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Author: TriSec    Date: 04/20/2013 13:08:25

Good Morning. As our city gets back to normal today, I had a passing thought. This won't take long.

The last time we were attacked on our own soil, the response was quite different.

We started two wars.
Thousands of US Soldiers were killed
Untold trillions of dollars were wasted
We became a virtual pariah state around the world.
And the guy responsible? It took more than a decade to hunt him down.

This time?
The city of Boston and it's environs were 'locked down' for 16 hours.
Nobody was killed during the hunt. (Although two police officers were shot, one killed, during the early going of the investigation.)
The rest of the United States stood by our side and cheered.
And we got the guys in less than a week; one alive!

OF course there's more to it than simplistic observations....but cooperation and competent leadership sure makes a world of difference, doesn't it?

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8 comments (Latest Comment: 04/21/2013 00:30:26 by velveeta jones)
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Comment by BobR on 04/20/2013 13:55:45
Sooo....we're not going to be invading Chechnya?

Comment by Raine on 04/20/2013 14:03:46
Quote by BobR:
Sooo....we're not going to be invading Chechnya?
Silly, if we were going to invade anyone, it would be the Czech Republic ....

Comment by Raine on 04/20/2013 15:19:40
I;m sure Rabbit and Tri have read this-- but either way, it is fascinating.

Comment by clintster on 04/20/2013 15:32:51
You may or may not have read the original story, but apparently Glenn Beck is giving the White House until Monday to "reveal the real bomber."

And you might want to notice the author of that particular diary.

Comment by livingonli on 04/20/2013 17:36:20
I just wonder whether Glenn Beck's head is going to explode from all the crap in it. Either that or he knows he's in on the con, and is just hoping to fleece what's left of his true believers since there are far fewer people watching his Blaze channel than watched his old show on Fixed Noise.

Comment by Raine on 04/20/2013 18:57:12
Quote by clintster:
You may or may not have read the original story, but apparently Glenn Beck is giving the White House until Monday to "reveal the real bomber."

And you might want to notice the author of that particular diary.
ERMERGERD!


Comment by Raine on 04/20/2013 23:21:39
Reached for comment, Wolf Blitzer was quoted: "We'll have to leave it there"

Comment by velveeta jones on 04/21/2013 00:30:26
Glad you're all okay TriSec. Poor Tagg Romney did under lockdown did get on twitter and complain that this "was just crazy". Hahahaha.