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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
Unfortunately, I would probably say that more terrorists have been created. I thought about this long and hard a few years ago and I thought the result would be the opposite. I was wrong.
By the same token, I still think we are safer here in the US. You may think it is paradoxical that I think that more terrorists have been created yet I still think we are safer, but I can explain why I think this. I basically think that there are definitely more angry Muslims in the Middle East right now than there were a few years ago. However, just because you have some angry people in the streets in the Middle East, that doesn't necessarily put us at greater risk. Most of these people don't have the means to hurt us. A guy like Bin Laden can hurt us because he has the money, his group is well organized, etc.
I think the biggest threat to us was always from someone like Bin Laden. But I think that all the things we've done since 9/11 like improving and totally revamping our intelligence(CIA, FBI, informants, etc.), being more careful who we give visas to, putting Bin Laden on the run, and all the other things we've done have made us safer. Although we may not be safer from small isolated attacks from lone people acting on their own such as the guy who shot a few people at the ticket counter at Los Angels Airport. We actually are probably at greater risk when it comes to lone people acting out on their own.
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I agree that we are at greater risk and that more terrorists have been created.
I wish it wasn't so.
I have no plans to travel abroad. As far as safety in the US, many places are unprotected, unfortunately.
Chemical plants, port facilities, water supplies, power grids...
Sad situation. We are very vulnerable, and I truely wish it wasn't so.