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In reply to the discussion: If you're not afraid of a terrorist attack by militant Jihadists, you're a fool [View all]rustydog
(9,186 posts)30. We already have been: Oklahoma city , the olympics, remember?
Abortion clinic bombings? Abortion provider murders?
It doesn't have to be Muslim fundamentalists, it is red-blooded Amurikans who've been killing and will continue to kill.
ISIS isn't as big a threat as people in your own town today.
But the news media wants you to be very afraid. Watch what the Republican campaigning will be:
Reminiscent of the Bush campaigns: Republicans are tough on terror, Democrat party, not so much...Be very AFRAID, we need the terror color code again! It worked great when we used it just before elections!
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If you're not afraid of a terrorist attack by militant Jihadists, you're a fool [View all]
cali
Sep 2014
OP
I am not paniced but when I get on buses and trains it is in the back of my mine.
hrmjustin
Sep 2014
#97
I was ready to argue with you and then read your perfect point! The reaction is worse than....
Logical
Sep 2014
#3
yeah,because we didn't entirely change the fabric of our society in the years following 9/11
cali
Sep 2014
#26
There is a far greater chance of being struck by lightning or attacked by a shark than being killed
world wide wally
Sep 2014
#23
The grandmother in Moore, OK probably never thought she would die in a terrorist
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#27
Where is the last one in the USA? Where are the terrorists actually? Where are the weekly.....
Logical
Sep 2014
#50
Domestic? The guy in Moore, Oklahoma was trying to convert his co-workers to Islam before he was
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#99
Have I ever indicated we should start bombing mosques in America. Many are telling the radicals
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#127
This does not negate the facts of acts of terrorism by radical groups, Tim McVeigh was a part of a
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#125
They may never characterized this as terrorist but the facts are the guy who beheaded the
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#129
"with the intention of intimidation or coercing societies or governments"
philosslayer
Sep 2014
#139
You may not view it as terror but for myself if I was intimidated by someone or something i
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#141
Yes violent crimes are terror, I will continue to hold violence is terror, to scare or intimidate
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#143
I do not fear for my personal safety from terrorists, by do fear you are correct
ohnoyoudidnt
Sep 2014
#29
And of course our Government (and Media) does nothing but incite such over-reaction
n2doc
Sep 2014
#31
Not afraid of an attack per se. but I AM afraid of the US/M$M over-reaction ~nt~
99th_Monkey
Sep 2014
#38
It still irks me that our government refuses to call the Timothy McVeigh/Eric Rudolph
Jamastiene
Sep 2014
#114
The Feds don't need another "terra attack." They got rid of every law they didn't like after 9/11.
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#40
as long as you are referring to the reichwingnutjobs masquearading as the xian fundamentalists.
niyad
Sep 2014
#48
If you are not afraid of ISIS, you are truly a fool. About 3,000 Americans died on 9/11 ....
kwassa
Sep 2014
#49
911 could never happen again. Never. It was a one time shot. Where are the USA based....
Logical
Sep 2014
#52
At least 45 potential terrorist attacks have been thwarted by our security forces.
kwassa
Sep 2014
#64
Then there's the guy who wanted to kill liberals so he shot up a Unitarian church in Knoxville.
Manifestor_of_Light
Sep 2014
#74
and the World Trade Center was attacked twice .... most forget the first attack.
kwassa
Sep 2014
#104
I don't know who I'm more afraid of, the jihadists or the ignorant public who
snappyturtle
Sep 2014
#131
I am concerned about our potential response. But I do not fear an attack. nt
RedCappedBandit
Sep 2014
#138