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A Political Commentary Four years after this terrible national tragedy, nothing in the country has changed. There is still no serious effort at security. It's not that we're incapable of it. Want to see what security looks like? Walk in to a casino. True, airport lines are longer. But any determined foe can elude this minimum wage effort where mothers find their infants on watch lists. Cargo holds are largely unchecked altogether, and the industry has resisted efforts at protecting its airliners from shoulder fired artillery. Our sea ports remain wide open to our enemy -- even ABC News was able to smuggle radioactive material in to this country in a cargo container. Our chemical plants have been granted a "pass" -- this administration vetoing proposed legislation that would have cost the industry money. Money that would have been spent on the national security of this country. Instead, the choice was to protect the industry -- not the people. Chemical plants afford terrorists natural opportunity on the level of a nuclear plant. In an irony only life itself is capable of serving up, along comes Hurricane Katrina. As tens of thousands of Louisianans enter their 3rd day without food, water, or adequate shelter, and exposed to high temperatures and dangerous flood conditions, our President announces that the head of this abominable rescue effort "is doing a heck of a job." To this author, the parallel is stunning. In each case, after the fact, the administration claimed that no one could have guessed the tragedy was coming: "no one expected terrorists to fly planes into buildings" (Condoleeza Rice) -- "no one expected those levees might break" (President Bush). In each case, diligent, informed and intelligent Americans knew that to be a blatant falsehood. In the former case much was written about this style of attack, the Briefing prepared for the President itself was titled "Bin Laden determined to strike in United States" and field agents for the CIA were already following al Qaeda operatives in flight schools. Those studying counterintelligence and terrorism were acutely aware of this possibility. A study by a prominent scientist had already identified a category 5 hurricane striking New Orleans as one of three most likely and most devastating natural disasters to befall this country -- specifically citing the fact that the levees would break and result in complete destruction of the city. For years, diligent, informed and intelligent Americans had lobbied for monies to shore up the levees, knowing how vulnerable they were. On September 11th, 2001, the terrorists literally did come out of the sky. Four years later, there was a 72 hour warning: The Weather Channel. Still -- no action. No plan. Nothing put in to place ahead of time. No security. Only the same pattern of deny, spin, obfuscate. Four years later and still our first responders still cannot communicate with each other, as their equipment uses different and incompatible protocols. How this president ever won an election on National Security is something that eludes me, just as true security still eludes this great nation. I guess we'd rather stand around the barbeque arguing about gay marriage. Would it be different with a different administration at the helm? There is no telling. But I do know that clearly this administration will never take security seriously. They are perpetually busy trying to save face over a failing plan at nation building, in the toughest arena in the world to try out that new hobby. So profoundly does this administration misunderstand our enemy and the entire geopolitics of the region, that this author was moved to create a website in which those who choose can learn the truth. To declare "they hate us for our freedom" is to broadcast your ignorance of your enemy. They don't hate us because we're free; they hate us because we're there. When America invaded Iraq, we instantly immortalized Osama Bin Laden (remember him?!) -- proving that what he had been saying to the Muslims all along was true: they're coming to invade our land and take our oil. Nothing could have delighted Osama more than the invasion of Iraq. Nothing else could have gone further to validate his teachings to the Arab world. No single act could have unified and galvanized our enemies more than this. Those who know our enemy best have told us precisely this in a clear, unified, and patriotic voice. Our enemy is not Iraq; it's Saudi Arabia, our drug pusher. Our enemy is certainly Al Qaeda, but probably even more dangerous than this external threat, is the complete lack of a coherent energy policy that makes geopolitical sense. Again, with the massive threat of declining oil, the administration buries its head. Instead of aggressively moving us in the direction of alternatives and sucking less oil out of the ground right now, they move literally in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, the electorate sleeps. To enter the website mentioned above and read about our enemy, click here. To read Bard's original piece on September 11th, 2001, click here. Note: This commentary was written by the Webmaster and not by Bard. Please direct your invective, or otherwise, accordingly. Thanks and God Bless. |
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