Originally posted by AKIron
How would you feel if it were your spouse and/or kids in one of those planes or towers? If you haven't honestly examined yourself in this light then perhaps you should before judging the way our government is handling the current crisis.
You think people who don't live in large cities don't already ponder this... but instead of planes, now it's the possibility of bio-chem weapons, nukes, large explosives, hell maybe just human meat bombs... in the end I'd want an effective plan of action. When GW comes on the news and says, "I want you to pay special attention to your surroundings and report any suspiscious activities to the local authorities immediately."... well I get this feeling that it don't matter WHAT the government does, in the end the only one saving myself or my loved ones would be myself or themselves by watching out for themselves.
So when you examine "What would you do if you were in those people's shoes".. well for one, I wouldn't expect rights or freedoms to be stripped away one by one over the next decade or however long this "war on terrorism" lasts.
The government HAD the information, and the intel, indicating something involving airplanes was gonna happen. They just shrugged it off. "It can't happen here"... well it did, and now for some strange reason people think that giving away their rights or allowing the government free reign will somehow circumvent future terrorist attacks/plots despite the fact the government HAD the information to begin with.. it just wasn't being paid attention to.
Now that the information regarding terrorists is being paid attention to, they're suddenly catching people... imagine that.
-SW