With the latest terrorism scares (sending explosives in packages) I’m sure that the terrorists again have us right where they want us. They’re probably sitting back and laughing at how we will now spend as much in resources to ensure safe packages as we did on airline security. It’s unbelievable that we can’t defeat these terrorists, especially if we’re a military super power, with supposedly decent intelligence.
One report said that they’re going to run DNA testing on the packages. What good will that do? We still won’t be able to catch the terrorists, even if we know precisely who they are. We’ve know about Osama Bin Laden for twenty years now, and he’s still resting comfortably in some cave somewhere.
One big problem as I see it is that the U.S. is somewhat hamstrung by “political correctness”. It’s not that we can’t defeat them, or at least make a much bigger dent in their operations, it’s that we choose not to do the things required for that job.
Just one example of this is Pakistan. We know that Pakistan is either allowing terrorist to take refuge there or Pakistan is unable to control it. Either way, it is a problem.
But because of “politics”, we are unwilling to stop it; we are too worried about “how it would look” to the world to send in the troops required.
There are many of these types of examples.