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ratbastid · 09-11-2006, 06:17 AM

Thank you for this talking point regurgitation.

The administration is pumping the line that because there have been no attacks since 9/11 (well, not counting a brief and localized anthrax campaign immediately after 9/11), the counter-terrorist efforts have been successful. I mean just look: nobody has gotten blown up. Hellova job! Re-elect our righty pals in November!

There are several gaping holes in this logic, the main one being the classic flaw of turning correlation into causation. The administration is taking credit for something that they may or may not be the cause of. Look: I have three cats. None of them have been strangled. Congratulations are due to me for defending my cats from all the cat-stranglers out there! Because it'd be so easy for somebody to strangle my cats! I've defended them brilliantly. Re-elect me!

There are still huge holes in our security system. The shipping industry brings in millions of shipping containers a year that go completely unsearched. Commercial freight goes on airliners without any security screening. It would be trivial for someone to get bombs into America through either of those methods. We've know about that for years and nothing is being done. So forgive me if I withhold my accolades on the "hellofa job" DHS is doing.

So why haven't we had more attacks? Maybe because there have been no more attempts.

We've "thwarted" two "plots"--a handful of homeless, possibly mentally ill people in Florida were alledgedly entrapped by the FBI in a Sears Tower bombing "plot". Another bunch were planning to blow up planes between the UK and the US, although UK authorities claim they weren't actually "on the verge" of doing anything like that. I'm not impressed by either of these two "thwarted" "plots".

Our security is ALL for show. Feel safe? Great. It's an illusion, but great, enjoy it.

09-11-2006, 06:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Thank you for this talking point regurgitation. The administration is pumping the line that because there have been no attacks since 9/11 (well, not counting a brief and localized anthrax campaign immediately after 9/11), the counter-terrorist efforts have been successful. I mean just look: nobody has gotten blown up. Hellova job! Re-elect our righty pals in November! There are several gaping holes in this logic, the main one being the classic flaw of turning correlation into causation. The administration is taking credit for something that they may or may not be the cause of. Look: I have three cats. None of them have been strangled. Congratulations are due to me for defending my cats from all the cat-stranglers out there! Because it'd be so easy for somebody to strangle my cats! I've defended them brilliantly. Re-elect me! There are still huge holes in our security system. The shipping industry brings in millions of shipping containers a year that go completely unsearched. Commercial freight goes on airliners without any security screening. It would be trivial for someone to get bombs into America through either of those methods. We've know about that for years and nothing is being done. So forgive me if I withhold my accolades on the "hellofa job" DHS is doing. So why haven't we had more attacks? Maybe because there have been no more attempts. We've "thwarted" two "plots"--a handful of homeless, possibly mentally ill people in Florida were alledgedly entrapped by the FBI in a Sears Tower bombing "plot". Another bunch were planning to blow up planes between the UK and the US, although UK authorities claim they weren't actually "on the verge" of doing anything like that. I'm not impressed by either of these two "thwarted" "plots". Our security is ALL for show. Feel safe? Great. It's an illusion, but great, enjoy it.