Yes, Mueller et al telling us to treat terror in the US like Candidate Clements in Tejas i think it was years ago told women to treat rape -- it's like rain, so just relax and lie back and enjoy it. Seemed the worst thing to do. A totally passive attitude, squandering the country's anger and unity.
The Saudi puppies, well, ever see those oceanfront mansions south of Houston?
What burns is that up here its so gauche to bring that up, as if we can win this by ignoring it.
Personally, to paraphrase Reagan and the MX slogan
Peace through Victory!!
That's the worst of it. We had this unity, and this justifiable anger (I say outrage, same thing). Good things could have come out of it, we could have secured ourselves a little more security against those who would do us harm for a few generations to come. Then they tell us "welp too bad, something will happen, nothing we can do, sorry". Yes, hearing them did make me think about (and I gotta correct you :-) Clayton Williams telling a group of reporters when a storm came up, "Rain is like rape, there's nothing you can do about it, so you might as well lay back and enjoy it." Cost him the election here in Texas and set the GOP back a few years.
The last thing anybody wants to hear from the Secretary of Defense, or VP or FBI Chief is there is nothing we can do. If this was an election year, you can be dang sure nobody from the administration would be saying we are helpless. The only reason I can think of for them saying that, is to justify this super homeland department.