DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
With the
advent of ISIS, the face of terrorism has changed. It is not that we don’t have to worry about
large scale attacks like 9/11, but it seems like the new normal is to motivate ‘lone
wolf’ religious nutcases to target places where civilian gather.
Earlier this
year ISIS posted a video of a suicide bomber among the crowd at Time
Square. We have to ask ourselves if this
was propaganda to make us fearful, or was it a recruiting tool for radicalized American
Moslems willing to commit the greatest sacrifice for Jihad.
I know that
our government leaders say if we change our routines we are giving in to
terrorism, but perhaps we are living in a new reality and haven’t yet accepted
the truth.
Regardless
of the number of NYC police in Time Square on New Year’s Eve, I don’t see how that
scene can be made safe from people willing to die to create chaos and
destruction.
We haven’t
decided yet if we will watch the ball drop in Time Square on TV, as we usually
do on New Year’s Eve. I have
trepidation.
At any rate,
I will be glad when this night is over.
the Ol’Buzzard
The suicide thing is the deal breaker, for sure. But still not worth losing sleep over. Americans seem to be the most terrified nation on earth.
ReplyDeleteI ain't skeert of no ISIS...I'm more afraid of Donald Trump and the rest of them GOP presidential hopefuls.
ReplyDeleteYou're righ Jackiesue: I am more scared of the mental morons that would open carry a rifle or pistol into a public place -These are tiny dick males who are looking for a confrontation as an excuse to brandish their guns, believing that it will enhance their manhood image. They are fucked up and truly dangerous.
DeleteO'B
Heard someone on NPR yesterday say the terrorists won. Without a shot being fired or any dead bodies they won when all kinds of activities got canceled because of the threat of terrorist acts. It didn't cost the terrorists a dime and they got the results they wanted!!
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