America Lost The War on Terror (rant)

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America lost The War on Terror in 2001. We are terrorized. Being terrorized happens when a population loses the ability to discern what is a genuine threat in their world. We don't know what to be afraid of. Our mantra is "better safe than sorry," and "in an abundance of caution." People are afraid of just about anything now a days. Kids don't even go outside, and in most cities you seldom even see kids. We trust no one... even though we have massive police and security in most cities. We have 25% of the world's prison population but only 5% of the world's population. We have a military that is the size of the next 12 largest countries combined. 1000 bases around the world. 75 nuclear submarines, and a dozen aircraft carriers. And we have massive internal security agencies like NSA watching and listening for trouble. But we are still isolated and fearful. There is no turning back in a security state. Fear will continue to propel us into more and more security.

Thank you for sharing.

Added to the list of first world problems: The luxury of having nothing to fear but fear itself.

I agree with Tall-P completely. I would add everybody bieng very afraid of being sued and Columbine and other school shootings besides 9/11 lead us to this sorry pathetic state. I see the Boston Bombing trail began today. Do you think in the 1940's,1950's or even in the 70's 80's a whole metropolitan area would have been shut down for 4 days by 2 small bombs ?

I've read similar speeches that were written in the mid-1800s. There is nothing new about this whole "Bread and Circuses" meme, either. It's been around since the Pharoahs paid their pyramid-builders with bread and beer, and kept them entertained with orgies and executions.

Well not entirely what all this has to do with the war on terror, though I don't think we won that I also do not think terrorism was the main reason for our military action in that region but thats a topic for another thread probably. As for kids not even going outside that is not entirely true I mean around Denver it seems plenty of kids go outside at least adolecents and teens, I see plenty of them but it could be different other places. Our legal system really does have some problems I mean a child molsester can get like 8 years and get released to go do it again, and then non-violent drug offenders can get 25 year minimum sentences in some states what exactly are the priorities?

My guess is that the priorities are producing as much animosity and unrest as possible in order for the majority to be more susceptible to sensationalist partisan media and election ad campaigns. Divisive nonsense keeps people ethically malleable...

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Well, the "war on terror" is a goal no one can achieve, as there's always terror (whether realistic or imaginary).

Osama was taken out; the leader - a win

Iraq was stupid, but hey, you own the country now - a...woss (I don't think it's an Iranian victory, as they're tied up massively now)

Afghanistan as a whole, can't be "won", as the Taliban own half the place - a liw

So, a:

win
win-loss
loss-win

And it all started because Osama couldn't bear to think the Saudis would favor the US, and some American boobies. And he died with a ton of porn on his computer. Heh.

The conflict is far from over yet. General Mattis compared the timescale to that of the Indian Wars.

Half our country doesn't even like the idea of caring for everyone's health. For-profit public health services are akin to a collective death wish if you ask me...

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos