Watching Jon Stewart here and he's pointing out that, for the past four years, there's been a lot of talk about "being prepared." Of course, the unspoken slogan was really "being prepared for terrorists." You see a lot of excuses regarding the recent natural disasters that focus on this. "Hey....the weather....how are you going to prepare for that?" That sort of bullshit will not be addressed here.
So now that it's been made painfully clear that there is no natural disaster policy in place, let's not forget that there is no terrorism policy in place. Hard talk and flag waiving is not a policy. Jingoism is not a policy. "Taking the fight to X" is not a policy. This country has had four years and it is no where CLOSE to being able to ask hard questions about the causes of terrorism, or, "root causes," if you prefer.
The myth that American policies and American actions have zero consequences is more alive and well than it was four years ago. You would have thought that the opposite would have occured, but then you would have underestimated the effects of narcissism, ignorance, and blind self-righteousness.
You are not safer than you were four years ago. Write it down.
Posted by mike at September 26, 2005 11:26 PM