Posted on 03/22/2016 9:15:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it "unrealistic to say we're going to completely shut down our borders to everyone" after the Brussels terror attacks.
"It was just terrible horror. The idea that the terrorists are continuing to strike at the heart of Europe and now Brussels and the number of casualties from what looked to be fairly sophisticated, coordinated attacks is deeply distressing," Clinton told MSNBC this morning.
"We've got to stand in solidarity with our European allies as they have stood with us on so many occasions. And we have to intensify our efforts to find and prevent terrorists from ever doing this again. It's going to be a long challenge because of a lot of factors, including, you know, the easy accessibility to powerful explosives and the mobility of terrorists in today's world. But we've got to be absolutely strong and smart and steady in how we respond."
Clinton said better coordination is needed with European officials "on tracking and following anyone who has any connection with terrorist activity or terrorism." The Belgians have admitted they lacked the manpower to put surveillance on all who need watching.
"We have been confronting the threat of terrorism for quite some time and this is the latest terrible manifestation of it. We've got to tighten our security," she said. "I talked about our visa system and our passenger name record system. When I was secretary of State, we often had some difficulties with our European friends because they were reluctant to impose the kind of strict standards we were looking for. That after Paris has changed, and we need to do much more to tighten things up. And I know our security professionals are working to do that."
Despite the "dream" of the European Union, she noted, "we do have to be realistic about how people move from place to place, and it's been my understanding that the Europeans are looking hard at how to better protect their borders internally."
Clinton acknowledged Americans "have every reason to be frightened about what they see and what happened to us in San Bernardino."
"But, remember, the terrorists are trying to undermine the democratic values that are at the root of our way of life. We cannot let them succeed," she added. "So we have to, you know, intensify our efforts to keep America safe and to work with our friends and allies to help them be safe as well from these threats."
Ah, yes, remember when it was difficult to get your hands on nails and ball bearings and rat poison? The good old days when you couldn’t find backpacks, suitcases, or fertilizer. Things were so peaceful then. What have we done?
Gee, I wonder what could POSSIBLY be a strong and smart way to limit the mobility of terrorists in today’s world? Anybody? How about just one first, obvious action?
Teacher, call on me, I know! Ban cars? Make people strip to get on trains and planes? What do I win??
[Truly, I believe we are ready to live in a planet sans Molenbeek.]
Stand with them against whom, Hilary? You can’t even name the enemy. Terrorism is a tactic. Who is the enemy?
May I borrow this for my tagline? You’re a genius.
Amen.
If you know what to look for and right formula.( I DON"T how to do it!)You can go to any grocery store and buy the makings for a bomb.
Yes. Haber's nitrogen fixation process made fertilizer cheap and plentiful. But it also made explosives cheap and plentiful.
Many historians claim that the process helped lengthen the war because the British blockade had cut off Germany's previous source of fixed nitrogen (saltpeter from Chile, of all things).
Not to mention those European gun restrictions. Those worked so well for Paris. Right???
I taught chemistry for awhile before moving on to physics (safer labs there). Anyway, now and again a student would approach me and ask if such-and-such would explode if they did such-and-such to it.
I'd always so no, even though their info was usually basically correct. So, yep, the info is out there.
This was way before 9/11, so I'm quite sure there was no terrorist angle in all that. I think they were more influenced by those old Roadrunner cartoons. Today, who knows?
MacGyver could build one out of toothpicks and sugar-free gum!
Traitors are surrendering US land to Russians, Uranium for speaking fees!
https://www.intellihub.com/clinton-foundation-payoffs-promised-hammond-ranch-other-publically-owned-lands-russia/ ^
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=1
Linky need fixin...
Merci bien mon chèrie.
Some thinkers (SF authors) have anticipated and extrapolated the global effort to control every single thing. The best science oriented fiction often placed human culture under the microscope, and in truth, offered us an early warning system.
http://larryniven.wikia.com/wiki/ARM
If these were always Trump supporters doing these bombings, the media would blame Trump supporters.
Explosives? If WWII synthetic fuel, then Fisher-Tropsch.
So far, hillary and obama are bending over in solidarity, not standing, with Europe.
I thought I remembered that bit from Connections by James Burke.
Great book.
yeah I know. I have to study some more on the sandbox thread.
Why thank you!
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