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Before you start reading, you should probably know that I'm saying something entirely different from what you're thinking. However, know that the more I listen to news, the more I'm afraid to leave my house. I can no longer listen to news without getting this complete feeling of dread. And how is that not what terrorists want?
But it's not terrorists that make me afraid. They don't scare me at all &emdash; I'm out of reach of most of the ways they can attack. What scares me is what my government might do in the case of a terrorist attack. And I can all but assure you that they will almost definitely do the wrong thing.
Before I begin, I want to tell any NSA officer reading this that I don't mean to start anything against the government. The government is not a terrorist, they would not kill millions of their own people in vein, and day-to-day they tend to protect me well enough. But their attitude toward events scares me. Don't even bother sticking the "don't put beans up your nose" rule in my face.
Fear-Mongering
Our government stirs up fear in us at any point that they can. World War III, they say. At any moment possible.
Trust me, you'll know when World War III is upon us.
Enter the American Jew
Today, public opinion is usually tilted towards support of Israel, its actions, and its people. But who knows what will happen in ten years?
What would happen if a president came to power that would break down the Constitution and the series of Check and Balances? We're already seeing the beginning of it today. And what would happen if during such a time, public opinion tilted against Israel and the Jewish people? Would we see numerous things like the recent Seattle shooting? Or would they be worse? Maybe even KKK-ish.
You may think that the American people are too good to let something like this happen. The Germans probably thought the same prior to the Holocaust.
Enter Chicago
Chicago's doing pretty well, right?
Imagine that tomorrow, the terrorists [the ones we are fighting against now] maneuver themselves into a position where they can attack a major target in the middle of Chicago. Let's say it's the Sears Tower. What would happen? What should happen?
In my opinion, the government should seek out all of the people involved in this event, and find who sponsored them right away. Then we use a tactical nuke on whatever country sponsored these terrorists. Clean and simple. We show them that we are not a paper tiger and we will not stand it when another faction spits in their face.
What would happen? The government would spend more time making sure that American Muslims are protected. They would make a couple of inspiring speeches and we might even have some short military fling somewhere. And that'll be all. Kind of like when Putin said he would get the terrorists that captured the Russian soldiers, kind of like Clinton when he said he would do something.
A North Korean or Iranian Problem?
Israel seems to have knocked these out of everyone's minds. But they're definitely not solved.
At any point, Iran or North Korea could come up with a nuclear warhead and missile that is capable of reaching any point in the United States. What would happen if tomorrow one of them launched one to a major city in the United States.
I can't even speculate on what our government would do. But it seems to me like it wouldn't accomplish much with competency. They would utterly fail at restoring calm and preventing looting. They would utterly fail at responding within the scope of the World community.
There is no reason for our government to grow closer to anarchy due to its disregard for the Constitution (or at least it starting to lean that way). There is no reason for our government to grow closer to Totalitarianism because it is not doing anywhere near enough to protect us. The golden center always works out the best for the people.
However, it needs to act with a lot more common sense, stop worrying about Political Correctness, and stop trying to cover their own asses.
