Why do people in this country discount the fact that there hasn't been an attack on American soil since 9/11?

Question

Bush is doing something right, no matter what you think. He is keeping us safe.

Historical average?? 9/11 was the opening salvo in a war, we responded swiftly enough that their counter-response to our attack was thwarted.

Answer 1

I have to laugh at these ignorant fools on here who all seem to forgotten the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

Answer 2

I was just going to post the same as Golf above. The thwarted attempt at the Sears Tower, the plan to do the Brooklyn Bridge, the plan to ram the Golden Gate Bridge, The terrorist that had a training camp in Washington State. The New Jersey Six. The first attack of the Trade Towers. The terrorist that was going to Bomb LAX on New Years and was caught at the Canadian border with a trunk load of explosives. Law enforcement is doing something right I'd say.

Answer 3

Yes, we have not been attacked since 9/11 and it could partly be because of the Bush administration but you make it sound like we were attacked numerous times in the years before Bush... there was only one such attack by Al Quaeda in the early '90's against the WTC --that was it.

While he should get some credit for this the fact is that Al Quaeda does not have the resources to hit American soil on will. They would have already hit us multiple times if that was the case.

And people would argue that Bush's policy towards the Middle East is actually increasing terrorism. The stats would show that terrorism is increasing abroad.

Answer 4

I find it funny that everyone has such a short memory.

There were attacks during Clinton's presidency. Not all of them on US soil, but at least one was, it just failed much like the attacks recently in the UK.

The world trade center bomb that did go off but didn't bring them down was on US soil and Al Queda involved.

But beyond that:
The Marine barracks.
The USS Cole.

God, my memory isn't good but I know there were a couple more that were al queda.

Answer 5

There was not an attack on US Soil between 1890 and 1942...

There was not an attack on US Soil between 1942 and 1993...

Do you honestly think the only reason why we haven't been attacked is because of Bush's Homeland Security measures?

I would not put your eggs in this basket if I were you. What will you say when there is an attack on US soil?

If a crazy Asian kid can shoot up a campus and kill 32 people do you really think a highly trained AQ terrorist is going to flinch because of the TSA?

Answer 6

Coragraph is absolutely right. And there are many obvious holes in security, nuclear plants being just one. But when anyone points out the obvious to the administration, they are accused of jeopardizing national security and accused of anti-patriotism. So far the American people have been docile enough to go along with that.

A difference of opinion is called Democracy.

Answer 7

I don't know, because I never fail to realize it everyday of my life, since after 9/11. I think about the safety Mr. Bush has provided us Americans, with a smile. Because I have a young child I want safe from terrorism, and knowing Clinton's habit of allowing so many terror attacks against America during his time as president, I can be nothing less than joyful, that Mr. Bush took terrorism seriously, and is showing those murdering nut-cases, the truth about US. We don't take (blank). Thank you, Mr. Bush for your guts, determination, and strength!

Answer 8

Because most people forget about anything resembling the news if its more than a few days old. Thats why we used to need old Jimmy Carter around. To remind us what a really bad President is like.
But now we have George the second.

Answer 9

Prior to 9/11--there was not an attack on American soil since WWII (Hawaii--which was not even a state then). This has nothing to do with Dubya Bush.

Answer 10

Intellectually dishonest I suppose, or brainwashed.

For the clinton defenders, the Twin Towers were attacked by terrorists during his reign, they were foreigners, and then there was the Murrah building and the Cole and several other incidents that would lead a reasonable person to suspect that clinton was not doing the right thing in National Security.

These people who refuse to face reality are delusional, they call it a bumper sticker war, and even though the enemy has sworn to come to America and kill us all, they refuse to believe that threat. Delusional

Answer 11

Dumb luck more than anything else.

How about port security? It's non-existent.

How about airport security? Really? How about the cabin attendant who "accidentally" brought a gun on board and turned it in at the destination. How about all the people in the smoking lounges on the secure side at ATL who pull their lighters out of their pockets and purses and light up??

I used to be an airport manager, for over 10 years. Securing an airport is virtually impossible. It was barely a year ago that they finally took steak knives away from the restaurants on the secure side! WTF took so long with that?? Until 18 months ago, STL used a common passcode on ALL cypher locks in the whole airport. Anyone could observe an employee entering through one and key themselves in.

Background checks for ramp rats and contractor staffs are over TWO YEARS behind schedule! Any one of them can bring contraband onto an aircraft virtually undetected.

The DHS is a bloated bureaucracy headed by an idiot who runs on hunches. Think of "Brownie" at FEMA but with the responsibility to protect the homeland. What a JOKE!

Bush has done SQUAT to improve security. And with his ill-advised invasion of a Muslim country he's given the crazies more fuel to pull more moderate Muslims into the terrorist fold.

The Presidential Oath of Office, directly from The Constitution states: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." With his domestic spying and other abuses, he has CLEARLY failed to live up to the oath that he swore. It says nothing about "protecting Americans" or anything even remotely related to that. He's an embarrassment to the nation and free people everywhere.