It’s as if we’ve already been attacked, and the last ten years of war never happened.
In response to somewhat vague warnings of a tenth-anniversary terror plot on the United States, security is up in target cities like New York and Washington, DC — and so is official rhetoric.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, in the courtyard of the Pentagon, touted the recent murder of Osama bin Laden as a coup for the CIA, of which he was director until last week. For Panetta, known for making factless, bombastic declarations, the operation made a “very clear point… nobody attacks this country and gets away with it.” He did not comment on the many years, thousands of American lives, and trillions of dollars spent looking for one man.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also rattled her saber, vowing the United States would “always” claim the right to use force against those who attack or are deemed to threaten the country. She gave a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, standing next to a rusted piece of the destroyed World Trade Center.
The recent terror alert is “a continuing reminder of the stakes in our struggle against violent extremism,” Clinton said.
Prepared to take action against those who threaten our liberties and way of life? What is she going to do? Bomb Washington DC? DC = THEM, so I'm really not sure what she means by "us."
Ironic but true. I've asked before when can WE have ourselves an "American Spring" and toss off the likes of Clinton. That's something they never seem to think through. The only real threat to us is from our government and it's trough feeding minions.
Not to worry — the Yankee Empire's welfare/warfare state cannot be sustained much longer. The massive debt load could collapse the edifice at any time. Fortunately the Founders secured our ability to throw off Leviathan with the 2nd Amendment.
lol "Our way of life" wtf is our way of life? Police check points, tazers, 150 no knock SWAT raids a day. War on drugs, war on terror, war on cholesterol, war on raw milk. Yea our way of life is under threat.
It's getting bad when these headlines sound like they're from The Onion.
"…nobody attacks this country and gets away with it."
Nice… Nearly 10,000 American & "coalition of the willing" military killed, nearly 50,000 military injured/maimed, a Trillion dollars pissed down a couple of ratholes – just to get one man with a couple of hundred followers. All that plus the nation killing bombing – the nearly complete destruction of a functioning Iraqi society. I wonder how many terrorists we've created this time that our next generation will have to be perpetually on guard against – for they will come again and 9/11 will seem like kinderschule.
And even though OBL has been sent to Davy Jones' Locker (they say), the revenge continues – and will continue until…when?
@ Strider55 – regarding the debt – I would not assume that the USG, if push comes to shove, would not consider just declaring that there is no more debt and those holding IOUs are just SOL. Of course, note holders like China might take exception –
in a survey taken by PEW,..when all countries in the world were asked .."who poses the GREATESTY threat to world peace ..the UNITED STATES was first followed by Isreal ..GOOD GOING !!!!! USA! USA!USA!!!rah rah rah …
If there's no terror attack, then every single one of these people should lose their jobs for causing unnecessary fear and panic amongst the American people.
Yeah, I know, that's what would happen in an honest and decent country, but not here.
The fact that the world sees the US and Israel as the GREATEST threat to world peace I have spent years reading and watching documentrys about 9/11 and now 200 persent it was an inside job with help from Isarel.For the people that have not took the needed time to learn about how did 9/11 put this in your favorites and watch the proff its called (Top Documentary Films) with a hole section on 9/11.Also red this (911timeline.net) then you will know how attacked America.Withch has allowed your freedoms to be taken unconstitutional laws.If you like people not knowing you were obviously involved somehow.A very important thing to remember is that politicians are proffesional liers.I don't now how you will vote I can't I'm Canadian but would 100 persent vote for Ron Paul at least he is not a proffesional lier if he don't become president you are vopting for more of the same.Its time to awake.
Yes, another anniversary of 9/11, another opportunity for fear-mongering. Last night, Charlie Rose interviewed that idiot Nepolitano of Fatherland Security, who's still advertising that the US gets attacked by terrorists because they hate American freedoms. (She also still has trouble getting it straight that the 9/11 hijackers did NOT enter the US via Canada.) Rose also interviewed that other moron Zellikow, the guy who chaired the faulty 9/11 commission, and he's still pumping out all the long-since discredited findings.
America is doomed.
Time and again, the US shills take the American sheep for a ride. Who but mentally deficient, brainwashed sheep would believe that anybody would be so stupid as to try the same trick for the second time on the same date? Well, except for the USG, of course. Just because Americans are stupid doesn't mean the rest of the world is too.
Well you traitorous rascals may continue to demean my protectors' efforts, but I am going out to check my back shed for Boogeymen in thobe and gutra. And you need to start trusting that our guardians will do at least as good a job as they did 10 years ago!
Well you traitorous rascals may continue to demean my protectors' efforts, but I am going out to check my back shed for Boogeymen in thobe and gutra. And you need to start trusting that our guardians will do at least as good a job as they did 10 years ago!
Well you traitorous rascals may continue to demean my protectors' efforts, but I am going out to check my back shed for Boogeymen in thobe and gutra. And you need to start trusting that our guardians will do at least as good a job as they did 10 years ago!