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Obama did actually say that terrorists are not existential threats to the United States. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/02/01/obama_we_should_stop
by kiba 12y ago
Obama did actually say that terrorists are not existential threats to the United States.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/02/01/obama_we_should_stop_overinflating_importance_of_terror_groups_as_if_they_are_an_existential_threat_to_us.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/02/01/obama_we_s...
- api 12y agoThat's somewhat better, but wake me up when one of our current political leadership tells us not to fear them at all.
- jrmurad 12y agoWhy would any sane person tell "us" to not fear them at all? I live and work in Manhattan. I'm aware of the non-zero chance that I'll be a victim. I don't "fear" this enough to move away but I'd be a fool to believe it could never happen.
- api 12y agoWhether or not it's possible has nothing to do with fearing it. It's not that brave people don't feel fear. They do. They just aren't ruled by it. Brave people move forward in spite of whatever fear they might feel. I would like to see America's leadership tell us to be a strong nation, not to constantly harp on how vulnerable and weak we supposedly are so they can pass pet legislation. After 9/11 I feel like the only thing my government did was encourage us to cower in terror before bin Laden (and Iraq, etc.) so they could avoid debating otherwise dubious policies like the Iraq invasion.