On 9/11 around 3,222 innocent people died including passengers on planes. To date, 4,408 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this does not include the countless innocents and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over 500 billion dollars has been spent since on the war.
We have a serious problem with our economy, and our education system is failing. Since, "terror", "war", "casualties", "suicide bombing", and more "terror" have hijacked both our language and culture.
Al-Qaeda globally has only a few hundred members, yet every day for years, many in the public sit by waiting in fear of another attack, when the chances of their life being ended by a terrorist threat are extremely minimal.
On top of this, we never caught Bin Laden, and probably never will. Many believe he is being held inside Pakistan, and he is originally from (like most of the 9/11 hijackers) Saudi Arabia.
We give billions to the Saudi Royal Family, and millions if not more to Pakistan.
Dollar. Dollar. Bills. Ya`ll.
We let clandestine groups monitor our phones and computers, and let many laws get passed which limit our freedoms as a people.
I often hear the argument that this is to protect us from further attacks, and that the info is gathered not to spy on the general public.
OK, well if so, when is the expiration date on these laws? There is none, because you are a pussy and have no backbone like the majority of Americans. This country once stood for more than payback and pay-up, it had principles, documents created in order to guarantee if nothing, a free land for citizens. It takes little time to take freedom away, but can take centuries to get it back, if ever.
Read a history book, and see what government has and always will do...gets bigger. It only takes one lunatic to come in and abuse their powers to repress the people. Just think about how powers have changed in the past twenty years, and how much our federal government has expanded. There is a boogy man federal agency in every corner waiting to pounce on you for fucking up.
Federal laws on gay marriage or guns or taxes or anything. It isn't their job to meddle in any of these issues, there are 50 states that hold different people, histories, cultures, and ways of life in them...and most importantly, people who have the right to vote and affect their day to day lives.
You are scared of "terrorists", of course you are, the name has terror embedded in it. Are you scared of nuclear war? Perhaps you are scared of heart attack or being in a black neighborhood when the sun goes down? Regardless of your fear, I have some bad news for you...you are going to die, a lot sooner than you think. Everyone does. Not everyone can die peacefully, happily, and in their sleep, as a matter of fact, a pretty small percentage of people go out this way.
Man or woman up, pay attention to the fact that people are coming into this world and country after us, and the legacy we are leaving them right now is pathetic.
take a minute to reflect on these time periods and let words or stories of great people pop into your mind:
1700`s
1800`s
1900`s
2000`s
You know what popped in my head during the 2000`s?
Worthless pop culture, fat people, TV shows, NFL players breaking laws and getting away with it, and this war that has no clear definition of enemies or end. Congrats guys. Lets all read this post, then disagree, and move on to thinking when the next drink is going down, but watch out, your paper boy may be Osama Bin Laden, because he is coming for you, until he destroys you.
Or he just came for you once, because now all he has to do is sit back and watch you destroy yourselves.
