“The most powerful emotion in the world (certainly the one most capable of obliterating reason) is fear. We are no longer a nation of pioneers and risk-takers, we are a nation that wants to be tucked into bed. And if Mr. Bush says he’ll scare the boogeyman back into the closet, then we’ll let him touch us like he wants, even if it doesn’t feel good…
“The more I think about it, the more the molestation metaphor fits. America, as a group consciousness, is at heart a generous, kind, friendly nation. Unfortunately, it’s also a fairly young, naive nation which can be easily manipulated and taken advantage of. Like a child, scare it with one hand and offer protection with the other, and you have it in your thrall. And like an abused child, it will struggle to rationalize away even the most blatant abuses because it doesn’t want any trouble.
America has two black eyes, and is trying to tell the world that it fell out of bed.”
-from a discussion on SmirkingChimp.com about the possibility of another terrorist attack on the U.S.
I agree but what do we do about it can we do anything about it?