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Here's Johnny

7.1.08 @ 12:01AM

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If sleeper cells hold press conferences, marvelous. He would be duly warned to "worry." If they announce themselves via the previously mentioned pre-planned operation (i.e. targeting the MBTA) he would have the same opportunity to "worry" as the passengers on United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11. Both departed from Boston's Logan Airport the morning of September 11, 2001, presumably with passengers who did not "worry" about a terrorist attack that day.

Congratulations Mr. Eddy, you are the proud proprietor of a classic September 10 mentality!
-- Craig A. Zimmerman
Nairobi, Kenya

Here we go again! The Bush-shirts are coming for us. Hide your children! Lock your doors! Oh... wait... can anyone point to a single American citizen who has had their individual rights individually abused by the PATRIOT Act or other actions taken by the Bush administration? Other than that one who was fighting with the Taliban. I'm willing to bet that the only threats of using the Patriot Act against American citizens happened on TV. I don't remember one single news item in the past seven years. Then again, I spent a lot of those years not paying attention, so maybe I missed something.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Patriot Act and the NSA wiretapping were bad plans and poorly executed on top of that. However, I think that we shouldn't scream at Bush for being successful. The only reason we don't fear the terrorists more is because... these actions worked. Maybe we should remember that next time we want to talk about being scared of the Bush Administration. And while I myself wrote a very long response to this publication on the actual threat of terrorism, let's remember one very important thing: We cannot underestimate these people. If they are given the room to plan and prepare, they will succeed. And they will kill Americans (or other Westerners, it's all the same to them) if given the chance. We're the superpower, yes. That doesn't make us inherently invulnerable. Government is created amongst men to ensure their inherent rights. Part of that is protecting us against those who refuse to acknowledge those rights, at home or abroad.

And Mr. Eddy, I suggest you read America Alone, by Mark Steyn. He makes a good point there, and uses quotes to back it up. While Al Qaeda would love to kill Bush, Cheney, Blair, or any other Western Leader... they are just as happy to kill you, me, or any other "infidel." It's all the same.

To Mr. Mann: Your article was very amusing, but please, we're better than that. There's no need to point these things out. We see it all. The real question is: what does this say about Democrats as a whole? And the "young voters" who have helped Obama reach where he is? Now, that is scary.
-- Charles Campbell
Austin, Texas

RISING TIDE
Re: The letters under "Waiting in the Wings" in Reader Mail's Al Qaeda's Spotter:

Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona.
-- Michael Skaggs
Murray, Kentucky

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