From a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial, 8/13/06:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06225/712954-192.stm
What we know / A deadly airline plot and failed Bush policies
There is much that we don't know about the plot uncovered last week to
blow up 10 airliners over the Atlantic, flying between Great Britain
and the United States.
We don't know the hour it would have happened.
We don't know what the human toll would have been.
We don't know the economic fallout that would have followed, not just
for the airlines but for other businesses shaken by a security
catastrophe.
We don't know the full reach of the terrorist tentacles and where they
lead from the suspects in custody.
These and other unknowns will become fleshed out in the weeks ahead as
investigators piece together the facts and clues from a dastardly plan
that could have rivaled, if not surpassed, the devastation of 9/11
five years ago.
Till then, however, there are some things we do know.
We know that the war in Iraq is not a "war on terror."
We know that the loss of 2,600 good Americans, the injuries of 19,000
others and the wartime expense of $320 billion have been a tragic
waste.
We know that because of the cost of Iraq, measures that might truly
enhance homeland security, like technology that would spot sinister
liquids at airport checkpoints, are hardly affordable.
We know that while the president has cut taxes for the rich, at a time
when he says all Americans must do their part, U.S. borders are
porous, cargo ships are vulnerable and sophisticated identity scanners
remain a fantasy.
Yes, there is much that we don't know.
What we do know, based on the foiled plot against U.S.-bound aircraft,
is that five years of policies by George W. Bush and the Republicans
who control Congress have made the country no more secure and its
people no more safe.
It is time for a change.
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To more accurately restate the above:
"Five years of policies by George W. Bush and the Republicans who
control Congress have made the country LESS secure and its people LESS
safe.
Harry
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