It is 11:20pm on the 5 year anniversary of 9/11 and those terrorist sons of bitches haven't done anything crazy like gluing quarters to the floor. I am not sure about you but I wasn't flying today.
I was hoping however for something really college prankish from Al Qaeda this time around. You know maybe paint the Lincoln Memorial, T.P. the White House, or sign the president up for an interview with an Army recruiter (Which by the way is the worse prank to ever have done to you, they will call you every month until your to old for duty).
But as it turns out no further terror was reined. Which makes me think perhaps that means we are winning the "war on terror"? Its been 5 years lets see where we are.
Do we have less terrorist activity? I would say yes, unless you count people blowing up Hummers in Iraq with homemade explosives terrorism. But no that is the insurgency, so ya we're good. And that failed terrorist attack in Heathrow airport in the UK has nothing to do with us.
Is America's economy recovering? Unless you live in Michigan you could say yes. Well aside from New Orleans, but that is from an unpreventable and totally unexpected natural disaster whose damage we could never have lessened. It is just bad timing that we diverted so much funding and attention to the war in Iraq. At least we have an assured victory there. Poor New Orleans and their unrepairable levies, that we had no idea were not up to snuff, had to just sit there and take it. Fortunately swift and heartfelt aid was provided by the government.
Are our civil liberties are as free as ever? Totally, we can still go about our business as American's without fear of being persecuted for unjust acts. The Patriot Act has ensured we are free to do what we as American's should rightfully and justly be allowed to do. God bless the Patriot act and the congress men that insightfully did not read the 300 plus pages so that it could be passed immediately.
Are we no longer worried about terrorist attacks on our homeland? Absolutely, the 2 hour strip search before any flight, along with the extra security along the border and in city subways is a good sign that we are safe inside of our own country. Why else are we able to wage a war on a different continent? We could hardly do that if we were concerned about our homeland security.
Which bring me to another point, we've chased those Al Qaeda sons of biches all the way to their base of operation Iraq. As Iraq has been the terrorist hub of the world over the past 20 years. In Iraq we are not only improving our foreign affairs, lower the price of gasoline, creating another successful democratic government, and destroying all of the weapons of mass destruction, but also demonstrating how military might always wins against Guerilla war tactics, as we learned during the Vietnam War.
So everything appears to be in good shape post 9/11.
Thank god for G.W. Bush and all the intelligent and capable people advising him through his terrific and Washington-esc presidential tenure.
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