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If you don’t want to
listen to the television heads interpret the six hundred page report on
9/11, or you don’t wish to read through it yourself, you could sum it up in
one word.. Arrogance. If you knew for a fact that twenty Arabs armed with
only box cutters were coming to this country to bring down the Twin Towers,
The Pentagon and the Capital of these United States, you would be hard
pressed not to be laughed out of Washington and
no news organization worth its salt would report it. Why, well, it is
unheard of in a country with the most modern standing army, the newest and
most modern of ships, tanks and planes could be attacked by anyone. No other
country has the means and weaponry to attack this country. Except for a few
nuclear superpowers such as China and Russia, we could subdue any country on
the face of the planet in one or two weeks.
Those twenty men knew how powerful America was. They knew about the CIA,
FBI, ATF, Marshals, State Police, Local Police and Airport Authorities. They
knew how airport security worked and what would be looked at and what would
be over looked. None of these agencies gave them concern because they knew
in their hearts of hearts that most Americans, including all the police and
agencies, their existence and travel plans were just a speck on the wall of
everyday living in modern America. I am quite sure that these people had
confederates inside of this country who had gone on trips to anywhere just
to find out what to expect at air-side security. Others checked out the
different airports to see where the security was lax and where it was tight.
The awful thing about it is, those same people are still traveling around
checking out other airports
and other security measures.
What I don’t buy is the idea that with two or three lessons in a single
engine, piston powered Piper in Florida got them ready to take over and fly
those giant passenger jets. I think that the lessons in Florida was a ruse
to keep us from looking for a country with passenger planes who would teach
them to really fly a jumbo jet. They flew them too well and too accurate. I
don’t know about you, but I have flown in small planes and big planes and
just the instrument panel on those large jets would take weeks to figure out
which way you were flying, and at those speeds, to hit a building in the
middle of New York City?? Lets be real folks, it just doesn’t happen that
way.
Centuries ago a mighty army stood on a hill and sent out a nine foot warrior
to challenge the rag-tag army of Israel. The army was well trained and
undefeated in battle. Their top gun was a giant and no man would stand
against him. No man that is until a ruddy faced boy of Israel with a strong
religious purpose volunteered to face him. We all know the story of David
and Goliath, but what I want to point out to you here is the arrogance of
the Philistines. There was no way this silly little boy armed only with a
sling could stand against such a mighty force. I can see the Philistines
almost falling down with laughter as David walked into that Valley, but at
the end of the day the mighty army of the Philistines were stunned and
fleeing for their lives because their weapon of mass destruction was lying
on the floor of the valley with his head severed from his body.
Our country operates on the same arrogance. Even after so many attacks on
our embassies, our ships and the Twin Towers in ninety three our politicians
and bureaucrats in Washington failed to see the real danger. In the nineties
we gutted the CIA and did away with certain “Black Ops” which are necessary
to deal with entities such as terrorists. Since 9/11 we have been working to
correct those problems, but it will takes years to undo the damages caused
by politicians that believe we can settle every problem in the world with a
lot of talk, a lot of money and a few troops.
I was reared in rural West Virginia in a town where no one locked their
doors at night. That was also a ruse, because everyone with the sense of a
goose knew that most of those houses had one or more guns either over or
beside the bed. they also knew there would be no hesitation on the part of
the home owner to pull the trigger in case of an intrusion. The United
States must have the same attitude. We do not need another bureaucracy in
Washington. We don’t need more government. We need more cooperation between
bureaucrats, between departments and between politicians. What we need most
of all is to see terrorism for what it is. The determination by one
race to wipe from the face of the earth anyone who does not share their
religious beliefs.
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