Are we safer than we were since 911?

Answer 1

absolutely. on 9/11 GWB needed an assault on this country to further his agenda. Now however, he can't have a domestic attack otherwise his mindless dribble about fighting over there to keep them from coming here becomes meaningless.

Answer 2

No we a re not

And when we are attacked by a true enemy again all these republicans that have their heads in the sand and have enabled this baffoon to spend trillions of dollars on a war that was entered into by telling the American public and Congress LIES, will wake up and join in the chorus of Americans that have been saying since 9-11
Make America a fortress with the money, not Haliburton and the war profiteers richer!!

Answer 3

Absolutely not considering the fact that our border security is a joke. There are thousands who swarm across our borders daily, many of them don't even spark the border patrol's senses. No one thinks anything bad will happen again.. Is another 9/11 or worse needed to change things?

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Fewer than half of all Americans think the country is safer now than it was on Sept. 11, 2001, and more than three-quarters expect the United States to be the target of a major terrorist attack at home or abroad in the next few months, according to a new poll. (Link 1)

"We are in a very serious war with an enemy who wants to end our way of life," House Majority Leader John A. Boehner." (Link 3)

"When American citizens don't pressure their government, frankly, the government isn't as responsive as it needs to be," she added. "You could see that in the aftermath of Katrina. We assumed that our government would be able to do what it needed to do, and it didn't do it." (Link 4)

Answer 4

More people die on the streets of American each year because of home grown violence. More people are killed by drunk driver than deaths of Americans in the Korean War. Just today I heard of a case of a 91 year old man being repentantly beaten by a car jacker, this was caught on a camera showing cowardly unconcerned bystanders not doing a thing to come to this man's defense- not even making a telephone call to the police. Our neighborhoods are not safe from child predators, and drug dealers. Dateline "To Catch a Predator" films a 41-year-old man going to a location with his young son thinking he will have sex with a boy. Is this the type of nation we have become? Look at crime in major U.S cities. America wake up, the real problem is our so call "way of life," we are the real problem. I can't believe people are willing to become drones in the name of safety because of 9/11 (an inside job). I can't believe people are willing to give up their freedoms so they can achieve a false safety. Until our own streets are 1/2 as safe as Canada we need to begin asking another questions about our violent society and our hypocrisy.

Answer 5

let's see, most of our national debt is owned by a country with 4 times the people, a not nice track record of human rights, and a brooding resentment of our power...Every CIA report states terrorism has skyrocket the past 7 years...everyone who supports Bush seems to forget that there weren't attacks here once a year before Bush so it makes no sense to say that the fact that there have been none since makes us safe, especially since they kill Americans daily in Iraq and Afghan...so I would say NO!

Answer 6

We were safer before the 9/11 than now. Part of the reason is people see that something can be done, apparently effortlessly, and will be more tempted to try something. The 9/11 event has the same effect as TV shows: people feel compelled to do what they see, even if what they see is morally wrong. Terrorists were encouraged; it is difficult to protect a free society because people want their freedoms, don't want to tell the Government too much (who does?) but the Government needs the information to protect us.
No, we are not safer; but Bush's War, as his detractors call it, made them sit up and take notice that we are willing to fight for our freedom. As long as we are willing to fight for our freedom, we will remain free. But if people succomb to the Siren's call of mass media and want to bring the troops home and not fight, our days will be numbered.

Answer 7

Safer than what? Safer from what? Every day we are surrounded by constant threats, some we recognize, some go unnoticed.

Answer 8

Our homeland security although still flawed, is much better than before 9/11. Many terror plots have been uncovered and since no attacks have occurred here, there is no way of ever knowing what attacks might have happened since then.
I believe we are safer than before that moment.
Now if we could enforce laws already on the books, some of these potential killers walking among us could be stopped before they kill. The ACLU and political correctness are turning out to be our current worst enemies here at home.

Answer 9

No. the wonderful policies of our present administration have made us a pariah on the world stage. it is sad but true that this administration has made diplomacy a joke and is endangering the lives of every living thing on this planet in its search for ever growing profits for its oligarchical cronies.

Answer 10

I don't know. There have been no major terrorist attacks on the US, and multiple terrorist "cells" have been infiltrated and stopped before wreaking any havoc. So maybe yes, we are safer from terrorists. But with new legislation, and increased invasion of privacy, I think we are less safe from our government.