In the free world we do not knuckle under to fear. We fight back. Persuasion always works better than fear. Even in child raising. But as adults, we have some life experience that tells us that succumbing to fear just paralyzes.
I think that our president was misguided when he sent troops to Iraq. Yes, Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but the supposed reason for unseating him was based on unreliable, and even false, intelligence.
What I propose is that all the intelligence agencies of the world, military and civilian, get together and share what they know or suspect. OK, so that's rank heresy, but what has it gotten us when the FBI and the CIA don't talk to each other? We got 9/11. And they're both American agencies!!
Why can't the military share what they know with civilian agencies when the nation is as at risk, as 9/11? And vice versa.
And how about *real* intelligence instead of facts twisted or even made up to fit one person's agenda?
What has has all this secrecy gotten us? Another nation attacked by cowards whose stated agenda is to spread fear, and to promote their own brand of religion and governance.
One of the best, and maybe *the* best intelligence agency is Israel's Mossad. Could we maybe take some lessons? Could we maybe get together with our friends and prevent another attack on another nation?
Could we?
Shalom