Different world now. I pay attention to the man behind the curtain, even though I am no longer young.
Could not have said it better...and "partisan politics" has nothing to do with it...as far as government is concerned...the TRUST factor(on both sides of the aisle)is gone.
On 9-11-01, after many years of BOTH parties spending/borrowing trillions of taxpayer dollars creating policies, practices and standards it was NEVER designed to be involved with, while at the same time getting in bed with despots and other criminal elements(foreign and domestic)who have no allegiance to any nation(unless power and greed are considered nations)...government FAILED at it's PRIMARY responsibility....protecting the American people...on American soil!
Killing "a" figurehead whom "most" consider the mastermind behind the 911 atrocity...10 years after the fact...in my mind does little to mitigate those failures. As far as this particular atrocity, I am more interested in knowing how/why the system broke down... especially after all the blood and treasure that has been spent over the years "supposedly" to prevent such atrocities.
No matter where the chips fall politically...people have a right to know the truth.
Maybe more importantly, the continuing of, and adding to, policies that remove freedoms from Americans in the name of..."security"...only gives further victories to the OBL's of the world...dead or alive.
Being cattle prodded at an airport while our borders are left wide open does little to make me look to the government and shout...."Woo Hoo!".
Amen! Osama is still winning every time a US citizen gets sexually molested or naked-scanned to travel by common carrier. It’s abusive far beyond violation of the Bill of Rights protections against search.
Every TSA agent should be seen as wearing a button saying “OSAMA LIVES!”.
BTTT, outstanding post.
Well said...prodded being a great word to use.