Department of homeland security.

[fallout]

Remember this joke? I for one was very skeptical about how good something like this monstrosity would work. I thought combining agencies was a good step, but building it into this behemoth was probably counterproductive.

I also remember the extreme dread I felt before this conflict in Iraq started. I just "knew" that Americans would be targetted here at home.

But there hasn't been anything. No acts of terrorism or war on American soil since the war began. Not even one crazy guy shooting up a bus terminal or attacking a bus driver. Are there no people in America willing to fight for Iraq? NOt one?

Or is it that the department of homeland security is doing something?

Or is it that the sympathisers to Iraq are so well organized that they have conspired to do nothing so as not to quell the peace support they currently enjoy?

[Maine-iac]

While I have some serious reservations about "The Deparment of Homeland Security", I feel sorry for Ridge and co. for the no-win situation they are in.

If we have another major terrorist attack in the U.S., "they blew it and they're worthless". If we don't, "look at how much money we wasted on foolish security measures that inconvenienced everyone and look at all the rights that were trampled, and it was all unnecessary!"

They have no real way to come off looking good.

[fallout]

IMO, right now, they are looking really good. I am a lot less worried than I was a week ago., and less than then a week before.

[Grace]

Yes, if nothing happens before the end of the war, we're home free.

[fallout]

Originally Posted by Melancholy Barbie

Yes, if nothing happens before the end of the war, we're home free.

I never said that.

I was just commenting on the relative feeling of security there is in the US right now. Are you currently afraid of being attacked? If this is the goal/purpose of the DofHS, I think they should get some credit. I know if it wasn't safe here, they would get the blame.

[Brad Gile]

Originally Posted by fallout

IMO, right now, they are looking really good. I am a lot less worried than I was a week ago., and less than then a week before.

Well, I think it is abundantly clear that SOMEONE has been doing a fantastic security job! Sooner or later, some clown will get through because no defense system can be perfect.

homeland Security, FBI, CIA, local/state police-these and I suspect others deserve a share of the credit. I have also been pleasantly surprised at the number of high level Al Qaeda bosses that have been captured or neutralized throughout the world.

Anyway, I feel pretty safe, too.

Brad
"Karate ni sente nashi. There is no first strike in karate."-Gichin Funakoshi
"Neither is there a second!"-Brad Gile

[Grace]

Originally Posted by fallout

I was just commenting on the relative feeling of security there is in the US right now. Are you currently afraid of being attacked?

Yes. But not necessarily soon.
As for what you were commenting on, sorry, I was mostly just throwing in a snide anti-war crack -- but also I don't think that immediate domestic terrorism was really expected. I would expect however that if any attempt or plan had recently been foiled, it would have been publicized.

[Cho Da]

Originally Posted by Brad Gile

Well, I think it is abundantly clear that SOMEONE has been doing a fantastic security job! Sooner or later, some clown will get through because no defense system can be perfect.

It is about as clear as the fantastic job the shark repellant around the white house does.

[E. Blackadder]

I haven't been attacked by any elephants since the DHS was proposed, but a co-worker was attacked by a goose.






(A Canada goose, of course.)

[Grace]

Where did you get that one, timesonline? It wasn't a goose, it was I who goosed her. (as correctly reported by the BBC)