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Martin Eden

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13. We have met the Enemy and He is Us

Sun May 10, 2015, 07:07 PM

May 2015

Sure, there are terrorists in this world who want to kill Americans.

But a much bigger threat than foreign terrorists launching attacks in the US has been our government's response to terrorism. The stupid wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been far more costly to Americans in terms of blood and treasure than 9/11. These colossal strategic blunders and war crimes have poured fuel on the flames of terrorism and severely degraded our position as leader of the free world.

Tom Ridge might be correct when he says the US is in more danger today, but the mindset and course of action he represents is dangerously wrong about how that has come to pass and what we should do about it.

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I caught some of CNN today. [View all] AngryDem001 May 2015 OP

The GOP wants us to be afraid Gothmog May 2015 #1

Would you rather he jump up and say everything is great and we do not have to Thinkingabout May 2015 #2

Boo! Wilms May 2015 #5

Boo! tecelote May 2015 #27

C'mon tecelote May 2015 #28

You are correct; we've made it much worse. Scuba May 2015 #10

Yea, but Tom Ridge? G_j May 2015 #17

12 other people saw that BeyondGeography May 2015 #3

And the Democratic administration, too . . . Journeyman May 2015 #4

Three days ago we got this, too. House of Roberts May 2015 #6

If you consider that the terror threat is avebury May 2015 #7

I can't watch CNN or the others anymore. You are a brave soul. snappyturtle May 2015 #8

They have it on at the gym. AngryDem001 May 2015 #9

fuck ridge...goddamn neocon spanone May 2015 #11

I've become immune to it, I think. DawgHouse May 2015 #12

We have met the Enemy and He is Us Martin Eden May 2015 #13

Tom Ridge would know... Marie Marie May 2015 #14

You mean this Tom Ridge? japple May 2015 #16

Wrap himself in plastic and duct tape and go away. kairos12 May 2015 #15

you're probably a couple hundred times more likely to be killed in an auto accident Terra Alta May 2015 #18

Somebody should have asked him what "fucking color" were at. Historic NY May 2015 #19

It could be worse. You remember when the anthrax attacks summerschild May 2015 #20

I didnt rub raw habeneros on my crotch today. AngryAmish May 2015 #21

Well said. Enthusiast May 2015 #25

Good one! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #33

HAHAHAHAHA!!! AngryDem001 May 2015 #34

Isis does worry me. 840high May 2015 #22

Not me. Enthusiast May 2015 #24

Me neither. AngryDem001 May 2015 #35

It's complete bullshit. Enthusiast May 2015 #23

They are setting us up yet again. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Ford_Prefect May 2015 #26

Meanwhile, 100,000 people a year are killed or injured by gun violence. Crickets. whereisjustice May 2015 #29

Patriot Act gave them powers they drool over...without fear it won't be renewed. HereSince1628 May 2015 #30

I thought that the Dept. of Homeland Security and the Global War on Terror was gonna make us safe? Botany May 2015 #31

CNN: How America cries Wolf. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #32