We lack the will to do anything unless we are sure -- really sure -- that we could be next.
“We lack the will to do anything unless we are sure — really sure — that we’ve even been attacked.” There. Fixed it.
And a response will have to wait for the governmental commission to complete its investigation. Otherwise we might end up retaliating against the wrong people, further incensing world opinion against the U.S.
Remember there is a magic number somewhere in the bowels of a building in Washington DC. It is the number of American casualties the feds are willing to absorb before they consider military retaliation a political necessity. You gotta know it’s at least seven figures, possibly eight.
That’s why the feds haven’t even begun to listen to any of us about in-country mosque/madrassas, Mexican border security, or airport screening. “Ho-hum....Wake us when it really starts to rain. Then maybe we’ll get you the umbrella you keep asking for.”