Here I was playing with my grandson, watching episode after episode of Toddler TV. When he took his nap I turned on CNN to see if there was anything interesting happening in the adult world - just in time to watch a Yemeni airplane landing at JFK.
Only two days ago several of our allies were saying that the US was going too far with travel security measures. Are we? Apparently cargo isn't subject to the scrutiny that passengers are given- not abroad and from what I am hearing not in the US either.
Not enough details have been released yet to make it anything but (informed)speculation to rail at specific people or their twisted reasoning. But we do know enough to see what unreasoning hate does - not that we needed this most recent incident - to both the intended target and other "collaterals."
Even without actual damage or injury another blow has been struck at feelings of safety and freedom. Freedom: does anyone still remember FDR's Four Freedoms? We surely have lost at least the Freedom from Fear.
I'm not the first to say it, but They will win if we give in to total fear- let's rather say let's be aware and cautious. Maybe sort of not being afraid to use the freeway,, but not being willing to walk down the middle of the freeway.
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