home has a carbon monoxide detector that beeps when the battery gets low. Probably save more lives that way, and best of all, the world doesn't hate us.
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