Terror Bombing in Belgium caused the state of NY to call up the National Guard and fill the streets with machine toting law enforcement and military. An insane reaction without some intelligence that America was a target. The problem with terror is that it takes constant vigilance against criminal conspiracies and organizations. However, to have a military reaction to the same without correlation to real intelligence of threat, only helps further the goals of those criminals who planted the bombs in Belgium. It also goes to show the public how utterly defenseless America is to random home grown attacks. We no more were ready for Timothy McVeigh as we will be no more ready for an attack or bombing from some criminal group who finally does the same.
Now, folks like Markle will think that the response should be feeding profits to corporations who make military equipment and bombs. That somehow going to the middle east and killing innocents under the guise of getting terrorists is the answer. It has been the failed basis for the resurgence of worldwide terror. The answer is vigilance and not over reaction which accomplishes the goal of the criminals. Irrational fear and overreaction is exactly the strategy Bin Laden counted on engaging against America. Having National Guard deployed in NY without a scintilla of intelligence of pending attack other than a bombing in Brussels is not the type of vigilance which will protect Americans from criminal acts, rather it will pour more resources down the rabbit hole and take those resources from intelligence gathering costly apparatus which will be underfunded as show national guard and police presence do nothing to further the goal of intercepting criminal conspiracies. Terror is very difficult to anticipate and intercept.......but over reaction to an act compounds the effectiveness of the terrorists.
Now, folks like Markle will think that the response should be feeding profits to corporations who make military equipment and bombs. That somehow going to the middle east and killing innocents under the guise of getting terrorists is the answer. It has been the failed basis for the resurgence of worldwide terror. The answer is vigilance and not over reaction which accomplishes the goal of the criminals. Irrational fear and overreaction is exactly the strategy Bin Laden counted on engaging against America. Having National Guard deployed in NY without a scintilla of intelligence of pending attack other than a bombing in Brussels is not the type of vigilance which will protect Americans from criminal acts, rather it will pour more resources down the rabbit hole and take those resources from intelligence gathering costly apparatus which will be underfunded as show national guard and police presence do nothing to further the goal of intercepting criminal conspiracies. Terror is very difficult to anticipate and intercept.......but over reaction to an act compounds the effectiveness of the terrorists.