"There's no place like pre-9/11 America; There's no place like pre-9/11 America..."
I hope it wasn't another successful terrorism attack, but you seem close-minded to the possibility, indeed probability, that it was.
I'll need a lot more than NewsMax's crappy reporting to agree with your "indeed probability."
My critique of the article stands: it contains few facts, and its lame theorizing doesn't hold water.