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To: simplicity who wrote (711830)	4/25/2013 1:17:37 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1570830

>> I guarantee that, if you stop some random 'men on the street' in any major city or small town in America tomorrow, and ask them what they think of the suspicious circumstances/intelligence and security incompetence surrounding the two bombers, or the questions that still remain regarding the Saudi national who was originally detained, more than half of them will look at you with a vapid stare, unaware of most of what you are talking about. Definitely true. The complacency is not only within the administration; it is rampant among people who are not even interested. After 9/11, it was clear that the biggest challenge for the "war on terror" would be keeping the American people focused. On this very thread we've had people refer to 9/11 as a mere "pimple on the ass." The Left leaning people here have never given it much consideration. Which is awfully difficult for me to comprehend. I think today we're totally on autopilot. The focus isn't on how to protect the country, but how to disengage and avoid using the term "terrorism". Advisor: "Mr. President, everyone is going to look at this and realize it is a terrorist attack. You might as well get out front of it and call it that. Even though our policy has been not to use the term."