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
